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Anne Milton: Back to the frontline - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Politicised by her years as an NHS nurse, the Tory shadow junior health minister says her passion for mental health is shared by her party. She tells Mary O'Hara 'there won't be any raids' on the service when money is tight"
Swine flu: how it has spread through the UK - The Guardian 21st July 2009
Over 50,000 people now have suspected swine flu in the UK, and 29 have died from the virus.
Swine flu: 100,000 UK cases a day by August - The Guardian 2nd July 2009
More than 100,000 people could be diagnosed with swine flu every day by the end of August, the government said, announcing that the disease can no longer be contained in the UK.
A Commons statement by the health secretary, Andy Burnham, marks a watershed in the spread of the flu. No more schools will be closed, unless forced to by the lack of staff or if the pupils are especially vulnerable. Families and people in contact with those with flu will not be given preventative antiviral drugs.
Surgical checklist cuts deaths by 40%, study reveals - The Guardian 15th January 2009
Surgeons in every hospital in the country will be required to run through a brief checklist before they operate, which will include establishing the identity of the patient and the operation they need, after a trial showed the simple procedure could cut deaths by 40%.
Eminent surgeons expressed shock and surprise after the use of a two-minute checklist to ensure basic procedures had been done in eight hospitals in rich and poor countries around the world, including St Mary's in Paddington, London, revealed the scale of human error. Many surgeons were strongly opposed to using the list, which has to be read aloud to the team in the operating theatre, until they realised how much safer it made operations. Complications were cut by a third.
Hospital cleanliness: the top and bottom scoring trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for NHS trusts in England
Care standards: the top and bottom scoring trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for NHS trusts in England
Pain control: the top and bottom scoring trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for trusts in England
Hospital car parking: the top and bottom scoring trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for trusts in England
Privacy: the top and bottom scoring hospital trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for NHS trusts in England
Information about side effects: the top and bottom scoring hospital trusts - The Guardian 14th January 2009
Results from 2008 Healthcare Commission survey for trusts in England
Inspectors warn Homerton hospital over hygiene standards - The Guardian 30th December 2008
Inspectors have warned a major London hospital that it must raise its hygiene standards after a surprise inspection revealed dirty bedpans and concerns about the adequacy of training for staff.
Homerton hospital, east London, has a good record on MRSA and Clostridium difficile, the two most rampant hospital superbugs, but the Healthcare Commission has issued an improvement notice because its systems are not sound enough to prevent a potentially serious hygiene lapse.
Dr Tom Smith on the best types of sleep, cures for tinnitus, and chronic constipation - The Guardian 1st November 2008
I am exhausted at the moment by a late-night schedule of work and study. I've heard that the hours of sleep before midnight are more regenerating than those after. If so, should I alter my sleeping hours to increase my brain power?
Staff shortages 'put premature babies at risk' - The Guardian 15th October 2008
The lives of premature babies are being put at risk by an acute shortage of qualified staff, the special care baby charity Bliss warned last night.
It used the Freedom of Information Act to secure data from NHS trusts showing a shortfall of 1,700 neonatal nurses, leaving premature baby units unable to provide the recommended standard of care.
Annie Kelly hears from those who fear they will be targeted by government strategy to move people from incapacity benefits - The Guardian 3rd September 2008
The government is hailing its welfare reform package as a radical strategy to move people from incapacity benefits into work. But Annie Kelly hears from those rebuilding their lives who fear they will be targeted
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