Kingston cancer patient asked to pay £55k for life-saving NHS treatment

12:58pm Sunday 22nd June 2008

A retired company chairman from Kingston has been asked by the NHS to pay a £55,000 lump sum because he paid privately to top up his cancer care with life-prolonging drugs.

	Stabbed children's mum held under Mental Health Act
	7:31am Mon 2 Jun 08
	A mum whose son and daughter died after being found stabbed in Carshalton was detained under the Mental Health Act last night.

	Crack and heroin available on ward
	6:43am Fri 30 May 08
	A teen admitted to a mental health hospital to find "sanctuary" died from a lethal cocktail of crack cocaine and heroin on a ward where doctors have admitted patients could freely access illegal drugs, an inquest heard.

West Mid's 'poor' survey

1:31pm Thursday 29th May 2008

West Middlesex Hospital has come 18th from the bottom of 165 acute and specialist hospital trusts involved in the 2007 Health Care Commission.

	Scissor killer could be sectioned
	11:28am Wed 28 May 08
	A scissor-wielding maniac who killed a Good Samaritan by stabbing him more than 130 times as he tried to protect his elderly neighbour may be sectioned under the mental health act.

	'Health tourists' get bills at bed side
	8:37am Wed 30 Apr 08
	"Health tourists" are being sent home sick from a west London hospital if they can't pay up, under a Government pilot scheme.

	'Go blind - then we'll treat you', says NHS
	6:23pm Tue 29 Apr 08
	A woman from Southfields must go blind in one eye before she can receive NHS treatment to save her sight, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust (PCT) has told her.

	Moth warnings
	7:44pm Mon 7 Apr 08
	Help is needed to help prevent the spread of a moth whose hairs can cause health problems.

	NHS baby data found in store
	8:39am Thu 6 Mar 08
	A sensitive document detailing the treatments of premature babies at Mayday Hospital was discovered at a supermarket in Sutton.

	Controversial NHS boss steps down
	5:02pm Mon 3 Mar 08
	Controversial health executive Ruth Harrison has resigned from her job masterminding changes in maternity and paediatric services at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals.

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