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Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:07:32 GMT

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Government still not listening on Injured Servicemen

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:33:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There is an illusion amongst civilians that Service Men get decent medical treatment. It is a myth that should be rammed down the throats of every politician and apologists for MP's.
Treatment on wards can be first class. Aftercare is and always has been, none existent.
When a patient is released from hospital care, treatment invariably ends. Old SBA's now openly brag abut the pain hey inflicted on out-patients. That could be funny but for the fact that many illnesses were never diagnosed properly. I know a man who contacted hepatitis in 1966, a condition that destroyed his health, which went undiagnosed until 1999, when he suffered a massive heart attack.
In those day a patient was returned to Unit the instant he could walk. No after care, no constant surveillance, no real concern for a patient's well-being. If you were ill you were a malingerer, a shot of penicillin in the backside and back to duty for you Me Boy.
So when you read the reply from Downing Street, just take it

Clip Source: www.number10.gov.uk

“With the growing numbers of wounded personnel repatriated to the UK and with continued growth in medically discharged personnel since the Falklands war to current conflicts and operations, our service men & women and veterans of previous operational service are owed the best medical care possible. The existing facilities are falling short and the NHS are not meeting the needs of veterans who still need treatment for their service related conditions. A dedicated Military & Veterans Hospital will greatly help resolve this National scandal since the complete closure of our military hospitals that has proved to be total folly.”

Tags: military, hospital, care, covenant

Brown outlines a vision for a fairer Britain. Yeah right

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:07:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Brown actually admits mistakes and says he will do better in an attempt to bolster his position as PM against doubters who want him replaced

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gordon Brown yesterday outlined a fresh philosophy to revive his fortunes when he declared that he would champion a "new settlement for new times".

In a personal address, in which he admitted a mistake in abolishing the 10p starting rate of tax, the prime minister said he was best placed to take Britain through the greatest upheaval since the Industrial Revolution and set out the idea of "a new settlement for new times. A fair Britain for the new age".

The prime minister - who spoke of his lifelong passion for the NHS being inspired by a "great surgeon and great nurses" who saved his sight after a rugby accident as a teenager - outlined a series of policies which will see the government legislate to enshrine the abolition of child poverty in law, abolish prescription charges for people battling cancer and abolish charges for people suffering long-term conditions.

Tags: uk, politics, labour, conference, brown, contrite, promises, future, vision

The Logical Outcome of Socialized Medicine

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:16:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You cost to much you old fogie. Off to the boneyard with you.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The veteran Government adviser said pensioners in mental decline are "wasting people's lives" because of the care they require and should be allowed to opt for euthanasia even if they are not in pain.

She insisted there was "nothing wrong" with people being helped to die for the sake of their loved ones or society.

The 84-year-old added that she hoped people will soon be "licensed to put others down" if they are unable to look after themselves.

Recent figures show there are 700,000 people with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's in Britain. By 2026 experts predict there will be one million dementia sufferers in the country, costing the NHS an estimated £35billion a year.

Lady Warnock said: "If you're demented, you're wasting people's lives – your family's lives – and you're wasting the resources of the National Health Service.

Tags: medicine, healthcare, socialized medicine, euthanasia

Labour ignoring needs of patients

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:33:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: While claiming to be proving choice to the public, Labour has actually set about abolishing any bodies which had the power to oppose their control-freak policies, such as community health councils.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

When Labour came to power community health councils had been in place for more than 20 years. They held the health service to account and had strong local loyalty. Many NHS innovations were pioneered by CHCs - advocacy, surveys, community development projects, patient support groups. They had statutory powers to obtain information, and to visit hospitals and other institutions, and had access to health authorities and their senior officers. CHCs were not afraid to criticise government policies but - while useful to Labour in opposition - they were a potential obstacle to the implementation of the new government's reforms. In 1997 moves began to get rid of them. CHCs were abolished, not without a struggle, in 2003, and replaced by a series of increasingly weak structures.

Tags: uk, governement, labour, mendacity, authoritarianism,

British schoolgirls vaccinated against cervical cancer

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:17:41 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Scottish schoolgirls are to become the first in the UK to be vaccinated against cervical cancer.

Schools in the Lanarkshire, Tayside, Grampian and Western Isles NHS areas are to begin vaccinating 12 and 13-year-old girls from this week.

All girls aged between 12 and 17 should have been offered the vaccine by August next year.

The Cervarix vaccine works by targeting HPV, the virus which causes cervical cancer. Its manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, said it should prevent 70% of cases - saving about 70 lives a year in Scotland.

Over the coming months, all girls in classes S1 to S6 will be offered the vaccine, so that every secondary schoolgirl under the age of 18 will have had it by the 2009 deadline.

This is a really exciting step to have discovered the cause of a cancer, to have identified what causes it and then to find a vaccine to eradicate it

Regular gym visits 'can wear out your hips in middle age'

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:24:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Regular gym visits 'can wear out your hips in middle age'

By Nick Harding and Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 12:19 AM on 30th August 2008

Intensive gym use is creating a crippled generation in need of hip replacements in middle age, a leading surgeon has warned.

Growing numbers of men and women in their early 40s have worn out their joints, according to orthopaedics consultant Robert Marston.

He believes the obsession with high-impact forms of exercise - such as running on machines and step aerobics - is to blame.

