Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months
Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
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Is this a circle? Your answer could reveal your political stance: A simple test has been devised that could determine your
Is this a circle? Your answer could reveal your political stance: A simple test has been devised that could determine your political outlook, according to a study. Researchers say those who see the shape above as a circle are more likely to have liberal political views.
Source: independent.co.uk
Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds
Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds of lives' in dramatic departure from current 'opt-in' process and will be closely watched by rest of UK
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Digital archive of Cornish life opens online - BBC News: A photo, film and audio archive documenting Cornish life is made
Digital archive of Cornish life opens online - BBC News: A photo, film and audio archive documenting Cornish life is made available online.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Diabetes: significant reduction in diabetes-related amputations since the mid-1990s - Hospital Dr
Diabetes: significant reduction in diabetes-related amputations since the mid-1990s - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have headed to the Zhongnan Mountains to appreciate the simple beauty of a tree shedding its leaves for the 1,400th consecutive year. The storied gingko tree’s leaves start falling...
Source: independent.co.uk
NHS doctors quit rather than work for private firm: An NHS hospital has been forced to scrap highly rated services for patients
NHS doctors quit rather than work for private firm: An NHS hospital has been forced to scrap highly rated services for patients with severe skin conditions including skin cancer after an “exodus” of senior doctors reluctant to work for a private-sector subcontractor.
Source: independent.co.uk
Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort
Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort meaning the world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", warn scientists.
Source: bbc.co.uk
A fingerprint test for ivory has been developed to help identify poachers: Police officers may soon be able to identify
A fingerprint test for ivory has been developed to help identify poachers: Police officers may soon be able to identify wildlife poachers by retrieving fingerprints from smuggled ivory, new research has revealed. Around 50,000 African elephants are thought to be poached each year, but it had been thought...
Source: independent.co.uk
Why suicide is on the increase among the UK’s police and firefighters | Natalie Roberts and Ann-Marie Abbasah
Why suicide is on the increase among the UK’s police and firefighters | Natalie Roberts and Ann-Marie Abbasah
Source: theguardian.com
'A destructive vicious circle': what does the future hold for health and social care?: Jill Mortimer is Age UK's Health
'A destructive vicious circle': what does the future hold for health and social care?: Jill Mortimer is Age UK's Health and Care Policy Adviser and tweets at @Age_UK. What’s really happening in health and social care services? Over the last few years, we used in Age UK’s Care in Cris...
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Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org
US firefighter has world's most extensive face transplant - BBC News: US surgeons say they have carried out the world's
US firefighter has world's most extensive face transplant - BBC News: US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's
The NHS Confederation has asked people if they want cake and seem encouraged that the answer is yes. In the confederation's parallel universe people can (1) have their cake and eat it, (2) it will be better cake than before, (3) they won't need to wait for it, and (4) it will be free! They are shrewd...
Source: nhsconfed.org
Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two
Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely seen in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot using iPhones.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October
Proof that Grampound has taste: THE rebuilt Grampound Hall hosted its first performance on October 5, 2004. On October 4 the performance of C-scape's Taste was the 200th show held in the hall over those ten years. Those 200 shows...
Source: cornishguardian.co.uk
The official statistics watchdog just tore a piece out of David Cameron: Britain's official statistics watchdog has castigated
The official statistics watchdog just tore a piece out of David Cameron: Britain's official statistics watchdog has castigated the Government over David Cameron’s citation of questionable figures purporting to show how many European Union migrants claim benefits in the UK.
Source: independent.co.uk
Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how
Exoskeleton research could allow paralyzed to turn and climb: and here you see we are testing a technical solution, how to reproduce it, how to allow this movement. What you can see here is this four bar linkage mechanism. If you have multiple joints connected in a certain way then we allow the leg inside...
Source: reuters.com
High Sheriff of Cornwall Anthony Fortescue found shot dead - BBC News: The High Sheriff of Cornwall, Anthony Fortescue,
High Sheriff of Cornwall Anthony Fortescue found shot dead - BBC News: The High Sheriff of Cornwall, Anthony Fortescue, is found shot dead at his family estate near Lostwithiel.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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