Kieran Lamb's List: Liverpool Daily Post 02/09

AN investigation was underway today after sensitive documents revealing the details of children in care were mailed to a member of the public by mistake.

They included names, addresses, contact telephone numbers and information about visiting arrangements for children in the care of Knowsley council.

A Huyton man, who can only be named as Mr Jones for legal reasons, told how he received two brown envelopes from the council addressed to him at his home.

Sam Semoff, of campaign group Keep Our NHS Public (KONP), has launched legal proceedings that could lead to a judicial review of the project.

Mr Semoff claims a consultation – held last year – for the £369m new- build was inadequate, because it did not mention the use of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding.

His challenge also states there is no indication that consideration was given to people who preferred an option to refurbish the hospital.

A ROOM at a new Arrowe Park Hospital living wing will be named after the late Liverpool DJ Phil Easton.\n\nAn £850k Ronald McDonald House is due to be built at the Wirral hospital to give the relatives of sick youngsters somewhere to stay.\n\nOne of the seven rooms will be a play area named after the Crosby radio broadcaster who died in February, aged 59.

BUILDING work on a £17m radiotherapy centre to treat Liverpool cancer sufferers could begin within the next few months.

A blueprint for Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool, is going in front of council chiefs on March 13, and sources say the application is likely to be successful.

EVERY patient entering two Merseyside hospitals for surgery will be screened for MRSA, it has been revealed.

From March 9, everyone who comes to Whiston Hospital or St Helens Hospital for planned surgery will be screened for the superbug. The Trust already screens a large number of patients, including those in orthopaedics and burns. The screening involves a simple swab being taken from the patient’s nose or throat. This is then tested and, if no MRSA is found, the patient will undergo their surgery.

AMBULANCE staff have been told not to call at hundreds of Merseyside homes without a police escort because the risk of violent attack is too great.

The North West Ambulance Service has “red flagged” the addresses because it is too dangerous to respond to 999 calls without back-up.

A total of 3,071 homes are on the danger list across the region, of which well over 500 are likely to be in Merseyside, research by the Liberal Democrats revealed.

LIVERPOOL gains new status today as a centre of excellence for the research and treatment of cancer.

The city is one of the first links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) centres to be launched around the country, bringing £2m of extra funding a year to the city.

The project will draw together world-class research and medical expertise, setting the pace for national and international progress in cancer of the pancreas, head, neck and blood.

A YOUNG father lost his temper and shook his 17-week-old baby daughter to death, a court has heard.

Liam Heyes, 20, was home alone with his baby, Layla Pike, when he is alleged to have shaken her so forcefully it caused her brain to bleed and swell.

She was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, but doctors found no sign of brain activity and she was pronounced dead the next day.

LIVERPOOL structural and civil engineering firm Curtins Consulting are to supply services for millions of pounds of NHS contracts in Scotland.

The company is partnering Interserve, one of the main construction contractors to 14 health boards north of the border.

A LIVERPOOL cancer charity has warned that lung cancer cases are still on the rise, despite an announce-ment that rates of the disease will fall by 20pc in the next 20 years.

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has highlighted that a lower number of smokers will reduce the rate of the disease per 100,000 people.