Have your say on health

Residents can find out how to have their say about the borough's health services next week.

	Time wasters: lax patients cost NHS £5m a year
	Patients from the borough of Barnet missed more than 50,000 hospital appointments last year, costing the NHS millions of pounds.
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	Nursing a hospital to optimum health
	Months after the Government’s healthcare watchdog gave Barnet Hospital a clean bill of health, the debate rages on over how safe it is. TOMASZ JOHNSON asks the woman in charge of the hospital for her side of the story

	Hospital claims improved hygiene despite negative report
	Barnet Hospital has defended its record on hygiene after a report revealed it failed to comply with elements of the hygiene code in the past financial year.

Patients face shortest wait at Royal Free

Out-patients at The Royal Free Hospital are being treated faster than at any other London health trust, according to new figures.

Grant to ease last days for the terminally sick

Thousands of pounds will be invested at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals to improve the conditions in which terminally ill patients spend the last moments of their lives.

Roadshows held to help prevent cancer

Barnet Primary Care Trust kicked off Cancer Prevention Week with a series of events to promote simple steps to avoid the disease.

Life saving centre to close

An Edgware clinic that stores blood collected from umbilical chords of newborn babies is to close - just months after issuing its 200th life-saving unit.

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	Rapid response to serious injuries
	Almost a third of all ambulance call outs in Barnet last year were for serious or life threatening injuries.

Hospital staff abuse under-reported

Staff at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals are being physically and verbally abused at work with alarming regularity, according to a report released yesterday.

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