Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Blood on wall of hospital’s family room
BLOOD stains were found by inspectors on the wall of a family visiting room at a hospital providing specialist child and adolescent mental health care.
It sometimes took staff a while to clean stains after a patient had harmed themselves by headbanging, the Care Quality Commission said.
Inspectors rated Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, Berks, inadequate and placed it into special measures after visits in November and December.
The CQC’S Karen Bennett-wilson said the care provided at the hospital “fell well below the standard that young people should expect”.
She said the new leadership team “responded quickly” and has started to implement improvements.
areas predominantly on the east coast, where we saw lying snow last week and temperatures were kept very low.”
The mild weather should remain for the rest of the month – but the snow could return in March.
Above-average seasonal temperature expected in the South East
CHILDREN born after fertility treatment are smaller than average at birth, but reach a normal height and weight by the age of 17, research has revealed.
Researchers compared data on 81,000 births in Norway to stats on 544,000 teenagers screened for military service.
Sarah Norcross, of the Progress Educational Trust, said: “From what we do know about the health of IVF children, there’s no cause for alarm. But... a need for ongoing research.”
COCAINE use increases the risk of dying from coronary artery disease.
A study of 300 people using new imaging techniques found the drug was linked to a quarter of factors which contribute to blood vessels narrowing.
HIV infection was also found to be a risk factor.
Lead author Dr Shenghan Lai, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, US, said: “Cocaine users with HIV should abstain from cocaine use to lower the risk.”