Parents being misled over kids’ snacks, says child health expert

Image copyright Getty Images Parents are at risk of being misled by “manipulative marketing campaigns” and “crafty messaging” on children’s snacks, a child health expert has said. Dr Max Davie said that given levels of obesity, it was crucial for parents to know what their children were eating. It comes as University of Glasgow researchers […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

Countess of Chester Hospital says no to Wales’ patients

Image copyright PA An English hospital has said it will no longer take in patients from Wales except emergencies and maternity cases. The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust decision will impact on thousands of people in Flintshire who currently use it, with immediate effect. The decision follows a row over payments to the hospital […]

The diets cutting one in five lives short every year

Image copyright Getty Images The food we eat is putting 11 million of us into an early grave each year, an influential study shows. The analysis, in the Lancet, found that our daily diet is a bigger killer than smoking and is now involved in one in five deaths around the world. Salt – whether […]

Fourteen hospitals to pilot new A&E targets

Image copyright mattjeacock Fourteen hospitals have been chosen to pilot a new way to measure performance, which could pave the way for the end of the four-hour A&E target in England. NHS England said last month that it was time to review the “outdated target”. But the move is controversial, with some seeing it as […]