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Video: Roger Daltrey on trout and the Teenage Cancer Trust

Behind the scenes with Roger Daltrey as the Who frontman is photographed with his favourite fish for Love Music, Love Food, a new project in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust

NHS 'neglects' parents of sick children

Top doctor accuses hospitals of failing to provide beds for families, who end up exhausted, stressed and depressed The NHS is adding to the suffering of parents with a child in hospital by not giving [...]

'Very poor' level of out-of-hours care revealed in patient survey

Patients Association criticises 'postcode lottery' of spending on service Wide variations in the quality of out-of-hours GP services are leaving many people with a "poor" level of care, a survey has f[...]

NHS electronic records protect patients | Gillian Braunold

In providing key information to emergency carers, the NHS's summary care record offers patients better protection The chairman of the BMA, Dr Hamish Meldrum, declared this week that NHS consultants an[...]

Websites told to remove material promoting self-harm

Doctors call for policing of internet as numbers admitted to hospital due to self-harm rise Doctors today called on websites to remove any material which romanticises or promotes self-harm by young pe[...]

Society daily 11.03.2010

Full coverage of Sheffield's 'Fritzl' case; the misery of hospital parking; plus, will prisons soon be at breaking point? Full coverage: the Sheffield 'Fritzl' case Authorities apologise for failings [...]

Dr Crippen: On the problem with prostate cancer screening

At post-mortem, most elderly men have traces of prostate cancer but have died of other causes There is a much-publicised screening test for early prostate cancer, but GPs hesitate before ordering the [...]

Hospital patients routinely treated in storerooms, survey shows

Nearly two-thirds of nurses in poll say patients treated in areas not designed for clinical care, from cupboards to kitchen Patients are routinely being treated in storerooms, mop cupboards and wards [...]