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Cholesterol charity backs drop-in centre
8:10am Monday 15th December 2008
A health centre has opened to give advice to people suffering from a condition that creates an extremely high risk of heart attack.
Comments (0)Women are not being screened
9:09am Thursday 4th December 2008
Many GPs in Barnet are not doing enough to promote breast screening, according to a top doctor.
Mother's brain haemorrhage 'wasn't spotted'
9:08am Wednesday 29th October 2008
A Finchley teenager has hit out at Barnet Hospital for sending her mother home with headache pills days before she slipped into a fatal coma.
Not one MRSA case since July
8:50am Sunday 19th October 2008
Cases of MRSA infection have fallen to zero at Barnet Hospital.
Borough ‘obese’ costing millions
8:30am Friday 10th October 2008
Overweight and obese patients are costing Barnet health authorities £85.1 million a year and the bill could rise to £94.4 million within eight years.
Unused drugs cost £500k every year
9:14am Thursday 2nd October 2008
Medicines wasted in the borough of Barnet are costing the NHS £500,000 every year, according to Barnet Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Hospital to take on more surgery
8:22am Thursday 25th September 2008
Edgware Community Hospital is set to expand as part of a radical shake-up of hospital services.
Funding cut to exercise scheme
8:30am Wednesday 24th September 2008
Health chiefs have cut funding for a popular programme that helped elderly people recover from serious illnesses.
Quicker diagnosis for liver disease
8:20am Thursday 18th September 2008
A one-stop clinic has opened at the Royal Free Hospital to swiftly diagnose one of the fastest growing killers in the country.
Hospital changes will have a ‘small impact’
1:04pm Wednesday 17th September 2008
The head of Barnet Hospital has played down fears it will be overwhelmed when a nearby hospital loses its A&E..
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