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UK Health Newswire Archive

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The new UK adverts against cannabis

24-10-2006 08:07

It is basically my response to news about some new anti-cannabis adverts I saw on television on the ABC world news on the morning of Oct. 24, 2006. I cannot stand the outright lies they are foisting on the kids and adults who have already had enough yellow journalistic scare tactics already to get us involved in Iraq and don't need any more such from Industrialists and politicians or some Vicars.

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All out to support the nurses' mass rally in Dublin on Wednesday, November 22nd!

23-10-2006 00:06

End the scandal of people lying for days on hospital trolleys! Ireland's 40,000 nurses are to step up their campaign for a pay rise by holding a mass rally in Dublin on 22nd November. Let’s go all out to support this mass rally in Dublin on Wednesday, November 22nd, this is going to be huge!

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Cambridge Anarchist Cheerleaders! Recuiting Now!

22-10-2006 16:40

Recuiting Now!
Cambridge has long needed an Anarchist Cheerleading Squad and now Arts Council funding has been secured, the fun work of recruiting can begin.

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Agent Orange is killing children

21-10-2006 15:05

Stop the baby killers

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John Callcutt CBE ‘Shameless’ Dad Delivers Fresh Appeal English Partnerships

19-10-2006 22:49

John Callcutt CBE CEO English Partnerships Shameless?
On 18th October, English Partnerships' (EP) ‘Annual Open Meeting’ took place at the British Museum in London. For ‘educational purposes’, Mr. Vince Shalom, Family Campaigner for ‘Social Justice’ (re-Crest Nicholson Plc), attended the meeting, but he was not permitted to ask questions during official question time, despite invitations from EP Chair, Baroness Margaret Ford of Cunninghame.

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John Bridle of Asbestos Watchdog: "lies, illegal tests and self aggrandisement"?

18-10-2006 16:46

Today, (18th October) Shari Vahl on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme investigated a businessman called John Bridle. His company “Asbestos Watchdog” has claimed to be:

“The only UK organisation that can provide unbiased information about asbestos”

The BBC claim that two of the UK’s biggest house builders have been using an asbestos surveyor who is carrying out analysis which the Health and Safety Executive say is illegal.

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Hummer Dealership shut down by protesters against urban 4 x 4's in Manchester

17-10-2006 11:39

Inspired by the camp for climate action, 40 people protested outside a Hummer dealership in Manchester about the environmental impact of SUV emissions which are contributing to climate chaos.

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MS and Palestinian - patient refused

16-10-2006 14:25

Please find below an article of importance, that has been taken from the IMEMC
website. How can anyone in the right mind refuse a patient who suffers from MS the right to medical treatment and still call themselves civilised. A big round of applause to the international community for their inaction.

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Violence empties schools in Iraq

16-10-2006 14:19

In an ordinary year, schools throughout Iraq would have opened for classes on September 20, but this year many in the country are left empty, as schoolchildren are kept at home by the violence that has plagued Iraq's streets.

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This scam that is increasing !

11-10-2006 18:43

ALLERGIES TO RUBBER GLOVES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN MODERN AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDIES TO BE MOSTLY ANECDOTAL , ANXIETY RIDDEN, FRAUDS OR JUST NOT OF ENOUGH AND SOUND QUALITY TO RESPOND AS THE UK DOES TO NHS DENTISTS WHO ARE ALL CLAIMIN EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS DUE TO RUBBER GLOVES' ALLERGY.

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Another corporate beast behind 'NHS Logistics' privatisation

09-10-2006 14:28

Novation - 'group purchaser' for health products
Most people will have heard about the selling off of a massive area of the NHS to the private 'German' distributor, DHL, who this month are poised to takeover (from NHS Logistics) the warehousing and supply of thousands of items used by NHS hospitals and GP surgeries across the country. What is less widely mentioned in the press, perhaps as it's not as obvious in terms of effect on front-line public sector jobs, is that a massive US procurement operation Novation is also behind the new contract. Brought in to save money we are told, this Texan based company is under investigation by the US justice department for overcharging federal healthcare programmes for goods!

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Fraudulent Heart and Vascular Care in Smalltown USA

09-10-2006 03:56

Why you should not have .... “Heart and Vascular Care at SOMC
At Southern Ohio Medical Center, we are winning the battle against heart and vascular disease. Our dedicated doctors and nurses provide the most advanced treatment close to home.” [from www.somc.org/heart]

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Labours employment policy??

06-10-2006 21:24

is Labour closing Job Centre?

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Mental Health

06-10-2006 15:57

Schools are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of pupils with mental health problems, a study says.
The survey commissioned by the NASUWT teachers' union found teachers often had difficulty identifying pupils with problems like anxiety and depression.

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Saving a Stranger - documentary

05-10-2006 22:09

New Community Channel doc appeals for Asian, black and ethnic minority groups to save lives by joining bone marrow register.

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In Cuba this would be Free

04-10-2006 15:04

Snippets from
"DISABLED PROTESTERS HIT OUT AT 'CARE LESS' HIKE IN COSTS"
Lincolnshire Echo 4/Oct/06
 http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156582&command=displayContent&sourceNode=156408&contentPK=15590150&folderPk=87028&pNodeId=156139

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Royal Society of Arts Fellowship Concerns for John Callcutt CBE?

03-10-2006 08:37

John Callcutt CBE and Fellow of The RSA Not Squeaky Clean Say Family
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, (RSA) Manufactures & Commerce hold their 252nd AGM today. One Family writes invitation and appeal to the Trustees, via Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Philip Bunt FCA. They express concern about the “moral appropriateness” of the institutions’ ‘Fellowship’ status, as it applies to one fellow, Mr. John Callcutt CBE, CEO of English Partnerships.

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Discrimination of HIV-Positive People Widespread in South Korea, Official Says

03-10-2006 05:26

A recent survey conducted by the Korea Federation for AIDS Prevention says that discrimination against HIV-positive people is widespread in South Korea, despite high levels of knowledge about HIV/AIDS, KFAP Director-General Kwoen Khan-woo said, the Korea Times reports.

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Bayer failed to report risks of drug

02-10-2006 19:04

WASHINGTON Bayer, the German pharmaceutical giant, failed to reveal to U.S. regulators the results of a large study suggesting that a widely used heart-surgery medicine might increase the risks of death and stroke, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced. NY Times .
Plus Comment by Vera Hassner Sharav
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP), www.ahrp.org

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House Passes Legislation to Reauthorize Ryan White CARE Act Funding

02-10-2006 06:03

The House on Thursday voted 325-98 to approve a bill (HR 6143) that would reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act for the next five years, CQ Today reports.
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