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Patients left waiting by NHS win right to private care - The Guardian 31st October 2009
"Cabinet agrees to enforce maximum waiting time of 18 weeks"
Blunder at top clinic sparks fresh IVF fears- The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"A serious blunder at one of Britain's top fertility clinics dramatically increased the risk its patients would suffer a miscarriage or give birth to a child with serious health problems, sparking fresh fears about how IVF centres are run in the wake of a series of scandals."
NHS is paying millions to gag whistleblowers- The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"NHS whistleblowers are routinely gagged in order to cover up dangerous and even dishonest practices that could attract bad publicity and damage a hospital's reputation.
Some local NHS bodies are spending millions of taxpayers' money to pay off and silence whistleblowers with "super gags" to stop them going public with patient safety incidents. Experts warn that patients' lives are being endangered by the use of intimidatory tactics to force out whistleblowers and deter other professionals from coming forward. "
Why has Hebden Bridge become suicide central? - The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"Once an industrious oasis, Hebden Bridge became a hippie paradise in the 1960s and latterly a middle-class hotspot. So how did it turn into the suicide capital of Yorkshire? The film-maker Jez Lewis returned to his home town – where 15 of his childhood friends have killed themselves in the past 20 years – to find out what went wrong in this troubled bohemian idyll"
Father fights bid to switch off baby's life-support - The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"A father is fighting a hospital's attempt to withdraw the support keeping his baby son alive, it emerged today.
Doctors want to take the one-year-old, who was born with a rare neuromuscular condition, off a ventilator which allows him to breathe. "
Families call for hospital inquiry - The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"The Government will this week come under further pressure to hold a public inquiry into deaths of elderly patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital in the 1990s, as relatives and lawyers meet Norman Lamb MP, the Lib Dem health spokesman.\n\nFailures by the policeand health regulators can be exposed only if there is an open and transparent inquiry, Mr Lamb said."
Did you see that unicycling clown? Mobile phone users didn't - The Independent on Sunday 25th October 2009
"Pedestrians who talk on a mobile phone are slower, change direction more, have difficulty navigating -- and are less likely to notice obvious distractions like a unicycling clown, a study showed Tuesday.
Researchers observed 317 pedestrians as they crossed the main square of the campus of Western Washington University using the 375-foot-long (114-meter-long) main diagonal pathway."
Obama declares swine flu a 'national emergency' - The Independent on Sunday 25th October 2009
"President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation declaring H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, according to the White House. The proclamation, which Mr Obama signed on Friday night, will make it easier for US medical facilities to handle a surge in patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programmes as needed, the White House said in a statement."
Coroner to investigate cancer death cluster around historic nuclear lab - The Independent on Sunday 18th October 2009
"An inquest is to be opened into the deaths of two Manchester University academics who died of pancreatic cancer after working for years in the building where Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear"
On your bike: What the world can learn about cycling from Copenhagen - The Independent on Sunday 18th October 2009
"If the world's grandees pay close attention when they land in Copenhagen for December's UN climate-change conference, they might just find the eco solutions they need under their feet, says Robin Barton"
Self-styled mediums thrive in modern Singapore - The Independent on Sunday 18th October 2009
"Clad in ornate headgear and a black robe, Tay Kim Huat wielded a mock sword and mimicked the pose of a Taoist deity's statue perched on the altar in front of him.
Swaying back and forth with his eyes closed as devotees sang prayers over him at the An Ren Gong Temple, the car parts delivery man appeared oblivious to the chants and incense smoke -- as well as his wife and children waiting outside."
OAP wins pay-out for unnecessary amputation - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"A pensioner who unnecessarily had her leg amputated after she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer won a six-figure payout from the hospital trust responsible, it emerged today.
Doreen Nicholls, 72, was told a lump in her foot was cancerous and needed her leg to be removed below the knee to stop it spreading. "
China launches crackdown on online gaming - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.
The crackdown has so far led to the shutdown of 45 online games, which authorities said encouraged players to engage in illegal activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution, the Beijing News said."
New mothers shun the NHS and log on to swop baby tips - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"Few new mothers trust official advice on childrearing, and they're turning to chatrooms and family for help
It is billed as the greatest of life's journeys, yet the pressures of new motherhood mean that only about half of all mums find the experience "rewarding or exciting". The early days of parenting are, according to a new survey, blighted by the curse of our age: information overload. "
Patients' lives are at risk from 48-hour week, warn doctors - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"Patients' lives are being put at risk by controversial new rules that limit the number of hours surgeons can work each week, according to research by the Royal College of Surgeons published today.
Nearly two-thirds of surgeons have witnessed a decline in the quality of patient care and safety since the European Working Hours Regulations (EWHR) were introduced in August, according to the survey."
Indigenous tribes more vulnerable in swine flu outbreaks - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"The only road to St Theresa Point in north-eastern Manitoba is made of ice and lasts just two months. The remote community's 3,200 people, most of them Cree Indians, are squeezed into 530 homes, more than half of them without running water. Until June, a doctor flew in once a week for three days. But since an outbreak of swine flu left more than 200 people ill and sent 12 by air ambulance to Winnipeg, 600km (375 miles) away, Health Canada has been ferrying in more doctors. This autumn, in preparation for the flu season, it is also delivering something else: a supply of body bags."
Brain scans disaster at celebrity hospital - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"With a patients' roll call that reads like an Oscars' party guest list, Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre is used to making the headlines. But the hospital has found itself making them for the wrong reasons this weekend after it admitted exposing more than 200 of its patients to excessively high doses of radiation from CT brain scans. "
Damage to Brown's eye raises questions about his future - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"Gordon Brown made clear yesterday he would continue as Prime Minister despite being told his eyesight could be affected by a new medical condition. Mr Brown, who is blind in his left eye after a teenage rugby injury, attended Moorfields Eye Hospital in central London on Friday after tests last month revealed he has two minor rips on the retina – light-sensitive tissue – of his right eye. "
Fighting cancer: Tomorrow's world, today - The Independent on Sunday 4th October 2009
"Centres of excellence working round the clock in the UK have created a revolutionary fast-track approach to drug trials and therapies"
In Egypt, swine flu fears buried under rubbish threat - The Independent on Sunday 4th October 2009
""Look, that's where the swine flu is going to come from," said a weary Marzouka Beshir, pointing to a pile of rubbish rotting under the blazing sun in Imbaba, a working class neighbourhood in Cairo.
In their overcrowded areas, overflowing with litter, many like this 52-year-old Egyptian woman, have trouble coming to grips with the dramatic measures taken by authorities to combat the A(H1N1) flu."
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