Jimmy Savile: Inquiry into links with home for sick children
The NHS is to investigate Jimmy Savile’s connections with a former home for children recovering from illness.
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Cornwall’s main hospitals reviewed by CQC inspectors
Inspectors from the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), are scrutinising services at the trust’s hospitals in Truro, Hayle and Penzance.
Dog owners put on alert of killer disease
Pet owners have been warned about a disease which has claimed the lives of 16 dogs in the last year and is thought to be similar to Alabama rot which killed off dogs in America.
Vitamin E ‘beneficial’ in dementia
A study in the journal JAMA found people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease on high doses of vitamin E had a slower rate of decline than those given a dummy pill.
Nurse who stuffed paper towels into an elderly dementia patient’s mouth because he was ‘stressed’ could be struck off for life
Nigel Phillips, 58, of Stockton-on-Tees, also bent the elderly woman’s fingers back as he treated cuts on her hands at the Bupa care home in Hartlepool, County Durham where he was head of mental nursing.
Patient died because 999 crews refused to cut short their breaks: Six out of 16 teams were ‘resting’ at the time
A coroner demanded action yesterday after a critically ill pensioner died waiting for an ambulance while several crews in the area took undisturbable rest breaks.
Mental health patients deserve better, says Nick Clegg
Mental health patients are to have the same right to choose where they are treated and the same waiting time targets as those with physical health problems, says the government, in a bid to shift attitudes that deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says are “stuck in the dark ages”.
Night work ‘throws body into chaos’
Doing the night shift throws the body “into chaos” and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers.
Why a holiday really IS good for you: Sunshine reduces your blood pressure – and cuts the risk of heart attack and stroke
A short, sharp blast from a tanning lamp can cause blood pressure to fall, scientists have found.
Football ‘can tackle male obesity’
Some 374 overweight soccer fans were invited to take part in a 12-week programme of training sessions at their local football club.