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Everyone working in the NHS should be free to criticise bad working practices without fearing for their livelihoods.It takes bravery and courage to stand up and speak out when the stakes are high. While many of us like to think we are possessed of that fortitude, in reality, few of us are.
link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9045478/Whistle-blowers-are-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-NHS.htmlEveryone working in the NHS should be free to criticise bad working practices without... more
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Health Minister Simon Burns has got himself into a spot of bother by comparing users of petition websites to zombies.In comments made at the House of Commons on Tuesday 22nd November, Burns dismissed the efforts of petition sites to get people to contact MPs about issues they’re concerned about, saying: “I think he does himself a disservice, simply joining the rants of organisations like 38 Degrees who are frightening people and getting them almost zombie-like to send in emails.”
His views were expressed in response to a campaign by 38 Degrees members to highlight the risks presented by possible changes to the NHS.Should you wish to voice your disapproval at Mr Burns’ comments then head on over to 38 Degrees right now.
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Innovations in clinical practice, drugs and other technologies can improve the quality and extent of patients’ lives – but they are often expensive. With budget cuts looming, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been charged with helping the government to decide which treatments are sufficiently cost effective to be made available on the NHS. But for those facing life threatening illnesses, can a price be put on life? We ask the public whether medicine should be rationed due to its price and denied according to your lifestyle. For many, this is an affront to the value of human life and most argue that medicine should not be rationed even it only gives us a few more weeks life. Lifestyle however is a different ball game and sadly the idea that healthcare should be rationed for smokers, drinkers and the obese is gaining ground.Innovations in clinical practice, drugs and other technologies can improve the quality... more
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Women expecting twins or triplets should be offered closer monitoring, including extra scans, according to new NHS guidelines.
link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15078058Women expecting twins or triplets should be offered closer monitoring, including extra... more
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People living with mild diabetes can cure themselves - if they are willing to stick to an extreme low-calorie diet for two months, researchers say.
Eating just 600 calories a day could be all it takes for those suffering from type 2 diabetes to kick-start the insulin cells to start working properly again.
The discovery, reported by scientists at Newcastle University, overturns previous assumptions about type 2 diabetes, which was thought to be a lifelong illness.
The strict 600 calorie-a-day diet causes fat levels in the pancreas to plummet, restoring normal function, found Prof Roy Taylor of Newcastle University.
The discovery, a "radical change" in understanding of the condition, holds out the possibility that sufferers could cure themselves - if they have the willpower.
Prof Taylor asked 11 volunteers, all recently diagnosed, to go on what he admitted was an "extreme diet" of specially formulated drinks and non-starchy vegetables, for eight weeks.
After just a week, pre-breakfast ('fasting') blood sugar levels had returned to normal, suggesting a resumption of correct pancreas function.
After eight weeks, all had managed to reverse their diabetes. Three months on, seven remained free of it.
Prof Taylor explained that too much fat "clogged up" the operation of the pancreas at a cellular level, preventing normal secretion of insulin which regulates blood sugar.
When this fat was removed - by way of the diet - normal function resumed.
Gordon Parmley, 67, from Stocksfield in Northumberland, one of the volunteers, told The Daily Telegraph: "At the end of the trial, I was told my insulin levels were normal and after six years, I no longer needed my diabetes tablets.
"Still today, 18 months on, I don’t take them. It’s astonishing really that a diet – hard as it was – could change my health so drastically."
Almost a tenth of the entire NHS budget, or about £9 billion a year, is spent managing diabetes and its complications. Most of that is spent on type 2 diabetics, who outnumber type 1 diabetics by about nine to one.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8594293/Crash-course-diet-reverses-Type-2-diabetes-in-a-week.htmlPeople living with mild diabetes can cure themselves - if they are willing to stick to... more
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On Sunday evening, BBC news was talking to their correspondent Gary O'Donoghue outside 10 Downing Street about the proposed reforms to the NHS. When a massive rat ran past the famed door to the PMs office/house.
Now Youtube and twitter is awash with comments, jokes and videos.On Sunday evening, BBC news was talking to their correspondent Gary O'Donoghue... more
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Integrated Medicine, The Easy Way To Heal. By Elizabeth Fernandez
Download, Hard copy, paperback available global distribution 20th January 2011
Change the world with Me and David for a brighter future.
This book is to challenge your boss and to make your medical life easier.
This book is written for professionals in the medical industry who want to be like the Late Michael Faraday.Learn the truth about your Big Brother the pharmaceutical industry and why there products cause your patients to have cell death.
There is no tablet that cures stress as its a environmental factor.
The Rockefeller petrochemical empire has created a major economic force that directly forced and squeezed out almost all naturopathic knowledge from the medical schools in the US. The natural medicine was suddenly excluded from medical school curriculum as the main underwriters of all medical colleges in the U.S. were based on what the petrochemical drug companies have provided. However Homeopath David Mayer de Rothschild is against such practices of harming the planet with his ecology plans.
