http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/ York Press /news/campaigns/doctor/ en-gb Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:10 +0100 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:10 +0100 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thepress.co.uk/resources/images/178952/?type=rsslogo http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/ http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/2282553.Primary_Care_Trust___s_debts_slashed_in_half_by_Government/?ref=rss PATIENTS in York who have been refused treatment by cash-strapped health bosses were today given fresh hope after the Government agreed to write off nearly half of the local NHS trust's multi-million debts. Tue, 20 May 2008 11:10:00 +0100 4ba861d6319704c723a151d91ba133c0 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/2130770.Eighty_reasons_to_help_hospice/?ref=rss WHEN Guy Jefferson celebrated his 80th birthday recently he received no gifts - but all his friends and relations made generous donations to York's St Leonard's Hospice instead. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:42:00 +0000 cc7935e998ee148a4ea341e75b773035 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/2130758.__2_5m_lifeline_for_patients/?ref=rss AN EXTRA £2.5 million will be spent on lifesaving cancer treatments for York and North Yorkshire patients next year. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:30:00 +0000 32cd834d9ef037f0fba56940687db418 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/2105733.More_than_1_000_patients_denied_treatment/?ref=rss DOCTORS, consultants, politicians and patients united in anger today as The Press revealed the extent of the multi-million pound debts faced by our health trust. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:16:00 +0000 2fdd5c4ed4de1e081331c1b4e19241d4 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1939587.Councillors_call_for_more_details_on_policies_of_care_trust/?ref=rss HEALTH bosses are to deliver an update on the bitterly controversial referral system. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:49:00 +0000 90cbf338ec7d00cec41976eadab85777 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1871116.Figures_reveal_region_s_cancer_patients_get_less_funding/?ref=rss CANCER patients in North Yorkshire have less funding than nearly anywhere in the country, according to shock figures released today. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:14:00 +0000 c0142a74abefb2ea9e7209bd60166cb0 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1869167.Treatment_joy_of_pensioner/?ref=rss "I FEEL over the moon. I am eternally grateful." Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:23:00 +0000 693e681e7163112695c9594bdfff9434 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1772992.300_patients_in____chronic_pain___/?ref=rss THE Press is stepping up its campaign to Let Your Doctor Decide after it was revealed more than 300 patients were left in chronic pain over the last ten months. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:12:00 +0100 4ab49b7ac2721fbaa6fc822b591440c5 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1698094.Professor___s_probe_vow/?ref=rss OUR campaign to scrap a controversial health panel set up to vet patients for hospital treatment received a major boost today after the man leading a landmark NHS review promised to investigate. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:30:00 +0100 400dbea216b0a9d2b74f5ada71b0cc37 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1665563.__6m_debt_blow_for_care_trust/?ref=rss HEALTH bosses have admitted they need to take swift action after creeping a further £6 million into debt in only four months. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:38:00 +0100 d2a2a4ed04828f47371d5a592801b18b http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1638366.Campaign_calls_for_panel_to_be_scrapped/?ref=rss Our Let Your Doctor Decide campaign has called on North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) to scrap its prior approval system for exceptional cases. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:05:00 +0100 0b0c05271600df8cb93ed674cbac5759 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1571323.Anger_at_health_chiefs_in_IVF_row/?ref=rss THE lack of infertility treatment in North Yorkshire is under the spotlight after an influential group of MPs said three cycles of IVF should be offered on the NHS. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:56:00 +0100 3ba6b311c632b5aa2ae028ca39e41928 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1561365.Andy___s_back_pain_misery/?ref=rss HIS life has been torn apart by 14 years of crippling back pain, but health bosses are refusing to fund the only treatment that he believes will end his "nightmare". Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:41:00 +0100 44a155ff15c9b93b108e06b638be21a7 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1552519.Consultants_furious_over_delays_to_teeth_ops/?ref=rss HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire dental patients have had their treatment delayed for months because of restrictions imposed by cash-strapped health bosses. