A fatal strain

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The bacterium Escherichia coli 0157 has caused an outbreak of food poisoning in Scotland which lasted three weeks, affected 104 people and killed 17. The source of the infection as was a butcher's shop in Wishaw. Sufferers had diarrhoea, stomach cramps, sickness and haemorrhagic colitis. Patients were treated in separate cubicles, there was a firm infection control policy, experienced nurses took care to apply barrier nursing techniques and 20 extra nurses were brought in to help cope. Community nurses saw 2000 people in two weeks, and monitoring is still going on.

Care and treatment, Scotland, Food poisoning, Escherichia coli infections

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Stage set for equality claims

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The legal victory of a UK speech therapist may lead to pay rises for some professions in the National Health Service (NHS). Speech therapist Pam Enderby won an 11-year legal battle against Frenchay Health Authority in Apr 1997, after claiming that her job had equal value to that of a hospital pharmacist or a clinical psychologist, but that her pay was much less. The landmark ruling supports the assertion that many senior NHS staff do not receive equitable pay, particular those in female dominated professions, and a review of pay scales may become necessary.

Compensation and benefits, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Speech therapists

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Not a belly laugh

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Some pregnant women may attempt to give birth inside the Millennium Dome, according to Greenwich District Hospital Head of Midwifery Services Ann Kinnear. She plans to ensure that the medical centre at the Millennium Dome contains the necessary equipment to ensure that women can give birth there. She believes that the hospital is well prepared to deal with problems that could arise on Dec 31, 1999, as pregnant women travel to the hospital and midwives travel from the hospital to attend home births.

Hospitals, Midwives, Interview, Greenwich, England, Kinnear, Ann

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