School PFI contracts 'a disaster'
Headteachers across Kirklees have blamed a private financial initiative (PFI) building and maintenance scheme for shoddy workmanship and poor standards of cleaning.
MRSA defeated by city's steam cleaner
The war on superbugs has been stepped up a gear after clinical trials proved that a Liverpool-based firm's cleaning technology is capable of destroying the hospital killers.
Exercise to test emergency response
Staff at the State Veterinary Service's Lincoln office will tomorrow take part in an exercise to test the setting up of a Local Disease Control Centre in the event of a suspected exotic animal disease outbreak in the area.
Extended negotiations "helpful" to Cambridgeshire PFI
Cambridgeshire county council is set to confirm Donarbon as preferred bidder for a 25 year PFI waste treatment contract after an extended period of negotiation.
Wash your hands or face the sack
Doctors and nurses could face the sack for not washing their hands at a Greater Manchester hospital.
Roadshow will offer flood advice
People in north Norfolk areas threatened by flooding are invited to a special roadshow next week in advance of particularly high tides in early October.
We need more cash to fight superbugs
Health bosses today said the city was not spending as much as it should to fight infectious diseases such as MRSA.
Superbug on the rise again
MRSA rates at Ipswich Hospital are among the highest in the East of England, new figures reveal today.