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:28:00 +0100 f9cb16e3583039c084c804c7cf4dbfa2 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1487344.Obesity_op_policy_slammed/?ref=rss STOMACH stapling operations have been brought back to North Yorkshire - but the bar has been set so high many patients are unlikely to get one, despite being clinically obese. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:45:00 +0100 3a4600339684f93006d9162655e90096 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1487339.Stomach_surgery_gives_Terry_a_new_life/?ref=rss TERRY Owston, of Rillington, near Malton, is one patient who has been granted obesity surgery. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:10:00 +0100 457dd866103e35420b2295ee36a61307 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1481693.300_miss_vital_NHS_treatment/?ref=rss THREE hundred North Yorkshire patients have had their hospital treatment blocked this year by a controversial health panel. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:55:00 +0100 881c9bf54b89c5f37c6e2e8bb2a6027b http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1447110.Desperate_couple___s_anger_as_health_chiefs_apologise/?ref=rss HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire couples left desperately waiting for IVF treatment have been sent letters apologising for the delay. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:04:00 +0100 d82f6f5c7c65fbd23a8cfe9fbd6daba2 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1444958.Just_stop_this_pain/?ref=rss Ruth was a nurse for more than 20 years, but now that she needs help the NHS won’t fund treatment on her back. Must she beg? Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:00:00 +0100 9b9ae2be59cf1b3bbfda454a4f276a55 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1416250.Childless_couple_distraught_over_IVF_treatment_decision/?ref=rss THEY moved to York for a better life - and after two years of childless heartache, all they want to do is settle down and start a family here. Tue, 22 May 2007 14:04:00 +0100 4d24bbf47fbd99ca4199ae7f6f1e793f http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1402491.Painful_wait_for_knee_surgery/?ref=rss HER painful condition causes constant discomfort, but Lorraine Forbes still does not know when she will get the treatment she needs. Wed, 16 May 2007 11:33:00 +0100 668481207520c0fe4321579f7816e50f http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1396320.Cancer_patient_hails_PCT___s_cash_U_turn_/?ref=rss "I'VE been given another chance at life and I'm just over the moon." Mon, 14 May 2007 11:08:00 +0100 39f787debde8c819f07935998fe8a726 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1396271.Anonymous_benefactor___s_eyesight_vow/?ref=rss A PENSIONER has wept tears of joy after a well-wisher offered to pay for treatment to stop her going blind. Mon, 14 May 2007 11:04:00 +0100 29c39a4e7a43e1c29f167f3b6c284709 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1388593.OAP_in_despair_over_NHS_rule/?ref=rss SHE has twice fought off cancer, has undergone two dangerous spinal operations and is plagued by ringing tinnitus caused by an anaesthesia blunder. Thu, 10 May 2007 11:00:00 +0100 6a6f7832adfe09a16fdd61cd1859b139 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1388571.Ex_copper___s_recovering__but_NHS__has____broken_his_heart_____/?ref=rss THELMA Nixon is not the first eye patient in the York area to be refused NHS funding for the drug Lucentis. Thu, 10 May 2007 10:44:00 +0100 4c2daf37a54470a40a14f4455810b553 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1388545.___You_have_to_ask_yourself_if_it___s_what_NHS_funding_is_for__Patients_will_find_it_difficult_to_understand______/?ref=rss HEALTH bosses have spent half a million pounds of North Yorkshire NHS cash paying outside accountants to tell them how to save money. Thu, 10 May 2007 10:31:00 +0100 0c9dc6464c11ecd69ef8dd52e94377dc http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1388536.Drive_targets_patients____unfair_treatment/?ref=rss IN January, the PCT announced it was taking a range of actions to save £10 million by the end of March. Thu, 10 May 2007 10:23:00 +0100 b273d1fd8bc43c12e1f52adc438e4032 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1384286.___25_000___or_die/?ref=rss A CANCER patient faces having to pay £25,000 or die - after health chiefs refused to fund the only treatment that can save him. Wed, 09 May 2007 11:00:00 +0100 666873628a48de5cfb77b07642d7ce3e http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1366982.Former_postman_turned_down_for_knee_operation/?ref=rss AN EX-POSTMAN told by his doctor his leg could be amputated if he does not have surgery has been left facing an uncertain future. Tue, 01 May 2007 14:41:00 +0100 8fe9ba616ad322cf169c89419322cb77 http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/campaigns/doctor/1364376.IVF_blow_for_the_childless/?ref=rss HUNDREDS of women desperate for help conceiving a child will now have to wait at least another year for their treatment, The Press has learned. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:06:00 +0100 e5c4f98cd8368075dac0b1a98eed8a8f