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GPs and nurses launch charter for end of life care
1 June 2011 Last updated at 01:17
GPs and nurses launch charter for end of life care
The pledge aims to help patients think ahead to identify choices they may faceHealth staff have made seven pledges to patients at the end of their lives.
The Charter for End of Life Care aims to ensure patients’ remaining days are as comfortable as possible.
Cancer patients denied last wish to die at home because of shortage of nurses
Cancer patients denied last wish to die at home because of shortage of nurses
70,000 cancer patients in England and Wales die in a hospital bed every year, despite wanting to be at home
Denis Campbell, health correspondent guardian.co.uk, Saturday 28 May 2011 20.04
Only 27% of cancer patients are able to die at home, even though a survey suggests 73% would prefer to do so.
Tens of thousands of cancer patients are dying in hospital, despite wishing to end their lives at home, because of a “shameful” lack of NHS nurses, campaigners say.
Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders
Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders
Mobile phones and computers with wireless internet connections pose a risk to human health and should be banned from schools, a powerful European body has ruled.
Mobile phones and wireless networks should be banned in school, a European body has ruled. Photo: REX FEATURES
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent 9:30PM BST 14 May 2011
A Council of Europe committee examined evidence that the technologies have “potentially harmful” effects on humans, and concluded that immediate action was required to protect children.
