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Surgeon under investigation

8:40am Thursday 14th August 2008

A surgeon who lives in a multi-million pound mansion in Hendon is being investigated by health authorities after the death of one his patients.

World’s first ‘killer cell’ cancer therapy

“Pioneering spirit”: Joanne Scott and daughter Tara are helping to test a new leukaemia treatment

1:10pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

A patient at the Royal Free Hospital has become the first in the world to undergo a new leukaemia treatment.

First aid for violent times

Up in arms: Tina Lazarus, left, and Roma Felstein, right

8:00am Wednesday 13th August 2008

As the scourge of violent crime across London leaves more and more young people with severe and fatal injuries, Kevin Bradford finds out about a course designed to provide lifesaving skills

Have your say on health

9:00am Sunday 6th July 2008

Residents can find out how to have their say about the borough's health services next week.

Time wasters: lax patients cost NHS £5m a year

Digital age: patients will be sent text messages and emails to remind them of their appointments

8:37am Friday 4th July 2008

Patients from the borough of Barnet missed more than 50,000 hospital appointments last year, costing the NHS millions of pounds.

Nursing a hospital to optimum health

Keeping it clean? Alcohol-based hand lotion on each ward helps to reduce superbugs  if it is used by everyone

5:45pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

Months after the Government’s healthcare watchdog gave Barnet Hospital a clean bill of health, the debate rages on over how safe it is. Tomasz Johnson asks the woman in charge of the hospital for her side of the story

Hospital claims improved hygiene despite negative report

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust was among trusts which admitted not meeting the hygiene code's strict standards

8:50am Thursday 19th June 2008

Barnet Hospital has defended its record on hygiene after a report revealed it failed to comply with elements of the hygiene code in the past financial year.

Patients face shortest wait at Royal Free

9:32am Monday 2nd June 2008

Out-patients at The Royal Free Hospital are being treated faster than at any other London health trust, according to new figures.

Grant to ease last days for the terminally sick

8:33am Friday 23rd May 2008

Thousands of pounds will be invested at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals to improve the conditions in which terminally ill patients spend the last moments of their lives.

Roadshows held to help prevent cancer

8:39am Thursday 22nd May 2008

Barnet Primary Care Trust kicked off Cancer Prevention Week with a series of events to promote simple steps to avoid the disease.


National News

Glitter running out of options

Gary Glitter is in 'limbo' after refusing to board a UK flight

Updated 6:22am Thursday 21st August 2008

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter is facing a return to Thailand only hours after he fled the country for Hong Kong.


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