Primary Care Trust’s debts slashed in half by Government

11:10am Tuesday 20th May 2008

PATIENTS in York who have been refused treatment by cash-strapped health bosses were today given fresh hope after the Government agreed to write off nearly half of the local NHS trust's multi-million debts.

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Eighty reasons to help hospice

11:42am Wednesday 19th March 2008

WHEN Guy Jefferson celebrated his 80th birthday recently he received no gifts - but all his friends and relations made generous donations to York's St Leonard's Hospice instead.

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£2.5m lifeline for patients

7:30am Wednesday 19th March 2008

AN EXTRA £2.5 million will be spent on lifesaving cancer treatments for York and North Yorkshire patients next year.

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Figures reveal region's cancer patients get less funding

12:14pm Friday 30th November 2007

CANCER patients in North Yorkshire have less funding than nearly anywhere in the country, according to shock figures released today.

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Treatment joy of pensioner

1:23pm Thursday 29th November 2007

"I FEEL over the moon. I am eternally grateful."

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300 patients in ‘chronic pain’

1:12pm Friday 19th October 2007

THE Press is stepping up its campaign to Let Your Doctor Decide after it was revealed more than 300 patients were left in chronic pain over the last ten months.

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Professor’s probe vow

9:30am Wednesday 19th September 2007

OUR campaign to scrap a controversial health panel set up to vet patients for hospital treatment received a major boost today after the man leading a landmark NHS review promised to investigate.

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£6m debt blow for care trust

10:38am Wednesday 5th September 2007

HEALTH bosses have admitted they need to take swift action after creeping a further £6 million into debt in only four months.

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Anger at health chiefs in IVF row

11:56am Wednesday 25th July 2007

THE lack of infertility treatment in North Yorkshire is under the spotlight after an influential group of MPs said three cycles of IVF should be offered on the NHS.

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Andy’s back pain misery

5:41pm Friday 20th July 2007

HIS life has been torn apart by 14 years of crippling back pain, but health bosses are refusing to fund the only treatment that he believes will end his "nightmare".

Consultants furious over delays to teeth ops

11:28am Wednesday 18th July 2007

HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire dental patients have had their treatment delayed for months because of restrictions imposed by cash-strapped health bosses.

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Obesity op policy slammed

9:45am Thursday 21st June 2007

STOMACH stapling operations have been brought back to North Yorkshire - but the bar has been set so high many patients are unlikely to get one, despite being clinically obese.

Desperate couple’s anger as health chiefs apologise

9:04am Tuesday 5th June 2007

HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire couples left desperately waiting for IVF treatment have been sent letters apologising for the delay.

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Just stop this pain

11:00am Monday 4th June 2007

Ruth was a nurse for more than 20 years, but now that she needs help the NHS won’t fund treatment on her back. Must she beg?

Childless couple distraught over IVF treatment decision

2:04pm Tuesday 22nd May 2007

THEY moved to York for a better life - and after two years of childless heartache, all they want to do is settle down and start a family here.

Painful wait for knee surgery

11:33am Wednesday 16th May 2007

HER painful condition causes constant discomfort, but Lorraine Forbes still does not know when she will get the treatment she needs.

Cancer patient hails PCT’s cash U-turn

11:08am Monday 14th May 2007

"I'VE been given another chance at life and I'm just over the moon."

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Anonymous benefactor’s eyesight vow

11:04am Monday 14th May 2007

A PENSIONER has wept tears of joy after a well-wisher offered to pay for treatment to stop her going blind.

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OAP in despair over NHS rule

11:00am Thursday 10th May 2007

SHE has twice fought off cancer, has undergone two dangerous spinal operations and is plagued by ringing tinnitus caused by an anaesthesia blunder.

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Ex-copper’s recovering, but NHS has ‘broken his heart’

10:44am Thursday 10th May 2007

THELMA Nixon is not the first eye patient in the York area to be refused NHS funding for the drug Lucentis.

£25,000...or die

11:00am Wednesday 9th May 2007

A CANCER patient faces having to pay £25,000 or die - after health chiefs refused to fund the only treatment that can save him.

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Former postman turned down for knee operation

2:41pm Tuesday 1st May 2007

AN EX-POSTMAN told by his doctor his leg could be amputated if he does not have surgery has been left facing an uncertain future.

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