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Dambusters: Living Legacy

Clare Pelham | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Business, UK Charity, UK Impact, Dambuster Anniversary, World War Two, Hospital, Leonard-Cheshire-Disability, UK Culture, Impact, UK News
Clare Pelham

Leonard Cheshire was one of the youngest commanding officers 617 Squadron ever had and one of the most decorated pilots of the conflict. The experiences he had during the war changed his life - and quite literally has transformed the lives of thousands of disabled people across the world.

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How Whittington Hospital Saved My Life

Laxmi Hariharan | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: London, NHS Reforms, Hospital, Breast Cancer, General Practitioner, Whittington, Whittington Hospital, National Health Service, Nhs, UK Conservative Party, David Cameron, Health News, Misscarriage, UK Health, UK Politics News
Laxmi Hariharan

Today NHS managers want to sell off part of the Whittington site, cutting almost 570 jobs to leave the hospital with reduced maternity services, ward closures and fewer beds for the elderly. Why cut funding for something which works? At what cost is the government saving costs?

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You Don't Need to Teach Nurses/Carers Compassion, you just need to Make Sure They Are Doing Their Job - A Carer's View

Hannah Gal | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Ann Clwyd, Nurse, Nhs, Elderly Care, Work Ethic, Hospital, Carer, 50 Plus, UK News
Hannah Gal

What would you like for christmas? I ask 93-year-old Winnie at the end of my daily morning visit. 'just a bit of company', she replies with a somewhat sad smile. 

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Baby Born Mid-Flight In Helicopter Over Shetland Isles

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Maternity, UK News, Baby Born Mid Flight, Baby, Hospital, Coastguard, Shetland Coastguard, UK News

A baby has been born mid-flight on a coastguard rescue helicopter over the Shetland Isles. The 7lb baby was delivered at 6.28 am, while the helico...

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Four-Year-Old Dies After Train Collision

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Train Collision, UK News, Four Year Old Killed, News, Hospital, Rail Accident, Emma Lifsey, UK News

A four-year-old girl has died in hospital after the car she was travelling in collided with a train. Emma Lifsey, who was airlifted to Sheffield Ch...

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'My Husband Died Like A Battery Hen'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Owen Roberts, UK News, Nurses, Labour Mp, Nhs Hospital, Hospital, World at One, Ann Clwyd, News, Nhs Care, UK Politics News

A senior Labour MP has described how her husband died like a "battery hen" in hospital, telling The Guardian she feared "a normalisation of cruelty" w...

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Yes, Savita Halappanavar's Death IS a Political Issue

Kate Smurthwaite | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abortion Rights, Savita-Halappanavar-Abortion, Politics, Savita-Halappanavar-Death, Savita Halappanavar, Hospital, Health, Life, Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, Ireland, Medicine, Precious Life, Death, Abortion Support Network, UK Health, UK Politics News
Kate Smurthwaite

This weeks' protest outside the Irish Embassy in London over the death of Savita Halappanavar was a first for me. I've been to dozens of pro-choice protests before but this was the first time I've attended one with no sign whatsoever of a counter-protest. I guess it's hard to claim to be 'pro-life' when someone is actually dead.

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Losing the Sight of an Eye

Josa Young | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Eye Loss, Road Traffic Accident, Lose Sight of Eye, Sight Loss, Run Over by Bus, Writing, Hospital, Accident, Surgery, New Job, Health, National Health Service, Nhs, UK Health, UK Lifestyle News
Josa Young

Losing an eye is no big deal.

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Indian Hospital Staff 'Forced To Hand Over Gifts For Time Off'

SWNS | Posted 08.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Employment Tribunal, UK News, Court Case, Great Western Hospital, Hospital, Racism, Carillion, Tribunal, News, Goa, UK News

Carillion hospital managers at a Swindon hospital demanded gifts from foreign workers in return for time off, according to claims made in an Employmen...

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Medical Student Found Dead By Flatmates After Refusing Ambulance

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Leeds University, UK Students, Ambulance, Medics, Hospital, UK Universities & Education News

A medical student died after telling her flatmates not to call an ambulance, despite complaining of feeling unwell and experiencing difficulty breathi...

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8-Year-Old Boy Found Wandering On Tube Lines

PA | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Tube Accident, UK News, Boy Found on Tube Tracks, Tube Safety, Hospital, Stanmore Tube, South London, Girl Hit by Train, Rfl, Rail Safety, Injury, London, Commuter Delays, UK News

An eight-year-old boy found trespassing on London Underground tracks was led to safety by a Tube cleaner, it has been revealed. The incident emerge...

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Schoolgirl Hit By Tube Train

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Tube Accident, UK News, Hospital, South London, Girl Hit by Train, Rfl, Brixton, Injury, London, Commuter Delays, UK News

A 12-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after being struck by a Tube train at Brixton. The incident at the south London station happened duri...

