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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.
Number of stillbirths has fallen sharply, Cemach study finds - The Times 24th June 2009
The number of stillbirths has fallen significantly in the past seven years, although the risk remains highest for older mothers, according to a report.
Findings from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (Cemach) show there were 5.2 per 1,000 births in 2007, down from 5.7 stillborn babies per 1,000 births in 2002.
Increase in women doctors ‘will put strain on the NHS’ - The Times 2nd June 2009
Women doctors will outnumber their male colleagues in a decade but the change is likely to place a strain on the health service, according to a new report.
More than half of all new medical students are women but they are far more likely than men to work part-time and choose specialties where they have set hours, according to the study by the Royal College of Physicians. This could lead to a shortage of surgeons and doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics or public health, and a need to recruit more doctors overall, the report suggests.
Women doctors will outnumber men within a decade: research - The Telegraph 3rd June 2009
Women doctors will outnumber men by 2017 leading to shortages in critical areas as many opt for part-time working, it has been warned.
Half of GPs will be women in four years - Daily Mail 3rd June 2009
Women doctors will outnumber their male counterparts within eight years, a report predicts.
They will achieve a majority among general practitioners within half that time, according to the Royal College of Physicians.
Anne Perkins: The NHS still fails to care adequately for the over-65s who occupy two-thirds of its beds - The Guardian 28th January 2009
Somehow, all the individual good intent doesn't add up to a satisfactory service – as my mother-in-law is discovering
Alcohol-related deaths still high despite fall in mortality rates - The Guardian 27th January 2
Health charities said today that the number of people dying from alcohol-related deaths was unacceptably high, despite new figures showing a decline in mortality rates after many years of increases.
The Office of National Statistics said there were 13.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2007, down from 13.4 in 2006. However, it is still almost double the rate of the early 1990s; there were 6.9 deaths per 100,000 in 1991.Throughout 2007, there were 8,724 alcohol-related deaths, lower than in 2006, but more than double the 4,144 recorded in 1991.
Alcohol-related deaths 'falling' - BBC Health News 27th January 2009
The number of alcohol-related deaths has started to decline after years of steady increases, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.\n\nThere were 8,724 such deaths in the UK in 2007, or 13.3 per 100,000 people, down from 13.4 the previous year.
North West Hepatitis C warning - Lancashire Telegraph 26th January 2009
THE North West has the highest number of Hepatitis C sufferers in the country, according to new figures.
Latest reports show that more than 1,600 people in the region were reported to have the condition in 2007.
There were more than 7,500 cases nationally. But that is just the tip of the iceberg, as an estimated 100,000 people in England could have the condition without knowing.
Vintage counts when it comes to excess alcohol consumption - The Times 23rd January 2009
Middle-class, middle-aged, married people are as likely as younger generations to drink alcohol in excess regularly, data from the Office of National Statistics suggests.
The figures showed a trend for women in professional or managerial jobs to drink at home, which doctors say is causing an epidemic of alcohol-related health problems. Some 67 per cent said they had drunk at home in the past week, compared with 14 per cent who had been to a pub or bar. This compared with 57 per cent cent of women in manual work.
Bullying incidents fall in Liverpool schools - Liverpool Daily Post 7th January 2009
PUPILS are beating the bullies, as more Liverpool schoolchildren than ever point out the culprits.
A leaked report from the city council also revealed that in most cases the bullying stopped when the incidents were reported.
New internet crime maps for every part of England and Wales 'could become a burglar's guide' - Daily Mail 6th January 2009
Every householder in England and Wales can now check crime levels in their neighbourhood through online crime maps compiled by police forces.
The maps plot patterns of overall offending as well as particular crimes including burglary, robbery, car theft and violence.
They will allow instant comparisons between areas, as well as showing month-by-month trends in crime.
Flu cases on the rise in England - BBC Health News 12th December 2008
Doctors are being advised to prescribe antiviral drugs for flu in response to increasing numbers of people falling ill with the virus.
Both NHS Direct and the Royal College of GPs have reported large increases in the number of people with influenza symptoms.
UK is warned over obesity levels - BBC Health News 11th December 2008
One in three adults in the UK will be obese by 2012, researchers warn.
It comes as the latest government figures show no drop in the number of children who are obese, despite a raft of strategies to tackle the problem.
Child’s health is to be valued - Carlisle News & Star 13th December 2008
THE battle against the obesity epidemic has received a lot of attention in recent years. But it seems there is still some way to go in Cumbria.
The statistics are frightening. One in five children starting secondary school are obese and a quarter of those starting primary school are overweight or obese.
One in 10 children suffer abuse, say experts - The Guardian 3rd December 2008
The true scale of the maltreatment of children in the UK is revealed by child abuse experts today who say that one in 10 suffers physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Unlike Baby P, who died in Haringey, north London, while on the at-risk register after months of abuse and neglect, most maltreated children are not even referred to the authorities.
HIV cases may double warn doctors - BBC Health News 1st December 2008
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in Northern Ireland could double this year, doctors fear.
Sixty-five new cases of the infection were diagnosed last year, according to figures released by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
Figures show increase in HIV patient numbers in North West - Ormskirk Advertiser 27th November 2008
LATEST statistics reveal there has been a 10% increase in people needing HIV care in the North West.
The figures, from the Health Protection Agency, show that in 2007, some 584 people were newly diagnosed with the virus in the region.
Numbers seeing NHS dentist continues to fall - The Telegraph 27th November 2008
The number of people seeing an NHS dentist is continuing to drop since a new contract was introduced.
HIV infections hit record high - The Guardian 25th November 2008
Record numbers of people in the UK are living with HIV, with more than half of newly diagnosed infections found in heterosexuals, figures revealed today.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that in 2007 an estimated 77,400 people had the virus, up from 73,000 in the previous year. More than a quarter of those infected remained unaware of their status.
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