Alex Thomson
A dismal response to Ebola’s global spread
The rest of the world seems unenthusiastic in helping tackle Ebola, even now that the outbreak has spread and spread beyond the shores of Africa.
Search results for ‘British medical journey’
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Lesbos crisis: British family helping refugees from the sea
For tens of thousands of desperate refugees landing on the Greek island of Lesbos the only welcome has been from a British family, the Kempsons, doing their best to offer some humanitarian aid.
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Baby Landina’s journey for life-saving treatment
Channel 4 News follows three-month-old Landina Seignon on her journey to Britain for surgery, after a global effort to secure her evacuation from Haiti.
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Amanda Abbington on Strictly experience – full interview
The actor Amanda Abbington says she first complained to the BBC about her dance partner Giovanni Pernice within days of starting Strictly Come Dancing.
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Junior doctor strikes: glimmer of hope in an intractable dispute
Any deal, of course, will see a collective sigh of relief right across England’s NHS, and will be an important step towards Labour’s plan to reduce the waiting lists.
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Sri Lankans stranded in Diego Garcia after rescue from sinking boat
Channel 4 News understands immigration checks have started to determine where they may be transported to.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
The Ashya King saga: why we should thank the authorities
Given what the doctors had told the judiciary about the medical plight of Ashya King, we should be grateful that the authorities acted swiftly to ensure he was returned to hospital.
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Alex Thomson
Should Ashya parents have carte blanche to decide?
A lot of emotion surrounds the case of Ashya King. But leaving emotions aside, should the British state give its citizens carte blanche to make medical decisions?
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Peru drugs smuggler to be transferred to Northern Ireland
One of two women jailed for smuggling £1.5m worth of cocaine to Spain is due to be transferred to a prison in Northern Ireland.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Unreported World: Africa’s drugs scandal
Access to palliative drugs should be a basic human right. Yet the World Health Organisation says six rich countries consumer 80 per cent of the world’s morphine.
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Quiz: is your commute to work damaging your health?
According to ONS figures, commuters have higher anxiety levels – and how you travel to work, and for how long, can alter your stress levels. Take the Channel 4 News quiz to see how you fare.
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Carrie is back, but the west is over
A complex series of unanswered questions – Paul Mason looks at America’s sudden loss of diplomatic coherence and finds an uneasy Homeland.
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Paul Mason
Carrie is back, but the west is over
A complex series of unanswered questions – Paul Mason looks at America’s sudden loss of diplomatic coherence and finds an uneasy Homeland.
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Duchess of Cambridge in labour in hospital
The Duchess of Cambridge is admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in London to have her baby, accompanied by her husband Prince William.
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NHS reforms ‘threaten emergency care’
With the NHS bill receiving royal assent, a leaked document drawn up by senior civil servants warns that the government’s reforms could damage the health service.
