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MSN UK NewsNHS staff work-to-ruleWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 21 hours agoThousands of NHS staff across Wales will work to rule tomorrow in a national day of action over pay. Unite union, including nurses, paramedics, ...Health workers stage work to rule The Press AssociationNHS staff in ‘day of protest’ over wages News & StarNHS braced for union day of action OnMedicaPersonnelToday.com - Nursing Timesall 93 news articles (original story)
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Professionals should not shy away from removing children from abusive parents and putting them in care, a group of experts say. (original story)
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A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo saved the life of a teenage boy by amputating his shoulder using instructions texted by a colleague in London.David Nott, 52, a general and vascular surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, was working with the charity Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) in the town of Rutshuru when he came across the badly injured 16-year-old in October.The teenager's left arm had been so badly damaged - either in an accident or as a result of the fighting between Congolese and rebel troops - that it had already had to be amputate... (original story)
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Teachers, GPs and community health workers who are best placed to notice the disturbed behaviour of a child suffering abuse often fail to tell social services for fear of causing more harm than good, experts say today.A series on child maltreatment published today in the Lancet medical journal says ... (original story)
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Anne Karpf: Care homes, arts projects and other innovations in dementia treatment could save people from a life of bland reassurance (original story)
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BBC NewsNHS pays to rectify cosmetic opsBBC News, UK - 3 hours agoBy Nick Triggle The NHS is having to pick up the tab for cosmetic surgery performed abroad that has gone wrong, doctors say. The British Association of ...'I was completely black and blue' BBC Newsall 2 news articles (original story)
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The true scale of the maltreatment of children in the UK is revealed by child abuse experts today who say that one in 10 suffers physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.Unlike Baby P, who died in Haringey, north London, while on the at-risk register after months of abuse and neglect, most maltr... (original story)
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Hospitals churn patients through without treating them with enough kindness and respect, a think-tank says. (original story)
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The NHS is having to pick up the tab for cosmetic surgery performed abroad that has gone wrong, doctors say. (original story)
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BBC NewsHospitals 'are medical factories'BBC News, UK - 3 hours agoIt is a theme that featured heavily in the recent Darzi review of the NHS published during the summer. Health minister Lord Darzi called for a more ...Patients can give views Newham Recorderall 2 news articles (original story)
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A British doctor volunteer in DR Congo performs an amputation using text message instructions from a London colleague. (original story)
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Surgeons were operating last night to separate week-old conjoined twin girls after their condition began to deteriorate. (original story)
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Telegraph.co.ukAlzheimer's patients missing out on help because of NHS cutbacksTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 9 hours agoThousands of Alzheimer's patients are suffering because of widespread NHS cutbacks in dementia services, campaigners claimed last night. ...How NHS betrayed A... (original story)
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A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people between August and the end of November, the UN says. (original story)
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NHS staff work-to-ruleWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 9 hours agoThousands of NHS staff across Wales will work to rule tomorrow in a national day of action over pay. Unite union, including nurses, paramedics, ...NHS staff in ‘day of protest’ over wages News & StarNHS braced for union day of action OnMedicaNHS Unite members to work-to-rule in pay dispute PersonnelToday.comNursing Times - The Birmingham Postall 9 news articles (original story)