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Thousands of NHS workers and patients marched through London and held a rally in Westminster tonight, protesting against the UK Government's Health Reform Bill. The message was "Save Our NHS". Many thousands more, who could not attend, chose to tweet!
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The world's former fattest man is in the headlines again. This time he is complaining that the NHS has refused to perform an operation to remove the unsightly vast swathes of loose skin he was left with following a gastric bypass operation.
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The Mandometer® is a device created by two doctors in Sweden which has so far proved effective in the treatment of eating disorders, through prompting a person to know when they are satiated. Now the NHS is to test its effectiveness against obesity.
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It’s being said that an anti-cuts campaigner – protesting at the alliance between the UK Tory and Liberal Democrat parties – was behind a paint-bomb attack on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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Hertford -
New guidelines have been issued by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, informing British nurses of local hospitals to cover up.
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London -
A three-year-old child was treated for alcoholism at a British hospital. This was mentioned by the NHS, public health care system statistics, released on Monday. He is believed to be Britain's youngest ever alcoholic.
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London -
Claire Rayner, the much-loved British agony aunt, gay-rights supporter, safe-sex campaigner and former nurse has died at her home. She was 79.
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In 2009 the NHS spent nearly £50 million on prescriptions for slimming drugs. Prescriptions for one drug, Orlistat, reached over a million.
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British cancer sufferers have been denied a miracle drug that is used routinely in almost every other Western country. Why has Avastin been banned by the NHS in the UK?
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Mini-stroke victims are being put at risk as they miss out on a specialist neck surgery they should have to prevent a full blown stroke taking place.
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The government promises the health secretary will keep ultimate control over the NHS in England, as it pushes for Parliament to pass the NHS bill.
The headquarters for the Oxfordshire NHS Primary Care Trust are occupied by groups protesting against the NHS and Social Care Bill.
Tories are warned that the NHS reforms could turn toxic in the key Midlands electoral battlefield
Why it could be too late to stop the NHS overhaul
How GPs are gearing up for changes in the NHS
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