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More lives saved by leading cancer research buxton

Response to the Cancer Research UK release finding more than a million lives have been saved over the last four decades in the UK ...

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01/09/2023

NHS World-First Rollout of Cancer Jab that Cuts Treatment Time by up to 75% buxton

Drug treatment times for some NHS cancer patients will be slashed by up to three quarters, thanks to an anti-cancer injection that ...

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29/08/2023

NHS Blood Pressure Checks at the Barbers, Mosques, even a Dominoes Club buxton

The NHS is expanding blood pressure checks available in local communities including barbershops, mosques and at a dominoes club, ...

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29/08/2023

NHS Rolls Out World-first Programme To Transform Diabetes Care For Under 40s buxton

Tens of thousands of people in England living with early onset type 2 diabetes will benefit from more intensive and targeted care, ...

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28/08/2023

CAMRA - Personal Taste and Beer Quality buxton

In a local pub recently, I saw a group of customers return three pints of real ale because, they said, it was off. I had just had ...

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27/08/2023

Is it art? buxton

Report and photo: Kathryn MacDonald 'Is it art?' Kate Hurst posed this question on Wednesday evening to an enthralled ...

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26/08/2023

The SANDS challenge for September. Walk 90km or Swim 5km or Dog Walk 100km buxton

Could you walk 90km in September to help save babies lives? That's the challenge set by SANDS the leading stillbirth and ...

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24/08/2023

Consultant Strikes Set to Cause Major Disruption to NHS Routine Care buxton

The NHS is facing major disruption to routine care due to strikes, compounded by staff holidays and warm weather, one of ...

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24/08/2023

NHS Partners With Morrisons To Put Vital Cancer Awareness Message On Underwear Labels buxton

Morrisons and the NHS are working together to put advice on underwear labels urging people to contact their GP practice if they ...

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21/08/2023

CAMRA - 'Dry Month' Campaigns Have A Price buxton

I was slightly disappointed to see on Facebook recently a charity calling upon its supporters to give up alcohol in October in ...

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19/08/2023

Commenting on the verdict in the Lucy Letby trial by NHS & Trust buxton

Commenting on the verdict in the Lucy Letby trial, Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said: “Lucy Letby ...

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18/08/2023

NHS comment on NICE guidance on virtual wards buxton

Comment on NICE draft guidance recommending the use of technology for monitoring patients with acute respiratory infections: ...

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18/08/2023

Students Urged to Consider NHS Career on Results Day buxton

The NHS today begins a new drive to help school leavers explore the vast range of health careers on offer. As A-Level, T-Level ...

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17/08/2023

NHS Launches Lifesaving Campaign To Help People Spot A Heart Attack buxton

The NHS is launching a lifesaving campaign to encourage people to call 999 when they are having early signs of a heart attack, as ...

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15/08/2023

When are 2023 exam results days in England? buxton

AS level, A level and T Level results day will be on 17 August 2023. GCSE students will be able to find out their results on 24 ...

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14/08/2023

CAMRA says 'Stop Illegal Pub Demolitions' buxton

The sale of the famous Crooked House pub in Dudley made national news, as did the almost immediate fire that swept through it. ...

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14/08/2023

NHS Delivers Another Record Year Of Lifesaving Cancer Checks For Patients buxton

The number of people receiving lifesaving checks for cancer in the last year has hit nearly three million (2.92m) – more ...

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14/08/2023

Statement from NHS England on industrial action buxton

NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “I would like to thank all colleagues across the NHS who are ...

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13/08/2023

NHS Comment On Junior Doctors Strike buxton

Commenting on the latest round of industrial action by junior doctors, Julian Redhead, NHS England’s National Clinical ...

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12/08/2023

British Pageant event held at the England Temple in Chorley (VIDEO) buxton

Held in a giant marquee the British Pageant is being held at the English Temple in Chorley near Preston. With over 500 involved ...

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11/08/2023

NHS Launches Hospital Matching Platform to Bring Down Longest Waits buxton

Thousands of patients who need NHS treatment could be quickly and easily allocated to hospitals that can take on their care thanks ...

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11/08/2023

NHS To Roll Out Flu Vaccines For Children From September buxton

Millions of children in England will be offered a flu vaccine from September, as the NHS steps up its life-saving vaccination ...

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11/08/2023

NHS On Track For Busiest Summer On Record buxton

Emergency departments experienced their second busiest July ever last month, with new data published today showing 2.1 million ...

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10/08/2023

NHS braced for further disruption during latest junior doctor strike buxton

The NHS is facing another period of significant disruption this week, with potentially thousands more appointments and procedures ...

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09/08/2023

CAMRA - Photo-opportunities Alone Won't Save Pubs buxton

It sometimes strikes me that some politicians like to display their 'man of the people' image by getting behind a bar and pulling ...

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07/08/2023

New treatments helping extend survival for babies with rare muscle-wasting disease buxton

Nearly three in four babies born with a rare muscle-wasting disease are now surviving for two years or more thanks to advances in ...

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07/08/2023

Favourite pub tipples set to climb by up to £1.30 as alcohol duty changes take effect buxton

With alcohol duty set to increase today (1st August 2023), finance specialists, RIFT, have launched a petition to reinstate the ...

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01/08/2023

July 31st is the last day for non barcoded stamps buxton

In February 2022 Royal Mail introduced barcodes to stamps for regular ‘everyday’ Definitive stamps and Christmas ...

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31/07/2023

CAMRA - Health benefits of moderate beer drinking buxton

There were some very lazy pictures on a television documentary recently to illustrate an item about alcohol misuse: they showed ...

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31/07/2023

NHS Sets Plans for Winter with New Measures to Help Speed Up Discharge for Patients buxton

Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of ...

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27/07/2023

Less than one week left to renew your tax credits, HMRC warns buxton

More than 171,350 tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their annual claim and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging ...

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25/07/2023

NHS’s Cancer Director Responds To Death Of George Alagiah buxton

Speaking in response to the sad news that George Alagiah has died, NHS England’s national clinical director for cancer, ...

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24/07/2023

Advice as landline phones move to digital buxton

Some telephone users have reported issues such as their landline has stopped working. The most common reason for this is because ...

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21/07/2023

NHS England publishes data on latest junior doctors strike buxton

In summary, over five days there were 101,977 cancellations of acute inpatient and outpatient appointments . At the peak of the ...

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19/07/2023

Government reveals plans to improve disabled people's lives (VIDEO) buxton

Government launches consultation on Disability Action Plan, which brings together ideas and action across Government to make ...

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18/07/2023

New campaign to boost free bus travel this summer buxton

New campaign launched to encourage older people to use their free bus pass to meet friends and family, rediscover local ...

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15/07/2023

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