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Health Quangos: £180m of cuts 'a blow to the NHS'
Although the Department of Health's overall budget is being "ring-fenced", the ever expanding demands on the NHS each year mean that significant savings must be found. The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley justifies the cuts…
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Help! I can't get rid of my baby bulge
I loved being pregnant but I remember a sinking feeling when I was reading an NHS pamphlet that warned me not to eat too much. Media attention tends to focus on one end of the scale – the pressure on women created when… -
Last Night's TV - The Hospital, Channel 4; The Games That Time Forgot, BBC4
Led by the unflappable Rachael Jones, their Errol Morris-style straight-to-camera interviews were among the highlights of the hour, and even as patients crapped on the carpet, they remained exactly as our nearly religious … -
One by one, the quangos are abolished. But at what cost?
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement The move to scrap such quangos as the Health Protection Agency provoked anger among nurses and doctors' organisations, which warned that public wellbeing would suffer as a result. - View nhs visually. Visit the NewsWall.
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Paramedic quizzed over murder of nurse ex
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are all shocked and devastated by the news of the tragic death of AWe would like to offer our sincerest condolences to Jane's family, friends and work colleagues at this difficult time. -
Man stabbed to death in 'disturbance'
Detectives said there was a "disturbance" in Meadow Lane, Loughborough, between 2am and 3am before the man was taken by a member of the public to the nearby NHS walk-in centre in Pinfold Gate. Paramedics were called and the… -
Fast food chains drop watchdog's calorie-count display scheme
NHS in treating obesity and other diet-related illness, diners usually have to search out calorie information. With increasing numbers of Britons eating meals outside of the home – most often in cafés, sandwich stores and… -
Kids, eh? Now they persist in being useful and contented
But what about that NHS report? Surely this NHS report, and the bizarre behaviour of my daughter's (admittedly middle-class) friends, must be an anomaly. Last week's NHS report was not a flash in the pan. -
Karren Brady: Upton girl with £125m masterplan to save West Ham
We've got plans for a school on the site, working with the community and NHS for new services. At the moment there is no long-term strategy or future. But my plan is not just to have a new stadium for West Ham but a real… -
Leading article: Mavericks rock the boat
Last week's launch of the National Citizen Service for teenagers was sensibly a pilot scheme – a principle that could have been adopted for the NHS reforms. As the votes were counted in May, it became clear that a government…
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One by one, the quangos are abolished. But at what cost?
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement The move to scrap such quangos as the Health Protection Agency provoked anger among nurses and doctors' organisations, which warned that public wellbeing would suffer as a result. -
Paramedic quizzed over murder of nurse ex
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Man stabbed to death in 'disturbance'
Sport
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Outside Edge
That'll stop the Yanks going on about how evil the NHS is, surely. Seniors League chased down a 16-year-old who snatched two purses and "dog-piled" him. But sport can give the game away too. Frazier Turner, 50, of St Paul, -
Cancer-hit Hartson 'getting stronger'
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Hartson critically ill after brain surgery
Arts and Entertainment
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Last Night's TV - The Hospital, Channel 4; The Games That Time Forgot, BBC4
Led by the unflappable Rachael Jones, their Errol Morris-style straight-to-camera interviews were among the highlights of the hour, and even as patients crapped on the carpet, they remained exactly as our nearly religious … -
Dr Noki presents Lovebox's first fashion show
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, BBC2Pulse, BBC3
Opinion
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Kids, eh? Now they persist in being useful and contented
But what about that NHS report? Surely this NHS report, and the bizarre behaviour of my daughter's (admittedly middle-class) friends, must be an anomaly. Last week's NHS report was not a flash in the pan. -
Leading article: Mavericks rock the boat
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Letters: Perspectives on academy schools
Lifestyle
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Health Quangos: £180m of cuts 'a blow to the NHS'
Although the Department of Health's overall budget is being "ring-fenced", the ever expanding demands on the NHS each year mean that significant savings must be found. The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley justifies the cuts on… -
Help! I can't get rid of my baby bulge
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Fast food chains drop watchdog's calorie-count display scheme
Travel
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Something To Declare: Dengue Fever in South America; Newfoundland; Orca…
That's according to FitForTravel, the travel health website provided by the Scottish NHS (fitfortravel.nhs.uk). Warning of the week: Dengue Fever in South America Outbreaks of dengue fever, the severe flu-like illness spread… -
My Life In Travel: Levi Roots
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Simon Calder: Treat the travel bug with common sense
Money
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Consuming Issues: Does it matter if Tesco sells lager for 29p a pint?
Unlike those individual tragedies, all of us pay for the billions squandered on the NHS and police costs of dealing with alcohol abuse. Cut-price shop booze is killing off pubs, their heritage, and their mostly benign… -
Increase in personal tax allowances for the poor offset by other measures
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Every economic cloud has a silver lining
Student
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The future's still bright: Graduate career prospects may not be as bleak…
The organisation also has a range of graduate jobs on offer, including a number of positions in the NHS as staff and registered nurses, posts of principal social worker, an engineering job with a blue-chip design … -
Taste of a rewarding occupation: How dietitians are striving to improve…
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Podiatry: Life as a foot expert keeps you on your toes
Environment
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Going green: Dear Ed, can you make a difference?
That is the spirit that led to the successes of the Labour movement on workers' rights, on the foundation of the NHS and in the major shift we have seen in social attitudes in Britain, as well as causes like anti-apartheid. -
Auctioneer fined for selling birds' eggs
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Britain. A breath of foul air