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Poor areas have most admissions for dog bites: Hospital admissions for bites and strikes by dogs among people living in the 10% most deprived areas of England were three times as high as in the 10% least deprived areas (24.1 versus 8.1 per 100 000 admissions), show new figures for 2013 from the Health and Social Care Information Centre. There were 9710 hospital admissions for injuries caused by dogs and other mammals (such as horses, foxes, and cats), a rise of 7% on the 9080 admissions in 2012. Dog bites and strikes accounted for …  

Welsh ambulances miss their target of reaching 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight minutes in the month of March.  

Peter Hetherington: Scotland's retiring chief medical officer still wants to make the country a healthier place and stresses the connections between dire social conditions and ill health  

Richard P Grant: If you're having a heart attack, the obvious thing to do is call an ambulance. Isn't it?  

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Clearer guidance is needed about when "do not resuscitate" orders can be placed on patients' medical records, judges at the Court of Appeal have been told.  

Walkers are being warned to protect themselves against tick bites. But how dangerous are ticks?  

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