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Extra dentists for 10,000 Rossendale patients - Lancashire Telegraph 25th September 2009
DENTAL health places in the valley are set to soar by 10,000 in the next few months, NHS chiefs have said.
But campaigners in Rossendale are still concerned that not enough is being done to publicise emergency provision for local patients.
Hundreds of mothers of twins and triplets separated after birth, survey shows - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Sick babies sent to different hospitals due to shortage of specialist cots
Case study: one hospital for each of our triplets - The Observer 27th September 2009
Karen Davies, 32, a staff nurse, and partner, Adrian Jones, 42, became the parents of triplets early on 17 January last year. Ethan, Ellery and Erin were born 13 weeks prematurely at Singleton hospital, in Swansea, 35 miles from their home, and were immediately whisked into special care. Within two weeks, Erin and Ellery were well enough to be transferred to the Prince Charles hospital, in Merthyr Tydfil, which was nearer home, but only Erin was moved because the hospital lacked equipment. Soon afterwards, Ethan became ill and was moved to the University hospital of Wales, in Cardiff
NHS to double provision of intensive care beds for winter swine flu cases - The Times 11th September 2009
The NHS will double the number of intensive care beds available for critically ill patients in order to cope with a predicted surge of swine flu cases this winter, the Government has said.
Local health authorities have been told to buy extra ventilators, cancel non-emergency operations and redeploy existing equipment and staff to treat patients who may be critically ill at the peak of a pandemic.
NHS readies for return of swine flu in autumn - The Guardian 10th September 2009
Routine operations being cancelled to free up staff as traditional flu season approaches
NHS ready for swine flu surge - The Independent 11th September 2009
The NHS is preparing to deal with an expected surge in swine flu cases this winter by doubling its intensive care capacity.
All 10 regions of the NHS in England have confirmed they will be able to increase the number of severely ill adults and children requiring ventilation that they can treat, from 2,000 to more than 4,000.
Swine flu: Britain 'tantalisingly close to winning fight' - Daily Telegraph 10th September 2009
Britain is “tantalisingly close” to winning the fight against swine flu and is prepared to fight a second wave of the virus, the country’s top doctor has said.
Swine flu: intensive care beds to double as NHS braces for winter surge - Daily Telegraph 10th September 2009
Scotland's hospitals are bracing themselves for a winter surge of swine flu by more than doubling the number of beds available to treat sufferers.
UK swine flu deaths jump to 29 - BBC Health News 16t July 2009
Twenty-nine people have now died in the UK after contracting swine flu, up from 17 on Monday, the government has said.
It comes as the number of new cases hit 55,000 last week and the NHS has seen a surge in calls and consultations.
Swine flu: routine operations must be put on hold, say leading doctors - Daily Telegraph 11th July 2009
Routine operations must be put on hold so that the NHS can cope with the swine flu crisis, doctors' leaders have warned.
Overnight NHS hospital beds fall 10% in just three years - Daily Mail 2nd April 2009
The number of overnight beds in health service hospitals has dropped by almost 10 per cent in only three years.
There were 198 overnight beds per 100,000 people in 2007/08 - a 9.6 per cent fall from the 219 figure in 2004/05.
And it is a 10.8 per cent drop from the 222 per 100,000 when Labour came to power.
200 extra nurses for East Lancashire hospitals - Lancashire Telegraph 13th January 2009
HOSPITALS in East Lancashire are to boost the number of permanent staff on their wards through the recruitment of 200 new nurses.
The trust which runs Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital has said the new posts will reduce the amount of agency nurses it is forced to employ to keep services running.
Nurses move just the tonic - Lancashire Telegraph 13th January 2009
THE appointment of 200 new nurses in East Lancashire hospitals is a massive boost to the area.
Burnley General Hospital and the Royal Blackburn Hospital have been struggling to cope with demand in recent months.
There has been a 15 per cent increase in the number of people coming for treatment and the hospitals have been struggling to cope.
Britain 'has fewer hospital beds than Lithuania and Hungary' - The Telegraph 12th January 2009
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head of population than almost any other European country, with half as many as Lithuania and Hungary, according to official figures.
We're worse off for hospital beds than Macedonia - Daily Mail 12th January 2009
The provision of hospital beds in Britain has plunged in the past eight years to one of the lowest levels in Europe.
The number of beds per person has dropped 14 per cent since 2000 - to below the rate for Latvia, Estonia and Macedonia.
The UK has only 389 hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants, even when taking into account both private and NHS beds.
Flu season officially begins in England - a month early - The Sunday Telegraph 14th December 2008
The 'flu season has officially begun in England a month earlier than last year with cases of the disease on the rise, officials have warned.
Hospital wards closed as deadly winter vomiting bug sweeps Britain - Daily Mail 15th December 2008
A deadly winter vomiting bug is sweeping across the country and forcing hospitals to close their wards.
More people are likely to be struck down with the norovirus in the coming weeks as it peaks in the New Year, health experts last night warned.
Last year more than three million people were struck down with the bug, which can prove deadly to children, the elderly and the vulnerable.
Standard of care at British children's hospital 'worse than in the developing world' - Daily Mail 9th September 2008
Treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital is worse than in the developing world and parents are 'told lies' to cover up sub-standard care, a doctors' report claims.
In the document, surgeons at the hospital claimed they had less support during kidney transplant operations than when they performed the same procedures in Lagos, Nigeria.
Scandal of care at top children's hospital - The Observer 9th November 2008
Treatment at one of Britain's leading children's hospitals is worse than that in the developing world, according to a damning doctors' report uncovered by The Observer which also reveals how parents are "told lies" to cover up sub-standard care.
In the document, which the head of the Royal College of Surgeons describes as alarming, consultants are scathing about the Birmingham Children's Hospital. Last night MPs called for a full inquiry into the quality of care at the hospital, where children are treated for life-threatening conditions such as liver or kidney failure, neurological problems and chronic heart complaints.
'Catalogue of errors at NHS hospital in crisis killed our baby' - The Observer 9th November 2008
Shortages, incompetence and risky practice have been uncovered in an inquiry into Birmingham Children's Hospital. Grieving parents Lisa Weale and Jason Smith, whose first child Thomas died after surgery on a hole in his heart, say official admissions of failure can never comfort them
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