Eighty reasons to help hospice 11:42am Wed 19 Mar 08 WHEN Guy Jefferson celebrated his 80th birthday recently he received no gifts - but all his friends and relations made generous donations to York's St Leonard's Hospice instead.

£2.5m lifeline for patients 7:30am Wed 19 Mar 08 AN EXTRA £2.5 million will be spent on lifesaving cancer treatments for York and North Yorkshire patients next year.

More than 1,000 patients denied treatment

11:16am Monday 10th March 2008

DOCTORS, consultants, politicians and patients united in anger today as The Press revealed the extent of the multi-million pound debts faced by our health trust.

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Councillors call for more details on policies of care trust

10:49am Thursday 3rd January 2008

HEALTH bosses are to deliver an update on the bitterly controversial referral system.

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Figures reveal region's cancer patients get less funding 12:14pm Fri 30 Nov 07 CANCER patients in North Yorkshire have less funding than nearly anywhere in the country, according to shock figures released today.Reader comments (4)

Treatment joy of pensioner 1:23pm Thu 29 Nov 07 "I FEEL over the moon. I am eternally grateful."

300 patients in ‘chronic pain’ 1:12pm Fri 19 Oct 07 THE Press is stepping up its campaign to Let Your Doctor Decide after it was revealed more than 300 patients were left in chronic pain over the last ten months.Reader comments (6)

Professor’s probe vow 9:30am Wed 19 Sep 07 OUR campaign to scrap a controversial health panel set up to vet patients for hospital treatment received a major boost today after the man leading a landmark NHS review promised to investigate.Reader comment (1)

£6m debt blow for care trust 10:38am Wed 5 Sep 07 HEALTH bosses have admitted they need to take swift action after creeping a further £6 million into debt in only four months.Reader comments (14)

Campaign calls for panel to be scrapped

11:05am Thursday 23rd August 2007

Our Let Your Doctor Decide campaign has called on North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) to scrap its prior approval system for exceptional cases.

Anger at health chiefs in IVF row 11:56am Wed 25 Jul 07 THE lack of infertility treatment in North Yorkshire is under the spotlight after an influential group of MPs said three cycles of IVF should be offered on the NHS.Reader comments (3)

Andy’s back pain misery 5:41pm Fri 20 Jul 07 HIS life has been torn apart by 14 years of crippling back pain, but health bosses are refusing to fund the only treatment that he believes will end his "nightmare".

Consultants furious over delays to teeth ops 11:28am Wed 18 Jul 07 HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire dental patients have had their treatment delayed for months because of restrictions imposed by cash-strapped health bosses.

Obesity op policy slammed 9:45am Thu 21 Jun 07 STOMACH stapling operations have been brought back to North Yorkshire - but the bar has been set so high many patients are unlikely to get one, despite being clinically obese.

Stomach surgery gives Terry a new life

9:10am Thursday 21st June 2007

TERRY Owston, of Rillington, near Malton, is one patient who has been granted obesity surgery.

300 miss vital NHS treatment

11:55am Tuesday 19th June 2007

THREE hundred North Yorkshire patients have had their hospital treatment blocked this year by a controversial health panel.

Desperate couple’s anger as health chiefs apologise 9:04am Tue 5 Jun 07 HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire couples left desperately waiting for IVF treatment have been sent letters apologising for the delay.

Just stop this pain 11:00am Mon 4 Jun 07 Ruth was a nurse for more than 20 years, but now that she needs help the NHS won’t fund treatment on her back. Must she beg?

Childless couple distraught over IVF treatment decision 2:04pm Tue 22 May 07 THEY moved to York for a better life - and after two years of childless heartache, all they want to do is settle down and start a family here.

Painful wait for knee surgery 11:33am Wed 16 May 07 HER painful condition causes constant discomfort, but Lorraine Forbes still does not know when she will get the treatment she needs.

Cancer patient hails PCT’s cash U-turn 11:08am Mon 14 May 07 "I'VE been given another chance at life and I'm just over the moon."Reader comments (7)

Anonymous benefactor’s eyesight vow 11:04am Mon 14 May 07 A PENSIONER has wept tears of joy after a well-wisher offered to pay for treatment to stop her going blind.Reader comments (9)

OAP in despair over NHS rule 11:00am Thu 10 May 07 SHE has twice fought off cancer, has undergone two dangerous spinal operations and is plagued by ringing tinnitus caused by an anaesthesia blunder.Reader comments (12)

Ex-copper’s recovering, but NHS has ‘broken his heart’ 10:44am Thu 10 May 07 THELMA Nixon is not the first eye patient in the York area to be refused NHS funding for the drug Lucentis.

‘You have to ask yourself if it’s what NHS funding is for. Patients will find it difficult to understand...’

10:31am Thursday 10th May 2007

HEALTH bosses have spent half a million pounds of North Yorkshire NHS cash paying outside accountants to tell them how to save money.

Drive targets patients’ unfair treatment

10:23am Thursday 10th May 2007

IN January, the PCT announced it was taking a range of actions to save £10 million by the end of March.

£25,000...or die 11:00am Wed 9 May 07 A CANCER patient faces having to pay £25,000 or die - after health chiefs refused to fund the only treatment that can save him.Reader comments (50)

Former postman turned down for knee operation 2:41pm Tue 1 May 07 AN EX-POSTMAN told by his doctor his leg could be amputated if he does not have surgery has been left facing an uncertain future.Reader comments (39)

IVF blow for the childless

12:06pm Monday 30th April 2007

HUNDREDS of women desperate for help conceiving a child will now have to wait at least another year for their treatment, The Press has learned.

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Hundreds of couples denied IVF treatment on NHS 12:14pm Tue 24 Apr 07 HEARTBREAK is hitting hundreds of North Yorkshire couples who are being denied IVF treatment to help them have babies.Reader comments (35)

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