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US up to 55 million swine flu vaccine doses short - The Independent 28th October 2009
"The United States will face a swine flu vaccine shortfall of 45 to 55 million doses by the end of the year but half of the population could still be vaccinated, a senior US official said.
"I don't think we will get to the original goal" of 195 million influenza A(H1N1) vaccine doses delivered during the US government's fall vaccination campaign, said Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases."
Frank Deasy's dying appeal continues to attract thousands more organ donors - The Observer 11th October 2009
"The Irish writer's consultant says that his words and his courage have touched people"
Merseyside paramedics fear winter crisis as ambulances sit empty - Southport Visiter 7th October 2009
"MERSEYSIDE’S ambulances are sitting empty – because there is not enough staff to man them.
The region’s ambulance service cannot cover all its rostered shifts and is failing to get to patients quickly enough as a result."
One in four Britons on organ donor register - Daily Telegraph 8th October 2009
"One million more people are now registered to become an organ donor in a new Government drive which has saved almost 300 lives in the last year. "
Rise in registered organ donors - The Guardian 8th October 2009
"Around a million more people registered to become organ donors in the last year, figures show.
There are now 16.5 million people on the UK organ donor register - around a 7% rise since June 2008, when experts began implementing recommendations from the Organ Donation Taskforce."
Organs still short as donors rise - BBC Health News 7th October 2009
"The number of people agreeing to donate their organs after death is growing, but at a slower rate than the number of patients who need them, a report warns.
The first year of a concerted effort to boost UK donation rates did see the number of transplants rise as more co-ordinated services were implemented. "
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.
Shortage of medicines sees patients being admitted to hospital - Daily Telegraph 24th August 2009
Patients are suffering “extreme distress” and are even being admitted to hospital due to a shortage of certain medicines, pharmacists have warned.
Thousands of new dental places are to be created - Carlisle News & Star 20th August 2009
TEN thousand new dental places are set to be created in Furness and Millom.
NHS Cumbria, which is responsible for dental care in the county, is dishing out £1.5 million to fund 27,000 new places countywide.
The cash includes 5,000 new places in Barrow and 5,000 places in Millom.
Patients await letters as NHS dentist opens up - Carlisle News & Star 20th August 2009
WHITEHAVEN’S new dentist on the harbourside opened its doors this week.
It will offer 10,000 NHS dental places and follows the opening of new surgeries in Egremont, Workington and Maryport.
Swine flu: blood bank faces shortages - The Telegraph 19th August 2009
Britain's blood bank could face shortages this winter due to the swine flu outbreak.
Children in frontline as swine flu cases double - The Independent 24th July 2009
Fears about the capacity of NHS intensive care units to cope with a surge in cases of children struck down with swine flu were raised yesterday as figures showed that the pandemic was gathering pace.
Jeremy Lauramce: Will the NHS run out of beds for critically ill children? - The Independent 24th July 2009
The death of Nicholas Geldard still strikes fear into the hearts of children's specialists - and will be on the minds of ministers and chief medical officers as the UK prepares for what is likely to be its worst winter flu season for a generation.
Fertility treatment on the NHS still a lottery five years after guidelines - The Telegraph 18th June 2009
Fertility treatment on the NHS is a postcode lottery as only one in four trusts provides three full cycles as recommended in guidelines.
Ormskirk hospital’s maternity unit was forced to close its doors to expectant mums seven times last year – report reveals - Ormskirk Advertiser 19th February 2009
ORMSKIRK hospital’s maternity unit was forced to close its doors to expectant mums seven times last year.
The unit closed to new admissions once in March, three times in September, once in November and twice in December due to lack of beds or too few staff.
The figures were revealed in a survey of maternity closures across all NHS trusts by the Conservatives.
Hundreds apply for dental places - Carlisle News & Star 19th February 2009
HUNDREDS of people have joined a waiting list for an NHS dentist after extra places were announced.
An additional 30,000 places will be available at four new surgeries by the end of the year.
NHS Cumbria spokeswoman Ann Marie Palmer said that the rush of extra people had been expected following the announcement.
NHS forced to turn away women in labour - The Observer 8th February 2009
Women in the final stages of labour were turned away by maternity units because of more than 550 closures last year due to a shortage of staff or beds, NHS figures reveal.
The mothers-to-be were forced to have their babies elsewhere, sometimes many miles away, when hospitals where they had planned to give birth shut their doors for up to 48 hours at a time.
Maternity units forced to shut doors in baby boom - The Independent 9th February 2009
Almost half of maternity units closed to new admissions at least once in the past year because they were full or had too few staff. One unit refused new admissions for 48 hours; others closed for more than 10 hours at a time.
Almost half of maternity wards 'turn away woman in labour' - The Sunday Telegraph 8th February 2009
Almost half of maternity units closed their doors to new admissions at least once in the last year, figures have shown.
Maternity units 'shut to mothers' - BBC Health News 8th February 2009
More hospitals in England had to turn away women in labour last year because they were full, figures suggest.
Nearly half of 104 trusts responding to a survey by the Tories said they shut their maternity units at least once and diverted women to other hospitals.
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