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Stoke Mandeville bosses have avoided prosecution for their handling of an outbreak of C.diff, which caused 33 deaths and infected 334 patients, after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ruled there was insufficient admissible evidence.

Anyone in a higher-risk group who suffers a minor stroke will receive an MRI scan within 24 hours under plans to revolutionise stroke services unveiled by the Health Secretary Alan Johnson. The strategy aims to accelerate the emergency response to stroke, by setting out a framework for care for those affected and raising awareness about symptoms and risk factors.

Anyone in a higher-risk group who suffers a minor stroke will receive an MRI scan within 24 hours under plans to revolutionise stroke services unveiled by the Health Secretary Alan Johnson.

Stoke Mandeville bosses have avoided prosecution for their handling of an outbreak of C.diff , which caused 33 deaths and infected 334 patients, after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ruled there was insufficient admissible evidence.

The Government has admitted that it has shifted the “goal posts” in relation 18-week waiting times and is no longer looking to achieve its 100% target by 2008.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has launched a comprehensive five-year plan to further improve NHS cancer services, supported by an investment of £370million.

Lives can be considerably improved with a pressure monitor which increases the accuracy of leg ulcer treatment.

Nuffield Hospitals has acquired Health Club Investment Group, the parent company of Cannons Health and Fitness and related businesses.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) report: Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, confirms that high intakes of calcium may cause prostate cancer. However, the Prostate Cancer Charity notes that calcium is important for men with prostate cancer who are receiving hormone treatment to prevent osteoporosis.

The University of Edinburgh has agreed a contract to market a technology which can clean surgical instruments contaminated by CJD, and save the health industry thousands of pounds.

UK surgeons and scientists are being encouraged to enter a global competition to discover new materials and techniques which could lead to cutting edge advances in wound closure.

Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for Health Services, officially opened the new Blood Sciences Laboratory at King’s College Hospital.

Scientists at the Erasmus MC-University Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and Applied Biosystems, have made significant advances in testicular cancer research by identifying and analysing a set of specific microRNA molecular markers that are involved in the development of testicular tumours.

The University of Herfordshire recently opened one of Europe's largest and most advanced clinical simulation centres.

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have found that having more years of formal education delays the memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced the introduction of a human papilloma virus (HPV) immunisation programme to routinely vaccinate girls aged 12 - 13 years of age against cervical cancer, starting from September 2008.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) report: 'Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective', confirms that high intakes of calcium may cause prostate cancer. However, the Prostate Cancer Charity notes that calcium is important for men with prostate cancer who are receiving hormone treatment to prevent osteoporosis.

Scientists at the Erasmus MC-University Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and Applied Biosystems, have made significant advances in testicular cancer research by identifying and analysing a set of specific microRNA molecular markers that are involved in the development of testicular tumours. The research findings could potentially lead to earlier identification of the disease and new approaches for treating the cancer.

The University of Edinburgh has agreed a contract to market a technology which can clean surgical instruments contaminated by CJD, and save the health industry thousands of pounds. Plasma, a high-energy ionised form of gas, cleans the surface of the instruments, breaking down infectious biological tissue into harmless gases. The technique is claimed to be at least 1000 times more effective than traditional methods of cleaning.

Following a detailed and comprehensive local procurement process under the National Decontamination Program, Vernon-Carus has been made the provisional preferred bidder for the Mersey joint venture decontamination project.