A SERVICE providing free mental health advice to thousands of people has won the contract to continue giving treatment and support. It was started in 2010 and thanks to a new contract will continue to offer a range of treatments freely available to anyone aged 16 and over and registered with a GP.
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NHS managers ban access to branded medicines for some patients
… find them hard to accept, but the money saved can be spent on things that have much more of an impact on people’s health.” Steve Ollerton, GP and chairman of NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, said: “The NHS budget is just the same as everyone’s …
Donald Trump tweets at wrong Ivanka — and she hits back
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted at the wrong Ivanka on Monday night, and the British woman on the receiving end of his praise has hit back. Trump had quoted a tweet praising his daughter Ivanka, but the account mentioned in the tweet belongs to Ivanka Majic, a digital consultant from the British seaside town of Brighton.
Plans for new 10m cancer centre for North Yorkshire are unveiled
An artist’s impression of the planned cancer centre at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre The multi-million pound development will expand cancer services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton and work could potentially begin on the development this summer if planning permission is granted. This is his third similar project in partnership with the charity and the building would be known as the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre.
Class of 2016 honoured at awards evening
Jordan also played an integral part in the development of the student network committee contributing to student quizzes, poetry readings, religious celebrations, creating resources, and raising money for charity. The talented student is now reading English literature at the University of Liverpool.
Campaign launched to help tackle medicine waste
Medicines Waste campaign is a South West Essex initiative designed to raise awareness of the costly issue of unused prescription medicine and highlight the overuse of antibiotics. Healthcare commissioners NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Thurrock CCG have joined forces to reduce the costs of wasted medicines which is estimated to be A 2.5 million a year locallya money that could be better spent on improving services such as 100 extra community nurses.
Poultry owners have been advised to take special measures to avoid the spread of avian flu
… a prevention zone in Wales restricting movements of poultry and urging owners to take bio-security measures. Public Health Wales has said the risk to public health was “very low” with the Food Standards Agency having also said avian flu does not …
Miles for Men moving into new era as it celebrates fifth birthday
A charity will celebrate five years of helping cancer sufferers – by branching out and helping even more people in 2017. The caring Miles for Men cause is stepping up its drive to help families in Hartlepool who are facing problems such as disabilities or terminal illnesses.
Five happy stories to restore our faith in humanity
Watford certainly had its share of bad news this year, so we decided to recap on five of the happiest and most uplifting tales in an attempt to encourage more of the same in 2017. At the start of last year, a three-year-old boy fell into the freezing Grand Union Canal .
Brave Bury St Edmunds boy is chosen to be Ipswich Town’s Boxing Day mascot
A brave Bury St Edmunds boy who is undergoing treatment for cancer has been chosen to be Ipswich Town Football Club’s mascot at their Boxing Day match. Oliver Turner, aged five, was diagnosed in March with kidney cancer Wilms’ tumour and has had surgery to remove the tumour and his kidney.
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study.
… HDL cholesterol will uniformly translate into reductions in risk of myocardial infarction. US National Institutes of Health, The Wellcome Trust, European Union, British Heart Foundation, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. …
Bird flu strain may have jumped from cat to human
… this would be the first known transmission of this bird flu strain from cat to human, officials said. New York City health officials said the vet has recovered from a mild illness, and there’s no sign that the flu has spread to shelter workers or …
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From the Health Economics Research Centre and Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit , Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. From the Health Economics Research Centre and Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit , Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.