Kieran Lamb's List: Liverpool Echo 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.

PLANS for a new Royal Liverpool hospital could be delayed because of a legal challenge.

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

He says 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.

A MERSEYSIDE care home was at the centre of a police probe today following allegations dementia sufferers were mistreated. Four members of staff at Windy Knowe Nursing Home were arrested last week on suspicion of “wilful neglect”.

The Oxton home specialises in caring for elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease.

AFTER years of being told by doctors that she desperately needed a breast reduction, Angela Martinelli finally plucked up the courage to go under the knife.

The decision saved her life.

“The surgery wasn’t a cosmetic thing, it was a medical necessity,” says Angela who lives in Church Fields, Ormskirk.

A ROOM at a new Arrowe Park Hospital living wing will be named after the late Liverpool DJ Phil Easton.

A £850,000 Ronald McDonald House is due to be built at the Wirral hospital to give the relatives of sick youngsters somewhere to stay.

EVERY patient entering two Merseyside hospitals for surgery will be screened for MRSA.

From March 9, everyone who comes to Whiston or St Helens hospitals for planned procedures will be screened for the superbug.

ALERT hospital staff used a secret camera to catch a mother they suspected of abusing her baby daughter.

Nurses and doctors at Liverpool's Alder Hey children's hospital were praised for protecting the eight-month-old girl. Liverpool crown court heard the baby's mother had psychological problems and became convinced her daughter was going to die.

LIVERPOOL youngsters were given a class in healthy pancake making.

Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) community food workers held a special Shrove Tuesday session at Speke's Commy youth centre last night.

TEEN parents Sammii Humphries and Daniel Sargent this weekend welcomed home one of their premature twin sons.

The youngsters have taken a few weeks off school to get used to caring for Liam, who was born three months early.

His arrival at the family's Southport home on Saturday coincided with dad Daniel's 16th birthday. His twin brother Ryan will remain at Liverpool Women’s Hospital until he is strong enough to join them.

Last week mum

PEOPLE are losing their sight in Britain simply because of ignorance, a new study reveals.

Age-related macular degeneration is the nation's leading cause of blindness, but 90% of the people who took part in a new sight survey said they did not know of any of the symptoms of the disease, which include blurred vision, distortion of straight lines and blind spots.

As Jade Goody fights cervical cancer, Susan Lee meets a woman who understands the tragic star’s battle

BRAIDY Maloney has a simple message for the women of Merseyside: ‘don’t be complacent about your body.’ The mum of two admits she was and has paid a heavy price for it.

MERSEYSIDE’S biggest hospital has expanded its blood disease day unit.

Patients and relatives helped to launch the new haematology day unit in the Royal Liverpool hospital.

Haematology serves a vital role, caring for and treating those who suffer from blood diseases, such as leukaemia.

AN EX-drug user who got hepatitis C by sharing a needle is warning Merseysiders at risk to get tested.

Francis Cook, of Birkenhead, injected heroin at a party in London in the late 1970s / early1980s.

But it was more than 20 years before he found out the needle he had used was infected with the deadly hepatitis C virus.

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.