Pregnant and acutely ill refugees asked for cash before treatment

Pregnant and acutely ill refugees asked for cash before treatment
Cancer patients and women about to give birth who have been denied asylum in the UK are being refused care by NHS hospitals unless they can pay thousands of pounds for their treatment, it is revealed today by the Refugee Council.
Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 10
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Prisons inspector role to be abolished
The post of chief inspector of prisons will be abolished in March 2008, John Reid the home secretary said yesterday.
Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 12
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Smaller charities under threat as donations fall
The wealth gap between Britain’s largest charities and their smaller counterparts is so wide that it could threaten the survival of those at the bottom of the sector, fundraisers have warned.
Source:- The Independent, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 15
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Care homes to be given hotel-style star ratings
Care homes for elderly and disabled people are to be given hotel-style rankings so that residents and their relatives know what standard of service to expect.
Source:- The Times, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 11
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Asbo boy, 12, terrorised neighbours
A boy aged 12 who has terrorised his neighbourhood since the age of six has been banned for four years from 13 streets near his home. Gloucester City Homes said it has sought the Asbo to protect residents.
Source:- The Daily Telegraph, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 9
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Anti-obesity drug to target food cravings
A drug that could revolutionise the treatment of obesity and diabetes by blocking the receptors that control appetite and metabolism was launched in the UK yesterday.
Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 5
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Smokers and alcoholics ‘should pay for operations’
Smokers who need heart bypasses and alcoholics who need liver transplants should not get them free on the NHS, according to four out of 10 hospital doctors.
Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 11
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Terminally ill call on the BMA to stand firm
Forty terminally ill patients have appealed to the British Medical Association not to change its stance on mercy killings as doctors prepare for a key vote on the issue at the BMA’s annual meeting.
Source:- The Times, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 28
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MPs say public schools must help state pupils or lose charity cash
Fee charging public schools must be legally required to do far more to help state educated children, or lose their £100 million a year charitable status, according to an influential coalition of Labour MPs.
Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 4
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Rowdy pensioner evicted
A pensioner has been evicted from a sheltered housing complex for holding noisy late-night parties.
Source:- The Daily Telegraph, Thursday 29 June 2006, page 5

Scottish news

Child social care ‘facing cuts’
Social work services helping Scotland’s most vulnerable children are facing their first real budget cuts since devolution, it was claimed last night by the Association for Directors of Social Work.
The organisation said it could no longer meet politicians’ demands to improve care for young people because of persistent underfunding and an exploding caseload.
Its members are facing the same crisis to hit the children’s hearing system where referrals were going “through the roof.”
Source:- The Herald, Thursday 29 June 2006
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More asylum seekers set for Glasgow
Glasgow will take thousands more asylum seekers after striking a new deal with the Home Office.
Source:- The Herald, Thursday 29 June 2006
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Welsh news

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