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NHS Reforms Confusion: What's in and whats's out?

David Cameron
After being criticised for not communicating their initial plans well enough, have the government fared any better in revealing their new plans? Here is a roundup of the new reforms and how they differ from the previous plans.

UK 'Unable to Hold Falklands.'

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation conference in London
The coalition has placed the United Kingdom on a road to austerity. The vaccination debate is sensitive. Primarily the government's first priority should be to keep their people safe and healthy. With defence and health care cuts can they really justify spending extra on international aid? The government may be heading down a thoroughly noble path but is the timing all wrong?
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BBC to air ‘Choosing to Die’

BBC 2 will air 'Choosing to Die' at 9pm on Monday evening sparking widespread condemnation from officials and licence payers. The film 'Choosing to Die' is a documentary about Peter Swedley, a motor neurone suffer who is chosen to take his own life in Switzerland. The film shows the last breath of Peter Swedley before he passes away. The film is designed to highlight the suffering of people with terminal disease and to illustrate the tremendous heart break and strain such diseases pl...
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E.Coli outbreak: US scientists warn against hysteria but say anti-biotics are not the solution

Health officials say the E. coli that has sickened thousands in Europe has become the deadliest outbreak of the bacterium on record, as a rare strain is causing kidney failure.As they explained that the strain is a previously unseen variant of the bacterium and one that is more virulent than before, US scientists, in opposition to Europeans, are now warning that the new strain appears to be resistant to common antibiotics.
German clinics are appealing for blood donations as the number of people infected with a deadly strain of E. coli has risen above 1,700.

E.coli outbreak : Germany in Blood appeal

German clinics are appealing for blood donations as the number of people infected with a deadly strain of E. coli keeps on rising and 1,730 people are now said to be affected.
German clinics are appealing for blood donations as the number of people infected with a deadly strain of E. coli has risen above 1,700.

E.coli 2011 outbreak: Source remains a mystery

German health experts have been unable to identify the source of a deadly new strain of E.Coli bacteria that has spread through Europe, leaving consumers unsure of which foods to avoid.
A mutant strain of E.coli which has killed at least 17 people has reached Britain, health officials confirmed yesterday.

E.coli 2011 outbreak: What are the symptoms?

The deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed at least 17 people and left 1,500 ill across Europe has never been seen in a human population and it may be the most toxic yet, health experts said on Thursday.
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New Figures Show More Receive NHS Dental Care

The UK’s regional Scottish Government recently announced an unprecedented higher level of public access to National Health Service dentists. Figures indicate that substantially more people are now registered with an NHS dentist, including 94% of all children aged 6 to 12 yrs. old and a million extra residents in Scotland.