Concerns of seriously ill patients dismissed with contempt
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Guardian
Wednesday December 30, 1998.
Founder of breast cancer trust dies. The Times, 29 January 1999.
Surgeons “may drop high-risk patients”, The Times, 7 September 1999.
Diary of the delays which may have cost a wife's life. Daily Mail, 21 October 1999.
Girl, 16, saved own life with medical textbook. The Times, 22 October 1999.
Girl's heart operation cancelled six time. Daily Mail, 6 November 1999.
Too old to be well treated. Daily Mail, 8 November 1999.
Midwife shortage forces hospitals in London to turn away pregnant women. Jeremy Laurence, The
Independent, 9 November1999.
1. If you are old and ill beware the NHS. 2. No money for drugs, so we lie to cancer patients. 3. Our cancer disgrace. Daily Mail, 9 November 1999.
Family confident of cancer error payout. The Times, 12 November 1999.
1. Your money or your life. 2. Today the NHS may diagnose your cancer. Tomorrow it mat let you die - unless you can pay for your own drugs. Daily Mail, 15 November 1999.
Losers in a lotery of life. Daily Mail, 16 November 1999.
This nurse gave 20 years to the NHS. Yet when she needed it most the system tragically let her down. Daily Mail, 22 November 1999.
Now even doctors are confirming what elderly people have long suspected - that the NHS is biased against them. Caroline Gilchrist reports on the chilling findings of a new survey. Guardian, 17 May 2000
Taking on the health service
My wife died through medical negligence. And what happened after that left the family feeling sullied.
Matt Seaton
Guardian Society
Friday May 18, 2001
Hospital accused of cancer cover-up. Sarah Boseley, health editor
Thursday January 2, 2003 The Guardian
Dr Evan Harris, who is stepping down as Liberal Democrat health spokesman
to care for his terminally ill girlfriend, has refused to "generalise about
the state of the NHS" after his partner's brain tumour went repeatedly
undetected.
Monday October 13, 2003
Why do GPs fail to spot cancers? All too often it's because they don't
listen, says Sophie Petit-Zeman.
Tuesday February 3, 2004 The Guardian
GP surgeries and hospitals are failing to give people with learning
disabilities as high a standard of healthcare as the rest of the population,
and in some cases, this has led to premature death, according to a report
published today. The report, called Treat Me Right from the charity Mencap,
accuses NHS medical staff of discrimination. It says those with learning
disabilities suffer from a lack of support and poor treatment. Eight out of 10
GPs in a survey said they needed more training in dealing with such patients.
Sarah Boseley
Monday June 21, 2004 The Guardian
A five-year plan to tackle the stigma and discrimination faced by people
with mental health problems was launched by health minister Rosie Winterton
today. David Batty
Wednesday June 23, 2004
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Financial Times
- Health ministry faces 'scapegoat' claim. The Department of Health made a
"scapegoat" of a top statistician who raised the alarm with senior officials
about a contentious public-private venture to provide data to the National
Health Service, an employment tribunal heard. Prof Denise Lievesley, former
chief executive of the Information Centre, the NHS's data factory, says she
consistently highlighted concerns about the joint venture's worth and its
handling of information.
Summary by Keep our NHS Public
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