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Thousands of children drinking seven pints a week - Daily Telegraph 23rd July 2009
Thousands of children are drinking more alcohol each week than the recommended safe limits for adults, new figures have revealed.
Hope for cure for blindness - The Sunday Telegraph 5th July 2009
A surgeon who pioneered laser eye surgery to cure short-sightedness has announced a new technique which could prevent millions of older people from going blind.
Over-65s suffer discrimination by NHS mental health services, says the Healthcare Commission - The Guardian 31st March 2009
The Healthcare Commission has found that older people with mental health problems are not receiving the care they need in many parts of England
'Bingeing' girls make Britain among worst in Europe for teenage drinking - The Telegraph 26th March 2009
Britain is among the worst European nations for "chronic" teenage alcohol abuse, with girls binge drinking more than boys, according to most detailed international study of its kind.
Worst countries for teenage binge drinking list - The Telegraph 26th March 2009
Top 10 European countries for teenage binge drinking.
Angela Pertusini on the rights and wrongs of introducing children to alcohol - The Guardian 14th March 2009
Yes you can, says Angela Pertusini, whose father gave her a regular tipple as a girl, starting a healthy relationship with alcohol
Teenagers 'should get a booster meningitis C vaccine' - The Telegraph 12th February 2009
Teenagers should be given a booster dose of the meningitis C vaccine to prevent the infection becoming more common, researchers have warned.
Half of doctors believe NHS is 'institutionally ageist' - The Telegraph 26th January 2009
Almost half of doctors who care for older people believe the NHS is "institutionally ageist", according to a poll.
Law lords support banned nurses in rights ruling - The Guardian 22nd January 2009
Safeguards to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse are an unlawful infringement of the human rights of staff working in the NHS and social care, five law lords ruled yesterday in a test case brought by the Royal College of Nursing.
The House of Lords outlawed a procedure that allows ministers to put staff on a provisional employment blacklist without investigating the strength of allegations made against them or listening to their side of the case.
NHS trust to buy £400,000 yacht - The Telegraph 14th October 2008
A health trust is planning to spend £400,000 on a 72ft yacht to help jobless teenagers make better "lifestyle choices".
Hospital staff tied elderly patients to chairs with bedsheets and men's braces - Daily Mail 7th October 2008
A hospital trust boss has apologised after staff tied five elderly people to chairs and wheelchairs to restrain them.\n\nThe patients were tied down with men's braces, bedsheets and wheelchair straps, sometimes for long periods.
‘Culture of bullying’ at hospitals – tribunal - Carlisle News & Star 29th September 2008
A HIGH-PROFILE NHS manager has slammed Cumbrian hospital bosses over their treatment of a senior nurse.
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Sarina Saiger: Claims she was victim of a campaign of harassment
Ken Jarrold told a tribunal yesterday that he believes a culture of bullying and harassment was allowed to develop among managers of the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle and Whitehaven’s West Cumberland Hospital.
Old people with dementia have a duty to die and should be pushed towards death, says Baroness Warnock - Daily Mail 20th September 2008
Elderly people with dementia are 'wasting' the lives of those who have to care for them, one of the country's most influential experts on medical ethics said yesterday.
Baroness Warnock said that for the old and sick who are contemplating dying, 'there is nothing wrong with feeling you ought to do so'.
Nurse playing race card to get NHS cash’ - Carlisle News & Star 17th September 2008
HOSPITAL bosses have accused a senior nurse of “playing the race card” in an attempt to get money out of the NHS.
They claim former assistant director of nursing Sarina Saiger is a serial claimant against the health service, having twice accepted compromise agreements with previous hospital trusts.
Cumbria nurse accused of 'playing race card' - Carlisle News & Star 15th September 2008
A senior nurse has been accused at a tribunal of "playing the race card" as part of a long-running dispute with senior managers.
Former assistant director of nursing Sarina Saiger has taken hospital bosses to an employment tribunal over claims of racial discrimination, victimisation, harassment and unfair dismissal.
Schizophrenic killer escapes from hospital and rapes schoolgirl within hours - Daily Mail 9th September 2008
A psychiatric patient who was allowed to watch pornography films raped a 14-year-old girl after escaping from hospital.
An investigation is under way to discover why Darren Harkin, 21, was being kept at a low-security institution.
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