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Trust overpays staff £1m in error
5 January 2013 Last updated at 11:22 ET A London NHS trust has overpaid its staff by a total of nearly £1m a year since 2010, documents have revealed. In one case, a doctor was paid £4,000 a month by Barts and the London NHS Trust for nearly four years for on-call duties he or she was not doing.
Emigration of children to urban areas can protect parents against depression
ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) Parents whose children move far away from home are less likely to become depressed than parents with children living nearby, according to a new study of rural districts in Thailand. The study, led by scientists at King’s College London, suggests that children who migrate to urban areas are more likely to financially support their parents, which may be a factor for lower levels of depression.
Residents believe vacant land threatens community, physical and mental health
ScienceDaily (Nov. 30, 2012) As public health researchers continue efforts to understand the effects of neighborhood conditions on health, residents themselves can provide valuable insights regarding public health issues and potential solutions. A new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania uses in-depth interviews with local residents to examine perspectives on how vacant land affects community, physical, and mental health
Homicide spreads like infectious disease
ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2012) Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give police a new tool in tracking and ultimately preventing murders. Using Newark, N.J., as a pilot case, a team of Michigan State University researchers led by April Zeoli successfully applied public health tracking methods to the city’s 2,366 homicides between 1982 and 2008.
Strike begins at three hospitals
20 November 2012 Last updated at 04:59 ET Clerical and administration staff at three NHS hospitals in West Yorkshire have begun a three-day strike in a row over potential job cuts. Unison members at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust held a one-day strike earlier in November after 74 employees were sent redundancy letters.
Tougher end-of-life rules planned
3 November 2012 Last updated at 10:49 ET Relatives of terminally-ill patients would have to be consulted before a decision to withdraw food or water is taken, under new government proposals. It comes after some patients were placed on the Liverpool Care Pathway – designed to relieve suffering – without their relatives’ knowledge. The government wants to ensure families are told of life and death decisions
Concern over NHS end of life care
1 November 2012 Last updated at 12:57 ET It is “completely wrong” for terminally ill patients to be put on a “pathway” to death without relatives being consulted, a health minister has said. Norman Lamb has called a meeting of doctors and patients to discuss worries about the Liverpool Care Pathway – which can see water and food withdrawn.
Care home cuts in health shake-up
9 October 2012 Last updated at 01:18 ET By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent Northern Ireland is expected to lose a number of its residential homes as part of major changes to the health service.
Language learning makes the brain grow, Swedish study suggests
ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2012) At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, young recruits learn a new language at a very fast pace. By measuring their brains before and after the language training, a group of researchers has had an almost unique opportunity to observe what happens to the brain when we learn a new language in a short period of time
Congo fever man dies in hospital
6 October 2012 Last updated at 07:08 ET A 38-year-old man who contracted Crimean-Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (CCVHF) has died in hospital. The man was diagnosed with the rare tropical disease after flying into Glasgow on Tuesday
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