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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital will open £4.5m cancer centre later in the year
New cancer treatment centre on course at N&N
Adam Gretton, Health correspondent Tuesday, March 26, 2013
12:00 PM
A multi-million pound cancer treatment building is on course for completion by the end of the year at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
The new radiotherapy cancer treatment building under construction at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAYOfficials at the NHS trust say that the new radiotherapy cancer treatment unit is set to increase capacity by a third when it is fully up and running.
Plans for how the final £4.5m centre will look went on display at the hospital yesterday and will be on show in the east atrium for the rest of the week.
The work by R G Carter has hit the halfway mark and the construction project is on course for completion in October. However, hospital officials are not sure when the centre will be fully operational, which will depend on the installation and testing of a linear accelerator, which will be used to carry out radiation therapy on patients.
Nurses to train in basic care, ministers to say
26 March 2013 Last updated at 01:23
Nurses to train in basic care, ministers to say
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Nurses will have to spend time as healthcare assistants doing basic tasks such as washing and dressing before completing their degree training, ministers are proposing.
The move is part of a package of measures to be unveiled in response to the Stafford hospital inquiry.
Ministers will concede later a change of culture is needed across the system.
It comes after the inquiry claimed the public had been betrayed over the way the scandal was handled.
Previous reports have documented harrowing neglect and abuse at the hospital between 2005 to 2008.
Statistics at the time showed there were between 400 and 1,200 more deaths than would be expected.
NHS 111 phone number sparks concern
NHS 111 phone number sparks concern
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online
Doctors are questioning the safety of a new non-emergency NHS telephone advice line launching in England.
The 111 service, replacing NHS Direct, is being piloted in many regions but has proved problematic, with some callers left on hold for hours.
Dr Laurence Buckman, the British Medical Association’s GP committee chair, says wider rollout should be stalled.
The Department of Health says it is giving some areas extra time.
It has already sanctioned an extension of up to six months of the original 1 April 2013 deadline for regions struggling to set up the new service.
