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England faces NHS 'apartheid' on parking

thisismoney.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   21 related          

Parking charges were scrapped at Scottish hospitals yesterday – prompting angry claims that English patients are once again the victims of NHS 'apartheid'. But Health Minister Ben Bradshaw caused outrage by refusing to...                    

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Spending power: So now we know which side the Tories are on... business

independent.co.uk     02-Sep-2008   1 related          

By Martin Hickman The Conservatives' proposal to drop compulsory traffic light labelling for food shows that, on public health at least, they can be trusted to come down on the side of business. The Food Standards Agency...                    

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NHS C.diff deaths up 30% in year

thesun.co.uk     30-Aug-2008   4 related          

DEATHS linked to the C.diff superbug have soared almost 30 per cent in a year, official figures revealed yesterday. Last year 8,324 people had clostridium difficile when they died — up from 6,480. The figure is more than...                    

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Editorial: The nation's health keeps getting better, but the health gap between rich and poor...

guardian.co.uk     29-Aug-2008   38 related          

A boy born in leafy Hampstead today can expect to live 11 years longer than a boy born a few miles away in St Pancras; boys born in parts of India will live longer than those born in parts of Glasgow. The nation's health...                    

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POWER POLITICS AND THE LAST TEMPTATION OF DAVID MILIBAND

britishblogs.co.uk     29-Aug-2008          

The UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband (pictured above), yesterday said Russia must not start a new cold war and he accused Moscow of trying to redraw the map of Europe in the wake of the war in Georgia. Miliband was...                    

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Don't take the pizza (2)

bloggers4labour.org     29-Aug-2008          

Well I did say I was going to come back on this sooner, but I've been rather enjoying the spat between Devil's Kitchen and Chris Hutt on the first post. I don't think you can really argue with the 'it's your fault you're...                    

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Deaths linked to Clostridium difficile infection double in two years

telegraph.co.uk     28-Aug-2008   10 related          

Deaths linked to the hospital infection Clostridium difficile have more than doubled in two years, official figures show. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Last year in England and Wales 8,324 people died either from C....                    

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Marianne Kirby: Fatness is not a disease

guardian.co.uk     28-Aug-2008          

Conservatives Andrew Lansley and David Cameron are both, unsurprisingly, rather well-off middle-aged white men. So, perhaps they can be forgiven for blaming things like obesity and poverty on the fat and the poor. If life...                    

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Weighty issues of free choice

libdemblogs.co.uk     28-Aug-2008          

We are fat, it's official. Today's government report on the areas most affected gives us a map of obesity rates compiled from GP records. Five places in Wales feature in the top six worst areas, whilst Shetland tops the...                    

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Is Andrew Lansley an idiot or does he think we are?

bloggers4labour.org     28-Aug-2008          

I’ve just received a jaw dropping press release from Andrew Lansley, the Tory Shadow Health Secretary, criticising Labour for not doing enough for the health of people in the East End of Glasgow following a WHO report that...                    

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