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More money needs to be spent on improving radiotherapy
Cancer Drugs Fund is money ill-spent, say radiographers
David Cameron’s flagship Cancer Drugs Fund has been attacked by radiographers who say that if just “a fraction” of its £200 million budget was spent on improving radiotherapy, “the impact would be immense”.
For some time radiographers have felt ignored while chemotherapy drugs which in many cases only prolong life by a matter of months have received enormous press and political attention.
Before last year’s general election Mr Cameron came up with the idea of allocating £200 million a year to give patients access to drugs turned down for NHS funding by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).
While popular, the fund is controversial because some cancer specialists believe the money could be better spent elsewhere.
SENSITIVE information about elderly people was repeatedly left in sight on a Huddersfield street.
Kirklees Council reprimanded after private sector carers repeatedly left sensitive information in sight on Huddersfield street
- by Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
- Aug 2 2011
Now Kirklees Council has been reprimanded after a string of incidents on Lamb Hall Road in Longwood.
The information left in carers’ cars included names, addresses and door codes of vulnerable pensioners. Care notes were also visible to passers-by.
Dyslexia May Be a Hearing Problem Too
August 1, 2011, 4:20 pm
Dyslexia May Be a Hearing Problem Too
By TARA PARKER-POPENew research suggests dyslexia may be more than just a reading problem, but also an issue of how the brain processes spoken language.
A study published last week in the journal Science suggests that how dyslexics hear language may be more important than previously realized. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that people with dyslexia have more trouble recognizing voices than those without dyslexia.
