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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Health « Express &amp; Star</title><description>Health news from the Express &amp; Star.</description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:11:45 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Appeal made for more New Cross Hospital A&E funding]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/22/appeal-made-for-more-new-cross-hospital-ae-funding/</link><description><![CDATA[A plea for more funding and staff for New Cross Hospital’s under-pressure accident and emergency department has been made in Parliament.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/22/appeal-made-for-more-new-cross-hospital-ae-funding/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:59 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[£1.9m pension pot for under-fire NHS chief Sir David Nicholson]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/22/1-9m-pension-pot-for-under-fire-nhs-chief-sir-david-nicholson/</link><description><![CDATA[Under-fire NHS chief Sir David Nicholson will retire next year with a reported pension of £1.9 million, it has been announced.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/22/1-9m-pension-pot-for-under-fire-nhs-chief-sir-david-nicholson/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[111 phoneline nightmare for Bloxwich family revealed]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/21/111-phoneline-nightmare-for-bloxwich-family-revealed/</link><description><![CDATA[The new 111 number for medical non-emergencies was today described a nightmare as a woman from the Black Country claimed it took more than seven hours for a doctor to come out after she reported a relative had died.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/21/111-phoneline-nightmare-for-bloxwich-family-revealed/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:54 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vigil for Stafford Hospital draws 1,000 people]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/20/vigil-for-stafford-hospital-draws-1000-people/</link><description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people attended a night-time vigil in a bid to save acute services at Stafford Hospital.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/20/vigil-for-stafford-hospital-draws-1000-people/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:59:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walsall woman loses 21 stone after dentist’s chair shame]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/18/walsall-woman-loses-21-stone-after-dentists-chair-shame/</link><description><![CDATA[A woman branded morbidly obese by her GP has lost 21 stone in weight after an embarrassing trip to the dentist forced her to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/18/walsall-woman-loses-21-stone-after-dentists-chair-shame/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:30:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[A&E figures up by 800 at New Cross Hospital]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/15/ae-figures-up-by-800-at-new-cross-hospital/</link><description><![CDATA[The overflowing accident and emergency department at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital saw almost 800 extra patients pour through its doors in April compared to the same month last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/15/ae-figures-up-by-800-at-new-cross-hospital/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:59:59 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra training to reduce mistakes at New Cross Hospital]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/10/extra-training-to-reduce-mistakes-at-new-cross-hospital/</link><description><![CDATA[All surgeons and operating staff at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital have been given extra training in a bid to improve its record for medical blunders, bosses said today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/10/extra-training-to-reduce-mistakes-at-new-cross-hospital/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sandwell pupils drinking too much booze]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/10/sandwell-pupils-drinking-too-much-booze/</link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of schoolchildren in Sandwell are drinking hazardous levels of alcohol every week.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/10/sandwell-pupils-drinking-too-much-booze/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six-figure payout for Kidderminster patient forceps blunder ]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/10/six-figure-payout-for-kidderminster-patient-forceps-blunder/</link><description><![CDATA[A mother-of-four who was left with seven-inch forceps inside her for three months following an operation to remove her gallbladder has received a six-figure payout.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/10/six-figure-payout-for-kidderminster-patient-forceps-blunder/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:59:47 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measles a threat to 15,000 children in region]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/09/measles-a-threat-to-15000-children-in-region/</link><description><![CDATA[More than 15,000 children in the region are at risk of catching measles because they have not been vaccinated, it has been revealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/09/measles-a-threat-to-15000-children-in-region/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:59:58 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bidders in a scramble to run Stafford and Cannock hospitals]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/09/bidders-in-a-scramble-to-run-stafford-and-cannock-hospitals/</link><description><![CDATA[Forty public and private health providers from across the country have applied to take on services at be-leagured Stafford and Cannock hospitals.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/09/bidders-in-a-scramble-to-run-stafford-and-cannock-hospitals/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:59:49 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients highlight the need for more nurses at Russells Hall Hospital]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/patients-highlight-the-need-for-more-nurses-at-russells-hall-hospital/</link><description><![CDATA[More nurses, stronger leadership on wards and better communication between staff and patients have been highlighted as key areas to improve quality of care at Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/patients-highlight-the-need-for-more-nurses-at-russells-hall-hospital/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gastric bands in region cost taxpayers £730,000]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/gastric-bands-in-region-cost-taxpayers-730000/</link><description><![CDATA[More than £730,000 of taxpayers’ cash was spent on gastric bands for obese people in the Black Country and Staffordshire in one year.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/gastric-bands-in-region-cost-taxpayers-730000/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:59:59 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowds at Cannock and Stafford hospitals meeting]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/crowds-at-cannock-and-stafford-hospitals-meeting/</link><description><![CDATA[More than 170 people attended a meeting to find out more about the future of Cannock and Stafford hospitals – but a key campaigner said she was left feeling ‘no clearer’.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/08/crowds-at-cannock-and-stafford-hospitals-meeting/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:59:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agency nurses cost Black Country NHS Foundation Trust £500k in a year]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/07/agency-nurses-cost-black-country-nhs-foundation-trust-500k-in-a-year/</link><description><![CDATA[A mental health trust treating patients from across the Black Country spent more than half a million pounds on agency nurses last year, it has been revealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/2013/05/07/agency-nurses-cost-black-country-nhs-foundation-trust-500k-in-a-year/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category></item></channel></rss>
