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M and S and Nightingale House out to batter each other in pancake tossing technique
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:17:27 -0800
Staff at Marks and Spencer in Wrexham?s busy Eagles Meadow shopping centre have been perfecting their pancake-tossing technique.
Press Release
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:50 -0800
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â UBM Medica, a recognized leader in medical media and education, and UBM DeusM, the integrated services arm of UBM, today announced the launch of The Oncology Nurse Community ( www.theONC.org ), a free, online community exclusively for oncology nurses and the cancer care teams that support them.
Can sugar really be toxic? Sadly, yes
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:34:33 -0800
Eating excessive amounts of processed sugar is leading to an epidemic in type 2 diabetes, finds Max Pemberton.
Artist alert to Paddington theft
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:17:35 -0800
The illustrator of the Paddington Bear stories helps a charity which had a rare model of the children's favourite stolen from one of its shops.
'Why I want the right to die' in Scotland
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:11:56 -0800
A Scottish plan could allow terminally ill to seek a doctor's help in dying, but church leaders want the bill killed.
Extreme ironer in desert marathon
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:02:07 -0800
Extreme ironer makes plans for one of the toughest races
'Stiff upper lip' denying terminally ill a 'good death'
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:12:06 -0800
The British "stiff upper lip" and the stigma surrounding death are denying more than 100,000 people a year the chance of dying in their own homes surrounded by their loved ones, a leading GP has warned.
Bid to combat hospital death rate
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:12 -0800
HOSPITAL bosses are targeting areas with a higher number of deaths in a bid to combat its above-average mortality rate.
Losing touch with friends most common deathbed regret
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:07:13 -0800
A former nurse who looked after dying patients has listed the five most common death-bed regrets.
Je ne regrette rien
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:56:20 -0800
Telegraph View: Bronnie Ware's book about the regrets of terminally ill patients reminds us what is truly important in life.
Even among the Skins generation, some know how to just be themselves | Trim Lamba
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:54:17 -0800
Depictions of today's youth show them as uncomplicated fashion victims ? but not all young people want to be hipsters People of a certain age, or rather those who spend leisurely time with the Daily Mail and taped recordings of Antiques Roadshow, tend to spend a fair amount of time worrying about the "youth of today". They picture hoodlums dressed in Lonsdale tracksuits kicking cans of Pepsi Max ...
Palliative care unit goes ahead
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:09:37 -0800
The business case for an in-patient palliative care unit at Borders General Hospital is approved by the board of NHS Borders.
Hunt to find Pictons? penalty king
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:17:44 -0800
A LUTON law firm has launched a penalty shoot out contest in 21 of the town?s schools to raise funds for Keech Hospice Care.
Palliative Care Specialist Baroness Finlay to Visit the Isle of Man in February
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:16:46 -0800
Bishop Robert Paterson with an active interest in quality of palliative care provision, has moved to arrange high quality input to the Isle of Man by Baroness Ilora Finlay.
Cold payments for cancer patients due
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:54:19 -0800
Winter fuel payments of £100 are being sent to cancer patients in Northern Ireland.
New recruit at care home
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:44:23 -0800
MICKLEY?S Eastgate Manor care home has taken on a deputy manager in light of its growing popularity.
The care system is in crisis. To deny this is woefully wrong | letters
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:26:54 -0800
Without urgent reform, the social care system will fail the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on its services Last week, Paul Burstow, the minister of state for care services, appeared before the health committee and told its members that "there is no gap" in social care funding. We disagree. Every day, people tell us they are being let down by the care system ? unable to access services ...
Hospice hopes to get £25,000 from Paint the Town Red
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:51:46 -0800
Hospice at Home West Cumbria is preparing for a huge day of fund-raising and celebration in Workington at this year?s Paint the Town Red festival.
Footballers remember Wymondham College vice-principal
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:19:26 -0800
Veteran footballers turned out in force for a charity football match to remember a Norfolk college?s popular vice-principal one year after his death.
Ysbyty Cwm Cynon hospital nears completion
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:18:47 -0800
THIS is the first look inside the newest 21st-century hospital to be built in South Wales.
UK & World News: Fifth of people 'die in their home'
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:36:03 -0800
More than a fifth of people now die in their own homes, while the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, research suggests.
Fifth of people ?die in their home?
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:21:31 -0800
More than a fifth of people now die in their own homes, while the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, research suggests.
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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:01:31 -0800
More than a fifth of people now die in their own homes, while the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, research suggests.
Tributes to man who was "shining example"
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:44:21 -0800
A MODEST but much-loved former president of the Abergele Rotary Club has been remembered in a touching tribute.
Debate should be about care, not assisted suicide
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:40:55 -0800
David Burrowes MP says the growth of palliative care, not the legalisation of assisted suicide, should be the central debate about caring for the dying.
Got a problem? Mediators are waiting for your call
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:12:08 -0800
There was a time when, if you wanted to get a divorce, complain about your doctor or fall out with a colleague, the only people who could help you were lawyers ? and the only place to settle things was the cold, adversarial surroundings of the courtroom.
Airport names new charity partner
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:17:34 -0800
LUTON Airport has pledged to support Sue Ryder next year and has made an initial £5,000 donation to the charity.
Stevenage FC linked with Paris
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:58:41 -0800
A FOOTBALL club is calling on fans to cycle 250 miles in a bid to raise £400,000 to help the terminally ill.
Medics cut a dash on the stage
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:13:09 -0800
MEDICAL staff had hundreds of people in stitches for all the right reasons during Basingstoke hospital?s annual pantomime.
Healthcare Professionals For Assisted Dying Welcomes Commission On Assisted Dying's Findings
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:21:29 -0800
The conclusion of a report by the Commission on Assisted Dying that there is a strong case for providing the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill people' has been welcomed by Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying (HPAD), as well as the way in which the conclusion was reached. The paper is the result of extensive fact-gathering from national and international experience and knowledge ...