What Can We Do to Save the Planet from Big Pharma?
Please learn to boycott pharmaceuticals:
1.By voluntarily abstaining from using any of there pharmaceuticals products use only Homeopathic remedies
2,Abstain from buying pharmaceuticals use only Homeopathic remedies that heal the body.
3. Stop dealing with a person who is against integrated or homeopathic medicine,
4.Stop pharmaceuticals organizations, as an expression of protest. Polluting the Environment with there products that we don’t need.
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/integrated-medicine-the-easy-way-to-heal/14265241?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2Integrated Medicine, The Easy Way To Heal. By Elizabeth Fernandez
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The Rockefeller petrochemical empire has created a major economic force that directly forced and squeezed out almost all naturopathic knowledge from the medical schools in the US.
Natural medicine was suddenly excluded from medical school curriculum as the main underwriters of all medical colleges in the U.S. were based on what the petrochemical drug companies have provided.
However Homeopath David Mayer de Rothschild is against such practices of harming the planet with his ecology plans.
What Can We Do to Save the Planet from Big Pharma?
Please learn to boycott pharmaceuticals:
1.By voluntarily abstaining from using any of there pharmaceuticals products use only Homeopathic remedies
2,Abstain from buying pharmaceuticals use only Homeopathic remedies that heal the body.
3. Stop dealing with a person who is against integrated or homeopathic medicine,
4.Stop pharmaceuticals organizations, as an expression of protest. Polluting the Environment with there products that we don’t need.
Please watch the above video that I made before you make a comment.
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Nineteen hospital trusts are today exposed as having alarmingly high death rates in a major report that also reveals how hundreds of people are dying needlessly because of substandard NHS care.
The Dr Foster hospital guide, which the Observer publishes exclusively today, discloses that tens of thousands of patients were harmed in hospital last year when they developed avoidable blood clots, suffered from obstetric tears during childbirth, had objects left inside them after operations or were not given immediate treatment after a stroke.
The authoritative study also identifies four hospital trusts where an unexpectedly high number of patients died after developing complications following routine operations. It names Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust as the place where patients have the highest risk of dying in these circumstances – 66% above the average. Last year that equated to 33 deaths more than expected there, although it is not possible to say how many of these deaths could have been prevented. Dr Foster says the mortality rate is too high to occur by chance and is a warning sign of potential issues in the quality of care provided.
The Care Quality Commission – the NHS watchdog for England – will now investigate the trust.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/27/hospital-death-rates-nhs-dr-fosterNineteen hospital trusts are today exposed as having alarmingly high death rates in a... more
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Tobacco companies could be forced to sell cigarettes in grey or brown plain packaging in an attempt to deter youngsters from taking up smoking.Ministers are considering switching all brand packs to a standard bland colour so brightly coloured packages will not lure prospective smokers from a young age.A spokeswoman from the Department of Health said colourful packs are widely accepted as the last form of marketing available for tobacco companies to recruit new smokers.Plain packs would just show only basic information and health and picture warnings.Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "We have to try new approaches and take decisions to benefit the population. That's why I want to look at the idea of plain packaging. The evidence is clear that packaging helps to recruit smokers, so it makes sense to consider having less attractive packaging."Australia are already planning to have plain-packaged cigarettes on shop shelves by July 2012 and earlier this year, Cancer Research UK called for similar legislation to be introduced in England.The Department of Health said 337,000 people stopped smoking last year with the help of free support from the NHS and the number of smokers has fallen by a quarter in the past decade. In 2007 more than 80,000 deaths and 1.4 million hospital admissions were attributed to smoking and the habit costs the NHS £2.7 billion a year.
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Obesity and overeating are directly linked to an overactive gene found in 16 per cent of Europeans, scientists have confirmed. The discovery could lead to a revolutionary anti-obesity pill. Oxford University researchers have found a direct connection between the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene and increased body weight.The research follows the discovery in 2007 of a genetic variant in the FTO gene linked to a likelihood of obesity. They have now confirmed that people unfortunate to have two copies of the genetic variant – about 16 per cent of all Europeans – were on average 3kg (6.6lbs) heavier than those without it.To put their theory to the test the Oxford scientists bred mice with extra copies of the FTO gene. They found that the test mice, although healthy, ate more and became fatter than normal mice.Prof Frances Ashcroft, one of the leaders of the research, said: "This work makes us confident that FTO is an important gene that contributes to obesity."We can now think about developing drugs that turn down the activity of the FTO gene as potential anti-obesity pills. That's a long way off and there's no certainty of success, but it's an enticing prospect."The study, funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, was published in the journal Nature Genetics.The study found that after 20 weeks, female mice with two copies of the FTO gene were 22 per cent heavier than normal female mice, while male mice were 10 per cent heavier.Almost one in three people in the UK is overweight or obese, which can lead to diseases including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The estimated cost of obesity to the NHS is approximately £1 billion a year, with an additional £2.3-£2.6 billion a year to the economy as a whole.
