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Styvechale pharmacist ordered unnecessary repeat prescriptions

By Staff Reporter A PHARMACIST abused the NHS repeat prescription ordering system for seven months by ordering more than £5,000 worth of medicines for patients they did not need. Naj Kasli, of Lupton Avenue, Styvechale, Coventry, who ran Kasli Pharmacy,...

Posted by Esh Capelo on December 22, 2008 8:39 AM

Thank you Mr Bevan

Am I the only one who has been underwhelmed by the apparent lack of genuine celebration for the NHS's 60th birthday this year? I know there have been official announcements, a mate at work tells me there was a "good...

Posted by Stuart Pemble on December 2, 2008 11:05 AM

Visitors asked to be more vigilant with hand hygiene at Coventry's University Hospital

By Kerry Beadling Visitors are asked to be extra vigilant with washing their hands at University Hospital, Coventry after five patients were diagnosed with winter sickness bug Norovirus. The Trust is asking that visitors who are or have been they...

Posted by Esh Capelo on November 18, 2008 12:09 PM

Call for action after damning report on the NHS

By Catherine Vonledebur Health Reporter DEAN and Rachael Eaves, whose baby died of meningitis after fatal mistakes by their family GP and ambulance staff, are calling for changes within the NHS, following a damning report. The largest ever review of...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 31, 2008 2:45 PM

Holbrooks family believes affordable exercise will help obese people

By Catherine Vonledebur MUM Linda Ballard and her son Ross admit they've both got a weight problem - but they're determined to do something about it. They've both lost weight after joining a healthy lifestyle course. But they believe the...

Posted by Esh Capelo on October 9, 2008 10:05 AM

I'm in charge

Health minister Edwina Hart was taking no prisoners during an appearance at the weekly media conference held by the Assembly Government in Cardiff Bay. Her no-nonsense style in dealing with questions, be it from journalists or AMs, is well documented....

Posted by Tom Bodden on October 1, 2008 8:37 AM

The Waiting Game

I went to the hospital today. Nothing serious, I'm sure you'll all be uninterested to hear. I'm actually just trying to get on a waiting list. A few years back I was told I had a torn cartilage. It took...

Posted by Paul Flower on July 22, 2008 1:38 PM

The more things change...

Back at Westminster today after a few days off in mobile signal-free parts of Scotland. So have I missed much in my week away? It would appear not; much of the news agenda appears to have been recycled, which I...

Posted by Tomos Livingstone on July 21, 2008 12:17 PM

Neuro-sense

Health minister Edwina Hart took expert advice and finally concluded that sending North Wales patients for neurosurgery to Cardiff or Swansea rather than Liverpool was a non-starter. As this blog recorded, the outpouring of dissent from the region was almost...

Posted by Tom Bodden on July 16, 2008 8:02 AM

16. Julie Moore, UHB

Name: Julie Moore Position: Chief Executive, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:25 PM

27. Deirdre Kelly, Birmingham Children's Hospital

Name: Deirdre Kelly Position: Director, Birmingham Children's Hospital Liver Unit Sector: Science & Technology 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 10:50 PM

34. Ranjit Sondhi, Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

Name: Ranjit Sondhi Position: Chairman, Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT Sector: Science & Technology 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 10:37 PM

Feedback a factor in services in Foleshill

By Warren Manger ALMOST 1,500 people have had their say on how they want three new GP surgeries in Coventry to run to make it easier for them to see a doctor. Residents were invited to share their views about...

Posted by Esh Capelo on July 14, 2008 3:31 PM

Why Matthew owes his existence to the NHS

By Catherine Vonledebur MATTHEW HOLLAND and his mum have a very special reason for wishing the NHS a happy 60th birthday. Matthew Holland with mum Sally back at University Hospital, where he became one of Coventry's first "test tube" babies...

Posted by Esh Capelo on July 9, 2008 8:58 AM

Welsh cakes and generalities

Welsh cakes and coffee - in commemorative 'One Wales' mugs - was on offer today for the media pack around the Assembly Government's cabinet table in Cardiff Bay. It was the first birthday party of the historic coalition deal between...

Posted by Tom Bodden on July 8, 2008 12:09 PM

Time really is money in the NHS

Anybody spot the story about the poor soul charged £127 by BT for a couple of phone calls he made attempting to change an appointment at his local hospital in Essex? It seems he was charged £2.59, the rate for...

Posted by Roger Clarke on April 10, 2008 1:24 PM

Take more responsibility for your health!

Binge drinking, obesity, postcode lotteries and dying with dignity, these are just a few health issues that simply refuse to go away. As The Post's health correspondent I don't want to stick with the mainstream or blindingly obvious, as am...

Posted by Emma Brady on February 26, 2008 11:23 PM

"Say what you think of the NHS" - Edwina

It is disturbing to think that senior clinicians in the NHS in Wales are afraid or unable to speak out publicly about their concerns because of so-called 'gagging orders'. Welsh health minister Edwina Hart thinks so too as she...

Posted by Tom Bodden on September 27, 2007 9:04 AM

Elective memory

Elective surgery is often described as something which is non-urgent, as if the poor patient really had a choice. The suggestion that patients in North Wales might elect for a nine hour round trip to Cardiff or Swansea for...

Posted by Tom Bodden on August 31, 2007 9:55 AM

Border Line

The case of mum-of-two Samantha Cousins is deeply worrying. The sufferer of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer, was beng denied a potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant, so far as her doctors could understand, because she lived in Wales,...

Posted by Tom Bodden on July 27, 2007 10:23 AM