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Weekend Round-up

Concerns raised about care guide BBC

Reasons for striking off paediatric gastroenterologist may have been “inadequate,” GMC admits BMJ

Olympic VIPs take fast lane leaving patients at risk The Guardian

DH: hospitals must be fined for readmissions caused by others HSJ

UK flu rates at all-time low The Independent

Four Seasons in talks with new investors The Telegraph

‘Shooter’ games can improve damaged sight The Times

By Theme

Doctors warn over alcohol death risk

Doctors warn over alcohol deaths BBC

Drinking will kill 210,000 in next 20 years unless we outlaw cheap booze, senior doctors warn The Daily Mail

Health experts predict high rate of alcohol-related deaths The Guardian

210,000 people could die from alcohol abuse in next 20 years The Mirror

Research links fasting with protection from degenerative illnesses

The secret to long life? Starve yourself on alternate days to boost brain power and shed weight The Daily Mail

Fasting can help protect against brain diseases, scientists say The Guardian

Fasting once a week could help you live longer The Telegraph

Health and Social Care Bill

NHS changes: PM to host talks on implementing plans BBC

Extraordinary meeting of Royal College of Radiologists calls for withdrawal of health bill BMJ

David Cameron accused of divide and rule on health bill The Guardian

Exclusive: prime minister calls summit on 'implementing NHS reforms' HSJ

Cameron not trusted over NHS The Independent

Cameron accused of NHS 'divide and rule' tactics The Telegraph

Health reforms are already helping NHS claims David Cameron The Telegraph

Cameron rebuffs NHS reform critics The Times

By Publication

BBC

Over 2,800 PIP patients go to NHS

Experts delay H5N1 study decision

BMJ

UK medical device regulation is criticised as both cumbersome and inadequate

The Daily Mail

Timebomb of 'impossible to treat' diseases in UK as experts see a rise in antibiotic-resistant infections

'Grief is not a mental illness that should be treated with pills': Doctors hit back at creeping medicalisation of life events

The Financial Times

Value of NHS competition assessed

The Guardian

How doctors choose to die: your responses

HSJ

NHS 'under-estimates' the cost of eye disease

Royal Cornwall closes ward after allegations of poor care

Competition watchdog clears Trafford Healthcare takeover

The Independent

My 'Call the Midwife' experience was far less uplifting

Nasal vaccine trials to combat stomach-flu bug

Babies make jokes while still too young to talk

The Mirror

Don't jump into IVF – you might not need it

The Nursing Times

Nurses back collection of extra admission data

Sterile wards may be wiping out 'friendly' microbes

Nursing director: put toilet lid down when flushing

Pulse

GP excision of SCCs as good as specialists

Gyms demand GPs provide patients with ‘fit to exercise’ notes

Antibiotics ‘double bleeding risk’ in warfarin patients

GPs urged to screen older patients for fracture risk

The Telegraph

Dangers of work at the health and safety watchdog

Hospitals: expert calls for Florence Nightingale approach

New speaking test for toddlers

Regular exercise can improve memory and learning

Doctor barred after 20 years of sex abuse

The Times

Lives put at risk by coroners’ red tape

Winter vomiting bug vaccine ‘in five years’