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The independent reports on the job cuts faced by the NHS, which was stated to be safe from the government's spending review. One figure stated by the Royal College of Nurses estimated 27,000 posts will be lost in the NHS with 3,800 in Wales.
"Across the UK, the RCN said almost 27,000 NHS posts were already earmarked for cuts, despite health service spending being "ring-fenced" in England.
The posts identified included nurses, midwives, health care assistants, clinical support staff, doctors, medical consultants and administrative staff"-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11737951
Independent connects the cuts in NHS spending to the £20bn savings needed by 2014 to cope with an ageing population and the realistic 0.5% cut in the NHS.
"The NHS was awarded a real-terms rise of 0.1 per cent a year in the spending review last month. But £1bn a year of that is to be diverted to social care and up to £300m will go on next year's VAT rise, leaving the NHS facing a real terms cut of 0.5 per cent."-IndependentThe independent reports on the job cuts faced by the NHS, which was stated to be safe... more
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Nurse caught on CCTV turning off paralysed patient’s life support machine
A paralysed patient has been left severely brain damaged after a nurse switched off his life support machine in an incident captured on CCTV.
Telegraph.co.uk
By Murray Wardrop
25 Oct 2010
Violeta Aylward, an agency nurse working for the NHS, was caught on camera turning off the ventilator keeping quadriplegic Jamie Merrett alive.
The 37-year-old, left paralysed from the neck down following a car accident in 2002, had a bedside camera set up at his home after becoming concerned about the standard of care he was receiving.
Click to see..(SHOCKING VIDEO) Incompetent Nurse Caught Shutting Off Ventilator, Causes Serious Brain Damage…http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/nurse-switched-off-his-life-support/Nurse caught on CCTV turning off paralysed patient’s life support machine
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With budgets looming it was promised money for the NHS and Aid agencies would be protected from cuts. Though the Independent states over the 9 months the NHS has lost 15,000 jobs with wards and services being planned or have already been to be shut down.
The article also states aid agencies are preparing for a cut in funding could flat line in two years.
There are fears the cuts in the NHS could cause strain with social care cuts and the aging baby boomers.
"Extra demands on the NHS include a mini baby boom and an ageing population. Managers have also been warned that if local councils, as expected, cut back on their social care budget, then hospitals will be forced to look after many more people who would otherwise be cared for at home." -Independent
The article goes on to other department cut prediction like Justice department cutting back on prison, legal aid and closure of family courts. While it highlights the defence budget cuts were reduced for 10% cuts to 8.%.
"Today, 11am: Alan Johnson to set out new details of Labour's economic policy
Tomorrow, 3.30pm: David Cameron to reveal results of the Strategic Defence and Security Review
Wednesday, 12.30pm: George Osborne to unveil Spending Review details, including departmental cuts of £83bn "-IndependentWith budgets looming it was promised money for the NHS and Aid agencies would be... more
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Children receiving hospital treatment are being given meals containing "shocking" amounts of salt, sugar and saturated fat, damning new research into the quality of NHS food shows.
Many of the dishes served to child patients are so unhealthy that senior doctors are calling for minimum nutritional standards to be imposed on hospitals similar to those that already apply in schools.
The findings are revealed in a study carried out by the food campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash), which is headed by an expert in cardiovascular medicine. They analysed the nutritional content of 451 main meals, snacks and desserts served to children in hospitals in England and found that:
■ Almost half the main meals, 85 of 189, contained so much salt or saturated fat that they would be deemed too unhealthy to be offered to school pupils.
■ Those high levels of both salt and saturated fat also meant 30% of all the 451 dishes would be classed "red" under the traffic-light food labelling system used by some major supermarkets.
■ One hospital meal, a chicken tikka massala and rice, contained 14 times more salt and 8.5 times the amount of saturated fat of a chicken and vegetable balti and rice school lunch.
■ A lasagne had almost six times the level of salt as one served in schools – 3.2 grams compared to 0.57g.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/09/hospital-food-for-children-unhealthyChildren receiving hospital treatment are being given meals containing... more
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Claire Rayner wanted her last words to be "Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I'll come back and bloody haunt him." after she spent year campaigning for the NHS and was medical journalist of the year in 1987.
"In May she had intestinal surgery but had remained poorly.
She died in hospital near her home in Harrow, north-west London.
Mrs Rayner, who had three children - Amanda, Adam and restaurant critic Jay - will have a humanist funeral for family and close friends.
A former nurse and midwife, for many years she was also president of the Patients Association.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer at 70, but beat the illness. In 2006 she wrote about her experience on the BBC News website."-BBC
The BBC profile contains information about her life like promoting safe sex, OBE for services to women's issues and health issues and her work as a journalist and agony aunt.Claire Rayner wanted her last words to be "Tell David Cameron that if he screws... more
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