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Vacancy - Part - Time Cleaner

We currently have a vacancy for a part time cleaner, 10 hours a week. We offer excellent rates of pay, generous holiday allowances, and a friendly working environment. For details contact Allison Johnson on 01284 716112

UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency healthcare 24-hours a day. More information at:

http://www.e-health-insider.co./news/5491/111_becomes_number_for_nhs_services

Breast Screening

Just to advise female patients reaching the age of 50 that the national breast screening program aims to call all patients for a mammogram before the age of 53. Patients therefore should not be alarmed or surprised if they do not hear from the screening service as soon as they reach 50 - they will be called before they reach 53 years.

Appointment Non-Attenders

In January patients failed to keep their booked appointments on 59 occasions without cancelling them in advance. We would be grateful if patients could always let us know in advance if they no longer need a booked appointments so that we can open the appointment up for other patients who need them. This is the equivalent of 2 GP days wasted. Help us to help you by co-operating with us in this regard. Thank you.

Announcements

01 Mar - 31 Mar
Great Daffodil Appeal

Marie Curie is asking everyone to paint the UK yellow this March by making a donation and wearing a daffodil pin for the Great Daffodil Appeal.

01 Mar - 31 Mar
Prostate Cancer Awareness

We want men, the general public, and health professionals, to be more aware of prostate cancer. Our awareness month helps raise vital funds for much needed support and information for men who have been diagnosed and their families.

01 Jan - 31 Mar
Ovarian Cancer Awareness

Ovarian Cancer Action will be raising awareness in a variety of communities throughout March to ensure we are doing everything we can to inform women about the disease and its symptoms

BBC Health

Call for children's fitness tests

Fitness tests should be introduced for children in secondary schools to help make people more active, the chief medical officer for England says.

No quick fix for diabetes risk

Exercise and diet are key to prevent diabetes in high-risk people, say experts who found two medicines offer no benefit.

'Too many' baby hip cases ignored

A charity says parents and health professionals need to check babies' hips in order to prevent pain and permanent disability.

Gum disease 'link' to early birth

Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, say US researchers.

Surgeon's patients tell of ordeal

Former patients of a hospital consultant struck off after one of his patients died speak of their suffering at his hands.

Cancer patients 'miss out' on £8m

Cancer patients are losing out on benefit payments worth millions of pounds, according to a leading charity.

Out-of-hours GP care 'inadequate'

Too many people in England are receiving poor quality out-of-hours doctors services, the Patients Association says.

Obese drinkers face 'double hit'

Obese women drinking little more than a glass of wine a day have double the risk of liver disease, experts warn.

Care home neglect highlighted

An elderly woman suffered serious neglect at a Teesside care home because of widespread failings, a review finds.

Breathing 'as good as massage'

Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers.

Yahoo Health

Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics (AP)

AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests (AP)

Traders work in the newly renovated section of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

AP - Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.

Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes (AP)

AP - Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.

Women on the pill may live longer (AP)

Contraceptive pills are seen at news conference in Tokyo August 26, 1999. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama

AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.

Court says thimerosal did not cause autism (AP)

AP - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama returns to the White House from the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., following a medical exam in Washington. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — even President Obama — are being overtreated. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system.

2 Drugs Fail to Prevent Diabetes in the Overweight (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Hopes that two available drugs could help prevent diabetes and the problems it causes in overweight people with poor sugar metabolism have been dashed by a major international study.

As You Age, Better Health Means Better Sex (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Better health translates into better sex lives, with healthy people more likely to engage in sex (and good sex at that) and to express an interest in sex, new research finds.

Clinical Trials Update: March 15, 2010 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Japan pledges 1.3 million dollars to Guinea mothers, babies (AFP)

Two children pose in 2002 in the Kuntaya refugee camp, some 760 kilometres (475 miles) southeast of Conakry. Japan pledged Monday 1.3 million dollars (948,000 euros) for the UN's children's agency to improve health conditions for mothers and children in Guinea, the Japanese embassy said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

AFP - Japan pledged Monday 1.3 million dollars (948,000 euros) for the UN's children's agency to improve health conditions for mothers and children in Guinea, the Japanese embassy said.

WHO Swine Flu

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 91

As of 7 March 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16713 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 90

As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 89

As of 21 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16226 deaths.

Director-General statement following the seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee

The Emergency Committee held its seventh meeting by teleconference on 23 February 2010. The Director-General sought the Committee's views on the determination of the pandemic status.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 88

As of 14 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15921 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 87

As of 7 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15292 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 86

As of 31 January 2010, worldwide more than 211 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15174 deaths.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 85

As of 24 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14711 deaths.

Statement of the World Health Organization on allegations of conflict of interest and 'fake' pandemic

22 January 2010 -- Providing independent advice to Member States is a very important function of the World Health Organization (WHO). We take this work seriously and guard against the influence of any improper interests. The WHO influenza pandemic policies and response have not been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 84

As of 17 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14142 deaths.

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