| 27/05/2009 |
| By: Presswatch |
| NHS and Health Sector Summary |
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The Independent reports that tens of millions of pounds are being wasted by the NHS on useless treatments for back pain, money that should be diverted to alternative therapies such as acupuncture and spinal manipulation, a health service watchdog said today. From among 200 treatments and devices claimed to help a bad back, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) has passed judgement on what works and what doesn't. X-rays, ultrasound and steroid injections are out and osteopathy, chiropractic and "needling" are in, it says. The Daikly Telegraph reports that NHS whistleblowers should be given greater legal protection, according to the British Medical Journal. In an editorial it says the "next" hospital scandal is "probably already happening" because staff are frightened to speak out. |
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| 27/05/2009 |
| The Times |
| By: Presswatch |
| Mobile phones to be banned in primary schools amid fears of radiation danger |
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Mobile telephones are to be banned from French primary schools, and operators must offer handsets that allow only text messages, under Government measures to reduce the health risk to children. The measures, which emerged from a six-week review of mobile phone and wi-fi radiation, have been attacked as inadequate by campaigners who accuse the State of playing down dangers from phones and transmitter masts. |
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| 27/05/2009 |
| The Guardian |
| By: Presswatch |
| The way ahead |
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Social workers received a personal letter from Ed Balls, secretary of state for children, schools and families and Alan Johnson, secretary of state for health, after Lord Laming published his report into the death of Baby P in March. The letter told them that their role, whether looking after vulnerable children or adults was "critical" to the nation and it pledged the Government was committed to boosting the status of social work in both the short and longer term. |
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| 27/05/2009 |
| Daily Telegraph |
| By: Presswatch |
| Man critically ill as "swine flu" outbreak confirmed at school |
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A 37-year-old man who is critically ill in hospital is thought to have "swine flu". He was admitted to Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow last week with a viral infection, although it was not known if "flu was the cause of his illness, or whether it was incidental to it", said Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's health secretary. Officials confirmed 47 new cases of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus in Britain, including 44 at a school in the West Midlands, which was thought to be Welford primary in Handsworth, Birmingham. |
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| 27/05/2009 |
| Daily Mail |
| By: Presswatch |
| New prostate pill that helps 70 per cent of victims |
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A new drug that has dramatic effects against prostate cancer could be available in just two years, scientists said last night. Successful trials have shown that it can shrink the most dangerous tumours in up to 70 per cent of cases. The drug, abiraterone, has been hailed as the biggest advance in the field for 60 years, capable of saving many thousands of lives. The British scientists behind it will start trials soon to see if it can also work against breast cancer. |
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