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Wirral youngsters get help to plan their futures - Wirral Globe 27th October 2009
"YOUNG people from Wirral with learning difficulties and disabilities have attended an event designed to help them plan for their futures.
'Your Future Your Choice' gave young people leaving school, parents and carers the advice they needed to plan their next steps into further education, training and employment. "
Cadets take to the wards - North West Evening Mail 23rd October 2009
"THE very first health and social care cadets in Furness have been finding out what hospital ward work is all about.
They have taking part in a placement at Furness General Hospital, working alongside (and supervised by) experienced ward staff in general patient care."
Patients are dying 'because of restrictions on doctors' working hours' - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"Patients are dying as a result of EU rules which cut the working hours of doctors, evidence from the Royal College of Surgeons has suggested. "
Doctor hours law 'harms patients' - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"Patients' lives are being jeopardised by European rules that cut the working hours of doctors, experts say.
The Royal College of Surgeons says the 48-hour limit on the working week has left hospitals overstretched. "
'Cut in doctors' hours costs lives' - The Observer 11th October 2009
"Cutting doctors' working hours in line with EU rules is costing lives, damning evidence from the Royal College of Surgeons showed.
Doctors have been forced to break rules to maintain levels of care because the 48-hour working week limit has left hospitals so stretched, a survey of 800 NHS surgeons revealed."
Patients' lives are at risk from 48-hour week, warn doctors - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2
"Patients' lives are being put at risk by controversial new rules that limit the number of hours surgeons can work each week, according to research by the Royal College of Surgeons published today.
Nearly two-thirds of surgeons have witnessed a decline in the quality of patient care and safety since the European Working Hours Regulations (EWHR) were introduced in August, according to the survey."
Doctors say EU working week is killing patients - The Sunday Times 11th October 2009
"SENIOR doctors say NHS patients are dying as a result of new European Union rules that impose a 48-hour week on hospital staff.\n\nThe Royal College of Surgeons said, in a hard-hitting report, that lives were being lost because patients had to be switched between up to four doctors every 24 hours, instead of being cared for by the same team round the clock. "
Hospital patients are dying because of restrictions on doctors' hours, say surgeons - Daily Telegraph 10th October 2009
"Doctors say hospital patients have died as a result of new restrictions on medics' working hours brought in by the European Union. "
Trust them, they're junior doctors - The Guardian 23rd September 2009
Hospital deaths increase in August when the newly qualified hit the wards. A less dramatic reality lies behind the scare statistics
Women make safer doctors than men and are less likely to be suspended - Daily Mail 23rd September 2009
Women make safer doctors than men and are less likely to be suspended from work, according to research published yesterday.
Female GPs, hospital doctors and dentists are much less likely to be investigated than their male counterparts, the UK's largest study of medical performance found.
NHS hospital deaths rise on day junior doctors join wards, study finds - The Guardian 23rd September 2009
The NHS has its very own black Wednesday, when death rates go up by an average of 6%
Bad doctors are overwhelmingly men - The Independent 23rd September 2009
Women make safer doctors than men, according to the UK's largest study of medical performance.
They are less likely to be investigated over concerns about their behaviour, clinical skills or conduct and are significantly less likely to be suspended or excluded from work than their male colleagues.
Hospital doctors from abroad attract most complaints - The Times 23rd September 2009
Half the hospital doctors whose performances give rise to complaints qualified abroad before coming to work in the NHS, though they account for only a third of the workforce.
The report, by the National Patient Safety Agency, also shows that questions are more likely to be raised about older doctors and consultants than about younger medics and trainees. The referral rate for concerns about over-50s working in hospitals and the community is five times the rate among under-40s.
Higher hospital death rate coincides with junior doctors’ first week - The Times 23rd September 2009
Patients admitted to hospital in the first week of August — when medical school graduates start work — have a higher risk of dying than at other times of the year, researchers say.
The largest study of its kind, analysing records for almost 300,000 patients, found that death rates for emergency cases arriving on the first Wednesday in August were 6 per cent higher than for those arriving a week earlier.
Deadliest month: As new doctors start in August, mortality rate in A&E departments rises by 6 per cent - Daily Mail 23rd September 2009
If you're going to have an accident, you may want to avoid the first week of August. It is the most dangerous time to be admitted to accident and emergency, a study suggests.
Researchers found hospital mortality rates rise by 6 per cent on the first Wednesday in August.
'Deaths rise' with junior doctors - BBC Health News 22nd September 2009
A small but statistically significant number of patients die each year when junior doctors start work in August, a study suggests.
Researchers looked at 300,000 patients admitted as emergencies to English hospitals between 2000 and 2008.
Anita Pati on the NHS graduate scheme in communications - The Guardian 16th September 2009
Recognising the need for savvy spin doctors, the NHS is piloting a graduate scheme in communications management
Gaddafi doctors trained by NHS as Royal Colleges train Libyans in NHS deal - Daily Mail 15th September 2009
Libyan doctors are to be trained by the NHS following an agreement signed by a Cabinet minister with Colonel Gaddafi's regime weeks before the release of the Lockerbie bomber, it emerged today.
The agreement is the latest in a series of moves to normalise relations between Britain and the north African state, which was an international pariah for years after being blamed for the 1988 bombing of PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie, which killed 270 people.
Deaf awareness training for Trafford NHS staff - Altrincham Messenger 8th September 2009
STAFF at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust have taken part in deaf awareness training provided by Genie Networks, a charity that supports deaf people in the borough.
Surgeon at Countess of Chester Hospital says new rules will pressure NHS - Chester Chronicle 20th August 2009
A LEADING surgeon fears employment rules limiting junior doctors’ hours could mean the Countess of Chester Hospital struggles to treat its patients.
George Foster, who has worked at the Countess for 25 years, says the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) will also limit training opportunities for new doctors.
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