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The average life expectancy of women in Britain ranks alongside some of the poorest countries in Europe, a new study shows. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Britain comes 16th out of 25 European countries in a new table on...
NHS hospitals units are facing closure as patients choose to be treated in more successful medical centres, new figures show. By Andrew Porter Political Editor Moorfields Eye Hospital now only 11 beds at its main London site...
THE Government faces a major battle over its plans to ban the display of cigarettes in shops and remove the logos from cigarette packets. By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor The Tories and the Lib Dems are planning to...
Britain's healthcare system is worse than Estonia's, according to a survey on patient experience. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Of 31 European countries, Britain came 13th, just above Hungary, for patient satisfaction....
Although action is long overdue, the government is right to be looking for fresh thinking on how we can tackle what is undoubtedly our greatest public health challenge. Last year the parliamentary public accounts committee...
Nine 'healthy towns' get £30m pot Nine areas have been given the go-ahead to become "healthy towns" under a plan by ministers to combat obesity. Dudley, Halifax, Sheffield, Tower Hamlets in London, Thetford in Norfolk,...
EXCLUSIVE by Nick Owens 9/11/2008 The lives of thousands of cancer victims are in danger this winter because they cannot afford to pay rocketing fuel bills. A shocking 7,500 sufferers – many terminally ill – are having to plead...
