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Action plan

bbc.co.uk
27-Oct-2008
        

Two x-rays will be carried out on each breast during screening An action plan designed to dramatically cut cancer deaths and improve the lives of survivors has been unveiled by the Scottish Government. Health Secretary Nicola...

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Health plan aims to dramatically cut cancer deaths

bbc.co.uk
27-Oct-2008
        

Two x-rays will be carried out on each breast during screening An action plan designed to dramatically cut cancer deaths and improve the lives of survivors has been unveiled by the Scottish Government. Health Secretary Nicola...

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New action plan to treat cancer faster

scotsman.com
27-Oct-2008
        

Published Date: 27 October 2008 HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon today promised quicker treatment for cancer as she unveiled the Scottish Government's new action plan to tackle the disease. She said by 2011, all patients...

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One hundred Scots a day will be hit by cancer

scotsman.com
27-Oct-2008
        

Published Date: 27 October 2008 ALMOST 35,000 cases of cancer will be diagnosed each year in Scotland within a decade, according to new figures seen by The Scotsman. Projections calculated for the Scottish Government suggest...

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Superbug aided by ‘complacent’ Sturgeon

sundayherald.com
26-Oct-2008
        

Labour accuses SNP over C. difficile in hospitals By Helen McArdle PATIENTS ACROSS Scotland are "paying the penalty" for a government which is failing to act against deadly hospital infections and setting unambitious targets...

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MSP Joins Care Home’s 12th Birthday Celebrations

allmediascotland.com
27-Oct-2008
        

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scotland’s health secretary, was delighted to join the 12th anniversary celebrations for Glasgow south side care home company Lambhill Court Ltd today, Friday 4 April. Ms Sturgeon,...

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£14 million: the cost of health board elections to patients

sundayherald.com
26-Oct-2008
        

EXCLUSIVE: By Tom Gordon, Scottish Political Editor SCOTLAND'S HEALTH boards have warned they will need to cut almost £14m from patient care and frontline services if they're made to go ahead with elections that would give the...

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Twin X-ray checks to cut cancer fatalities

scotsman.com
25-Oct-2008 11 related
        

Published Date: 26 October 2008 THOUSANDS of Scottish women will receive extra breast cancer screening that could detect 20% more cases of the disease, saving hundreds of lives every year. The Scottish Government will tomorrow...

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Pressure on for Scots NHS top-ups

scotsman.com
25-Oct-2008 18 related
        

Published Date: 26 October 2008 HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon was last night under pressure to allow NHS patients to pay for some of their drugs privately after it emerged the move will go ahead south of the border. Her...

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Price worth paying

scotsman.com
26-Oct-2008
        

Published Date: 26 October 2008 IT IS an idea so simple, and which offers such life-saving potential, that the most remarkable aspect of it is that it was not implemented long ago. As we report today, the Scottish Government is...

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