Hidden Waiting Lists Scrapped
Patients will be removed from “hidden” waiting lists and given target times for treatment within weeks, under changes the SNP is due to announce today.
Read MorePatients will be removed from “hidden” waiting lists and given target times for treatment within weeks, under changes the SNP is due to announce today.
Read MoreAlmost 140,000 prescriptions for tranquilisers were issued by doctors in the Western Health and Social Services Board area last year.
Read MoreThe NHS has underspent by half a billion pounds as a result of the aggressive cuts imposed by the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, a Guardian analysis of health authority figures has revealed.
Read MoreA nurse has resigned after telling a heart attack patient that he had no right to complain about being left lying in urine for two hours on a trolley.
Read MoreWelsh children as young as 12 are dealing drugs and 11-year-olds are being arrested for possession, police figures reveal. The number of playground pushers and users has risen significantly in many parts of the country with at least 288 youngsters aged 16 and under arrested for drug offences between 2003 and 2006.
Read MoreAlcoholic drinks will carry new health warning labels by the end of 2008 under a voluntary agreement between ministers and the drinks industry. The labels will detail alcoholic units and
Read MoreA service to support vulnerable children and their families is being piloted in Southall. The Southall 0-19 SAFE (Supportive Action for Families in Ealing) will work with local schools, GPs, community groups and other agencies to identify children and young people in need.
Read MoreAn 89-year-old woman is mounting a legal challenge to Cumbria County Council’s plans to introduce a £10 charge for old folks’ day care. The means-tested charge, due to apply from October, will hit elderly and disabled people who attend day-care centres, but its introduction may be put on hold if the legal challenge is successful.
Read MoreMental health campaigners have won a temporary reprieve after plans to close beds at a city hospital for people with dementia were halted. Beds were due to be axed at Julian Hospital, which has about 40 beds and provides day care and therapeutic services for elderly people, amid financial problems within the NHS.
Millions of pounds are being invested in Camden in a bid to make homelessness a thing of the past. A government grant of £19.4million has bankrolled the council’s new Pathways scheme, which was officially launched this week.