Danger: Gym enthusiasts could be wearing out their joints

Mr Marston, of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in northwest London, said that he now treats at least five times more patients in their 40s and 50s than he did ten or 15 years ago.

The number of hip replacements has been increasing steadily since 2002 with 89,000 carried out last year, according to statistics from the NHS information centre.

Tags: health

CKS

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cks.library.nhs.uk

Freely available, the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.

CKS podcasts: Nine new podcasts are available, including Anaphylaxis (2); Breast cancer; Missed contraceptive pills; Overview of CKS; Red eye (2); Reducing antibiotic prescribing; Smoking cessation.

New and updated CKS topics: DMARDs; Irritable bowel syndrome; Osteoarthritis; Post-herpetic neuralgia; Pruritus ani; Red eye; Rosacea; Shingles.

Obesity 'equal to terror threat'

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:40:02 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The threat to Britain and the NHS from rising obesity is as grave as that posed by terrorism, a top expert says.

compelling manufacturers to improve the salt, fat and sugar content of their products.

He said that bigger warning labels, changes in the taxation of "unhealthy" foods, and even the use of compulsory regulations to force manufacturers to cut levels of salt, sugar and fat in their foods could be employed.

The recent review by Lord Darzi placed emphasis on the prevention of disease as a priority for the NHS, as did the Public Health White Paper in 2004.

A spokesman for the Department of Health pointed to the decision to fluoridate drinking water to improve oral health, and the introduction of smoking bans, as signs that it was serious about this.

"We are tackling obesity through awareness campaigns and action in schools. Our alcohol and sexual health campaigns encourage responsible drinking and safer sex."

Doctors learn t'speak Yorkshire

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:50:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Do the patients get a list of words to help them understand 'Doctor speak'?

Clip Source: www.ananova.com

Doctors from overseas are getting a crash course on how to speak 'proper Yorkshire' because they were finding it so difficult to understand locals.

Despite having near perfect English, many foreign doctors were being left baffled by Yorkshire slang - so Doncaster Primary Care Trust now provides help through a special dictionary of words and phrases.

The colloquial translations were produced by Dr Lis Rodgers who is in charge of foreign recruitment for the Trust, reports Sky News.

"This is about trying to improve patient care and helping doctors to understand their patients," she said.

"This started when a colleague from Austria was told by a female patient she was about to examine, 'I've got my friend with me', which meant she had her period.

"I then asked staff working at the Trust to write down all of the colloquialisms they knew and give them to me. Believe me, the list has been edited a great deal."

Tags: nhs, health, words, language

nhs contracting jobs

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:25:26 GMT

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The world of socialized medicine

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:09:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Too expensive to treat.
Do not treat based on lifestyle.

Clip Source: www.freerepublic.com

Cancer patients are to be denied drugs which could keep them alive after the NHS rationing watchdog ruled that they are too expensive.

Patient groups said the decision, announced today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), would condemn many sufferers of kidney cancer to an "early death".

Four prohibited medicines include Sutent, which can prolong life in kidney cancer patients by up to two years.

Nice said the drugs were too expensive

It comes just a week after Andrew Dillon, the chief executive of Nice, said smokers and the obese should not be denied NHS medication because of their lifestyle.

Following Nice's latest decision, one surgeon said there would be no point in accepting kidney cancer patients if he was not able to prescribe Sutent because so few respond to other treatments.

Government Health Care at Work

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:54:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And this is what the public says it wants. The health chiefs are essentially repeating the Empires mantra

"nothing to see here, move along...."

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims.

Figures released by the Conservatives show that 70% of NHS Trusts brought in pest controllers at least 50 times between January 2006 and March 2008.

Vermin were found in wards, clinics and even operating theatres. A patients' group said the situation was revolting.

But health chiefs played down fears the infestations could lead to disease.

Hospitals 'infested with vermin'

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:16:26 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims.

Vermin were found in wards, clinics and even operating theatres.

One had wasps in a neo-natal unit, and flying ants on the main wards, while another reported rats in their maternity unit, and wasps in operating theatres.

Other common problems included bedbugs, fleas and cockroaches.

"How can patients be safe amid bedbugs, fleas and rats?

"If these hospitals were restaurants they would be closed down and out of business."

NO MORE BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW ?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:03:12 GMT

clipped by: jt3600
clipper's remarks: while I favor cutting back on drugs you don't need there are some that may need to be handed out .

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

GPs told to cut antibiotics usage

Doctors in England and Wales are being told not to hand out antibiotics for common coughs and colds to help save the NHS millions of pounds a year.

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Voluntary

Government still not listening on Injured Servicemen

Brown outlines a vision for a fairer Britain. Yeah right

The Logical Outcome of Socialized Medicine

Labour ignoring needs of patients

British schoolgirls vaccinated against cervical cancer

Regular gym visits 'can wear out your hips in middle age'

Regular gym visits 'can wear out your hips in middle age'

CKS

Obesity 'equal to terror threat'

Doctors learn t'speak Yorkshire

nhs contracting jobs

NHS Jobs Join the team and make a difference

Health and Social Care Consultancy

Welcome to Supply2.gov.uk - the Supplier Route to Government Portal

Contract NHS Jobs

NHS jobs

We currently have 1088 NHS jobs.

London - Contract

The world of socialized medicine

Government Health Care at Work

Hospitals 'infested with vermin'

NO MORE BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW ?

GPs told to cut antibiotics usage

NHS Jobs
Join the team and make a difference