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1. 31. Our 'woeful' NHS care

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 September 2003 MANCUNIANS are getting "woefully inadequate" health care because of delays in building a new super hospital, say council chiefs. The city council's executive has criticised health bosses for failing to keep a promise that the project should be finished in the next five years and for arguing about money.<BR>

2. 32. Safety snub at sites of danger

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 September 2003 MORE than half the region's building sites breached health and safety regulations when spot checks were carried out, it has been revealed. The findings, from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), come at a time when Manchester is in the middle of a building boom with cranes dominating the skyline.

3. 33. Hospital go-ahead

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 October 2003 HEALTH bosses are pushing ahead with plans for a superhospital after a row over costs threatened to kill off the scheme. Plans had already been shelved for a year after a row over funding led to independent investigators being called in.

4. 34. Sticking to golden rule

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 September 2003 SUNBED users can carry on topping up their tans at council-run leisure centres in Manchester despite a call from health experts for a ban.

5. 35. Expert will decide on super-hospital

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 September 2003 AN INDEPENDENT investigator has been called in to resolve the row over Manchester's new super-hospital. The investigator, who will be appointed by the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority, will help shape the future of the £420m hospital, which is now around £120m over budget.

6. 36. Mystery bug strikes Briton

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 March 2003 HEALTH officials have advised Britons who fall ill with a fever, cough or breathing difficulties after visits to China, Hong Kong and south-east Asia to seek medical advice after they identified the first suspected victim of a worldwide mystery illness.

7. 37. 'Super hospital' crisis talks plea

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 September 2003 MANCHESTER MPs have called for an urgent meeting with Health Secretary John Reid to solve the funding row over the city's planned super hospital. The project could be scaled down after a finance report showed it could plunge the local health service £700m into the red by 2010.

8. 38. Victim's son to get cash back

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 February 2003 THE family of an elderly woman will be refunded by health bosses after it was found the NHS should have paid for her private nursing care.

9. 39. City on flu alert

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 November 2003 ALMOST 400,000 people in Greater Manchester face being struck down with flu this week. A massive outbreak of the virus has left the health service struggling to cope, with a mobile ward even being drafted in at one hospital.

10. 40. Midwife Faye is best of NHS

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 July 2003 MIDWIFE Faye Macrory has been named as an Outstanding Achiever at a health awards ceremony for her work with pregnant drug addicts.

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