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Schoolboy In 'Life Threatening Condition' After Being Struck By Lightning

PA | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Tragedy, UK News, Weather, Struck by Lightening, Schoolboy, Swindon, Hospital, Dorcan Academy, UK News

A schoolboy is in hospital after being struck by lightning, police have said. The 11-year-old, who is believed to be a pupil at the Dorcan Academy ...

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Frankenstein’s Dream: Electricity Used To Regrow Limbs

PA | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Tissue Engineering, Health News, Limbs, Frankenstein, Electricity, Hospital, UK Lifestyle News

Experiments with echoes of Frankenstein suggest electricity could one day be used to regenerate tissue and regrow lost limbs. Scientists believe el...

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Man And Woman Arrested In Connection With Murder Of 3-Year-Old

Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Murder, Arrests, UK Crime, UK News, Hospital, Child Killed, Toddler, Preston, Lia Green, UK News

Police have arrested a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of the murder of a 3-year old girl in Preston. Lia Green was feeling un...

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PHOTOS: Man Sticks Needle Up His Penis

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: UK Weird News, Penis, Embarrassing Accidents, Acupuncture, Hospital, Needles, China, Needle in Penis, UK Comedy News

Now, here's something we can safely guarantee you didn't want to see today. It's a series of pictures depicting what happened when a man showed up...

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Opening Ceremony 'NHS Hospital Beds' To Be Donated To Tunisia

PA | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Impact-Sports, Tunisia, Olympics, Hospital, Olympics Opening Ceremony, Hospital Beds, Danny Boyle, News, Nhs, UK News

More than 300 hospital beds which featured in the Olympics opening ceremony to celebrate the NHS are to be donated to hospitals in Tunisia. The lum...

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Teen Dies In Boat Propeller Tragedy

PA | Posted 21.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Isle of Wight, Yarmouth, Southampton, UK News, Accident, Hospital, UK News

A teenage boy has died after he fell from a boat and was apparently hit by its propeller, police said on Saturday. The 14-year-old from Surrey, who...

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A Perfect Birth is All in the Mind

Alice Grist | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Lifestyle, Baby, Hospital, Pregnancy, Nhs, Parenting, Epidural, Midwifery, Forceps, Natural Birth, Hypnobirthing, Mindfulness, Episiotomy, Childbirth, Miranda Kerr, UK Lifestyle News
Alice Grist

My natural birth was made chemical, forceful, medical and surgical. The most important question here though is... Am I bothered? Well if you'd told me in advance this was how things might go, then I would have thought I'd be devastated. But in reality I'm happy.

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So the English Do Like Talking About Death After All

Imelda Redmond CBE | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Doctors, Hospital, Nurses, Dying, English Culture, Hospice, Death, Bereavement, Health, Palliative Care, UK Impact, Marie-Curie-Cancer-Care, UK Lifestyle News
Imelda Redmond CBE

It is often said that English people do not like to talk about death. Last week's publication of the first national survey of the bereaved has gone some way to dispelling such a notion.

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Dropping the C Bomb - The Day My Life Changed

Jodie Butt | Posted 27.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Hospital, Pagets Disease, UK Lifestyle, UK Health, UK Lifestyle News
Jodie Butt

The hilarious thing is that the cancer I have is quite rare and a lot of people wrongly assume only old people get it, which makes you feel about 105 when they tell you this. Oh by the way you have cancer, you have cancer for old people....yeap, you are just old, with cancer....nice.

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Man Dies After Falling 40ft Off Jersey Cliff

PA | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Holiday, Guernsey Police, Channel Islands, Beach, Hospital, UK News

A pensioner has been killed in a cliff fall while on holiday in Jersey, police said today. Peter Scurr, 69, from Southampton, and an unnamed 65-yea...

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Prince Philip Turns 91

PA | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Hospital, Diamond Jubilee, Queen's Jubilee, Duke of Edinburgh, UK News, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, King Edward VII Hospital, Birthday, UK News

The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to take it easy today as he celebrates his 91st birthday just a day after leaving hospital. Philip was discharged...

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Couple Accused Of Killing Baby Suffering From 'Severe Rickets' Demand Inquiry

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Al Alas, Killing, Baby Jayden, UK News, Baby, Great Ormond Street, Inquiry, Hospital, Vitamin D, Rickets, News, Illness, UK News

A young couple cleared of murdering their baby son, when he actually had severe rickets have called for an inquiry into two hospitals responsible for ...

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Head 'Disappointed' With BBC After Schoolboy Plunged From Stairwell

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Health and Safety, UK News, Bbc, UK Teachers, Bristol, Hospital, Emergency Services, Ambulance Services, BBC Bristol, UK Media, UK Students, UK Schools, UK Universities & Education News

The headteacher at the school where a pupil fell from a stairwell has hit out at the BBC over its coverage of the incident. The pupil, at Fairfield...

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