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Senior officials have discussed handing the management of up to 20 English NHS hospitals to overseas companies
NHS hospital management by overseas firms ‘discussed’
NHS shake-up
Senior officials have discussed handing the management of up to 20 English NHS hospitals to overseas companies, emails released by the government indicate.
Talks included plans for 10 to 20 hospitals but starting with one hospital at a time, the Observer says.
It comes as Lib Dem peer Shirley Williams said she had “huge concerns” over the NHS reform plans.
Courageous woman struck down by cancer tells how a Hollywood blockbuster movie has inspired her
Blockbuster Hollywood movie inspires Norfolk woman to realise her dreams
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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A courageous woman struck down by cancer has movingly told how a Hollywood blockbuster movie has inspired her to draw up a list of things she wants to do and achieve.
Rachel Lane, 26, who has battled the illness for the last three years, decided to write down her dreams after watching The Bucket List.
In the film, characters played by Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are both suffering from serious illnesses and draw up a list of the things they had always wanted to do.
CANCER sufferers will be prescribed a spray containing cannabis as a new form of pain relief treatment
Cannabis to be used in hospital treatment
CANCER sufferers will be prescribed a spray containing cannabis as a new form of pain relief treatment.
Experts say the medication – derived from marijuana plants – works by numbing the muscles.
It will be given to terminally-ill hospital patients as part of a ground-breaking trial.
But Sativex does not get users high. Research nurse Sam Jole said: “Patients using the spray do not experience the euphoria associated with illegal recreational use of cannabis.
“It has passed strict tests for quality, safety and efficacy and doctors already prescribe it to other patients.”
