Man’s Best Friend - or Your Worst Enemy?

LONDON - What are the dangers of you passing on an illness to your pet? And how at risk are you of contracting a life-threatening bug from your beloved cat or dog?

‘One School Nurse for 6,900 Children’

LONDON - Unite Calls for Urgent Recruitment Programme

One specialist school nurse is looking after an estimated 6,900 children in England, according to Unite, the largest union in the country, which is calling for a massive recruitment campaign.

Older Generation Putting Their Sexual Health at Risk

LONDON - Adults aged 45 and over starting new sexual relationships are taking chances with their sexual health and are at risk of getting sexually transmitted infections, reveals new research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB).

E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in Association With BT; Hilton, Park Lane, London - Tuesday 20th October 2009

LONDON - E-Health Insider has started its search to uncover and reward this year’s outstanding work and achievement within the healthcare IT sector. Entries for the annual E-Health Insider Awards are now being accepted via the website www.ehealthawards.com.

1 in 3 Brits Still Struggling to Find an NHS Dentist

ANDOVER, England - ANDOVER, England, April 1 /PRNewswire/ –

It has been revealed that a staggering 1 in 3 people in the UK are still struggling to find an NHS dentist, according to new research from Simplyhealth.

Vanguard Healthcare Secures Management Buy Out From Nuffield Health

BROCKWORTH, England - Vanguard Healthcare, which operates the UK national fleet of mobile operating theatres, has been acquired by its management from Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity. The original founders of the business have re-joined the management in order to strengthen and support the team.

Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Pre-Surgical Screening Test for Simultaneous Detection of Methicillin-Sensitive and Resistant S. aureus

SUNNYVALE, California - World’s Most Comprehensive On-Demand HAI Test Portfolio Now Available
to European Hospitals

The ‘Final Wake-Up Call’ as new Figures Show a Health Visitor Job is ‘Lost Every 30 Hours’

LONDON - The health visiting crisis can still be measured in hours, according to
Unite, the largest union in the country.

Patients Switched on to the Value of Dental Care

LONDON - A survey commissioned by the UK’s leading dental payment plan specialist,
Denplan, revealed that 89 per cent of us understand that poor dental health
could impact on our overall general health.

Bariatric Surgery as a Cure for Diabetes: Can we Stomach it?

LONDON - For the first time ever, experts in bariatric surgery gave a lecture on
how weight loss surgery for morbidly obese patients can cure type 2 diabetes,
at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow.

Blood Service ‘Restructuring’ Should be Halted as Problems Emerge

LONDON - The radical restructuring plans for the blood transfusion service in
England and Wales, which threatens about 170 jobs, should be halted, Unite
the union said today (Monday, 23 March).

Stafford Hospital is a Classic Example of the Government’s ‘Flawed’ NHS Privatisation Policy

LONDON - Stafford Hospital is a classic case of the government’s ‘flawed’
privatisation agenda for the NHS, Unite, the largest union in the country,
said today (Wednesday, 18 March).

Health Robotics Announces European Launch of i.v.STATION(TM) and Global List of 2009 Installations

BOZEN, Italy - Health Robotics today announced the European launch of its i.v.STATION
Robot with a demonstration at the European Association of Hospital
Pharmacists in Barcelona, Spain [Booth 21, Level -1] next week. Health
Robotics also announced an updated list of the i.v.STATION installations
around the world, and the simultaneous showcase of CytoCare(TM), the world’s
only Chemotherapy IV Robot, at the EAHP booth of one of its strategic
partners (B|Braun, Booths C9-C12).

More Social Workers and Health Visitors Need to be Employed

LONDON - That’s the Message from Lord Laming’s Review, Says Unite

The best way to implement Lord Laming’s report into child protection is
to employ more frontline professionals, such as social workers and health
visitors, Unite, the largest union in the country, said today (Thursday, 12
March).

“I’m In” - Duncan Bannatyne Judges “Switch Ash for Cash” Schools Competition

LONDON - With Photo

To mark this year’s No Smoking Day, three ‘mini’ entrepreneurs today went
head-to-head to win a GBP2,000 investment from TV Dragon Duncan Bannatyne. In
a re-enactment of the TV challenge, the school children faced their toughest
challenge yet when they presented their big ideas on how they could encourage
parents to give up smoking.

The Children’s Mutual Urges No Smoking Day Quitters to Invest in Their Family’s Futures

LONDON - Stubbing out Your 5 a day Habit Could Help you Give Your Child
GBP15,500 on Their 18th Birthday.

Recession leads 1 in 3 Smokers to cut Down or Quit

LONDON - New research released to mark No Smoking Day (11 March) shows more than
one in three (36%) of the nine million smokers in Great Britain are thinking
about or planning to cut down or quit as a direct result of the economic
downturn. The poll also shows that one in ten (9%) will be taking the first
step and making a quit attempt on No Smoking Day.