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Half of specialist heart units for children face closure under radical Government plans - The Sunday Telegraph 18th October 2009
"Half of the country's specialist heart surgery units for children face closure under controversial Government plans. "
Just how sick is your child? - Daily Mail 17th October 2009
"Have you ever turned to the internet late at night, concerned that your child may have something more than a cold?
A new booklet, The Rough Guide To Childhood Illness, developed in association with the Department of Health, is being offered to parents free of charge and gives practical information. Here are five of the many common illnesses highlighted."
Children needlessly admitted to hospital 'because of removal of GP out of hours cover' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"Thousands of children are being needlessly admitted to hospital every year due to the removal of the duty on GPs to provide out of hours cover, a new study suggests. "
Most young children hospitalised with swine flu had no underlying issues - The Guardian 1st October 2009
"New figures on swine flu underline vulnerability of the very young"
Most children treated in hospital for swine flu were previously healthy - The Times 2nd October 2009
"Eight out of ten young children requiring hospital treatment for swine flu were previously healthy, a new study shows. An analysis of inpatient treatment in England also found that more than half of people aged 16 to 44 had no previous underlying health conditions before being admitted. "
Eight in ten children in hospital with swine flu were previously healthy - Daily Telegraph 1st October 2009
"More than 80 per cent of young children are admitted to hospital with swine flu were previously healthy, figures showed today. "
Alder Hey children's hospital plans a radical £280m privately financed rebuild - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Liverpool's 19th-century Alder Hey children's hospital is creaking at the seams. But will its plans for a radical rebuild with a £280m private finance deal get caught up in pre-election paralysis?"
Alder Hey children's hospital, Liverpool - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Liverpool's Alder Hey is a world-renowned children's hospital which treats 200,000 patients a year. Yet, according to the foundation trust that runs it, the hospital, a tightly packed row of three-story, pre-first world war, redbrick buildings, will soon be at breaking point and unable to cope with demand. The answer is a radical £280m rebuild - but in the run up to a general election, and with public debt under fiercer scrutiny than ever, Alder Hey's fate hangs very much in the balance"
Nine out of 10 people want to rebuild Liverpool's Alder Hey children’s hospital - Liverpool Daily Post 24th September 2009
NINE out of 10 people supported the £288m plans to rebuild Alder Hey children’s hospital during a mass consultation process.
Full results from the survey were released last night, showing overwhelming backing for the blueprint.
Nine in 10 want new Alder Hey hospital - Liverpool Echo 24th September 2009
NINE in 10 people support plans for a new £288m Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Full results from a consultation process have now been released.
Great Ormond Street celebrates its first birth – after 157 years - The Independent 23rd September 2009
The mother of a cancer patient has given birth during a visit at Great Ormond Street Hospital – a first in the hospital's 157-year history.
Nicola Tyler, 32, from Canvey Island, Essex, was staying with her daughter Kelly, six, when she gave birth to baby Zac, five days early on 4 September.
The twins who lost two years of togetherness: Girl meets sister for first time after 20 month fight for life - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
Celebrating their second birthday was a particularly special occasion for Elizabeth and Sophie Rae.
For at last they were together, as twins should be.
The girls were separated just a few days after birth when doctors discovered Elizabeth had a potentially fatal condition, which required her to undergo 13 operations.
Kids' hospital forced to cancel operations - Manchester Evening News 30th August 2009
A STAFF shortage led to a series of cancelled operations at Manchester's new children's hospital.
Several parents have complained after emergency procedures were cancelled at the last minute up to three times at the flagship unit which opened in the city centre in June.
Medical past up for grabs - Manchester Evening News 25th August 2009
A LITTLE bit of history from Manchester's medical past was going under the hammer today.
An old clocking-in machine was the star buy among the sale of almost 1,500 items from the city's two former children's hospitals.
Ormskirk Hospital gas doctor Jonathan Chahal GMC verdict angers health campaigner - Ormskirk Advertiser 23rd July 2009
A WEST Lancashire health campaigner has criticised a General Medical council decision to allow a doctor who inhaled laughing gas while on duty at a children’s A&E ward to continue to practise.
A General Medical Council disciplnary panel ruled last week that Dr Jonathan Chahal’s fitness to practise had been impaired because of misconduct while working at Ormskirk Hospital.
Tranmere Rovers boss John Barnes kicks off debut day of Wirral hospital’s new children’s department - Liverpool Daily Post 21st July 2009
WIRRAL Hospital’s new children’s department was officially opened by football legend John Barnes.
The development is the first stage of an £11.5m investment by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in specialist women’s and children’s health services at Arrowe Park.
Sara Cox in hospital appeal - Manchester Evening News 22nd July 2009
DJ Sara Cox has given her backing to the New Children's Hospital Appeal.
The Bolton-born Radio One star will compere a glitzy charity bash to raise money for the new hospital - the biggest for young people in Britain.
Coroner calls on health bosses for information about death of 4-day-old Southport baby - Liverpool Daily Post 18th July 2009
A CORONER may summon ambulance and hospital chiefs to answer questions over the death of a baby boy.
The four-day-old child died after being driven past his nearest hospital in search of vital treatment.
Boy back to health after surgeons fix three holes in his heart - Daily Telegraph 18th July 2009
Four-year-old Alex Briggs is a real life Superman after bouncing back from life-saving surgery to fix three holes in his heart.
Alex, four, is a real Superman as he runs around TWO DAYS after open-heart surgery - Daily Mail 17th July 2009
Many four-year-old boys like dressing up as Superman, and Alex Briggs is no exception.
But Alex has a superhero's toughness to match after bouncing back from life-saving surgery to fix three holes in his heart.
During the risky five-hour operation, surgeons had to break Alex's breast bone and stop his heart.
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