http://www.examiner.co.uk/ Visit the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper online for the latest West Yorkshire and Huddersfield news, sport, Huddersfield Town news, jobs, classifieds and more. en-gb http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/07/05/it-s-vital-to-keep-nhs-86081-21265969/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/07/05/it-s-vital-to-keep-nhs-86081-21265969/ WHEN Aneurin “Nye” Bevan launched the National Health Service on July 5, 1948, it was something that was much needed. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/business-news/2008/07/04/health-trust-looks-for-new-council-members-86081-21227993/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/business-news/2008/07/04/health-trust-looks-for-new-council-members-86081-21227993/ THE organisation running hospitals in Huddersfield is inviting candidates to stand for election to its membership council. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/06/28/players-second-success-86081-21164837/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/06/28/players-second-success-86081-21164837/ HOSPITAL caterers won a five-a-side football tournament for the second year running. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/06/09/a-sad-loss-86081-21042309/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/06/09/a-sad-loss-86081-21042309/ THE announcement about the move of mental health wards to Wakefield marks the beginning of the end for St Luke’s Hospital here in Huddersfield. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/05/16/fairer-funding-86081-20918814/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/05/16/fairer-funding-86081-20918814/ PATIENT care and NHS jobs have been safeguarded after the £77m debts of the trust which runs Dewsbury District Hospital were written off. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/05/08/asthma-fears-86081-20877181/ Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/05/08/asthma-fears-86081-20877181/ WORRYING disparities over admission rates for children with asthma in different parts of the country have been revealed in a report. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/04/26/drug-decision-is-so-wrong-86081-20822476/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/04/26/drug-decision-is-so-wrong-86081-20822476/ THE decision to deny the Tarceva drug to thousands of lung cancer patients will be a death sentence to some victims. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/04/10/the-front-line-86081-20743536/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/04/10/the-front-line-86081-20743536/ IT IS a shocking irony of modern life that the people who devote their time to saving others face the danger of imminent physical attack during the course of their work. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/03/13/hospice-in-cash-fight-86081-20616658/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/03/13/hospice-in-cash-fight-86081-20616658/ KIRKWOOD Hospice in Huddersfield has provided care for the dying and their families for more than 20 years. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/02/08/antibiotics-on-demand-86081-20450367/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/comment/2008/02/08/antibiotics-on-demand-86081-20450367/ THE knee-jerk reaction of many people showing all the signs of a bacterial infection has been to demand an antibiotic.