London cancer patients and their families have one more resource at the ready to help them cope -- the Maggie's cancer care centre at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith. Designed to fill in where traditional hospitals fall short, the Maggie's centre will give free information and support to those affected by cancer -- specifically much-needed psychological help for patients and their families. They're able to offer help for free through partnerships with local NHS Trusts.......

173 patient medical documents this time. The cache of personal information was discovered in a bag near Kingston Hospital. The files contain data on cancer and HIV patients plus ‘information on those attending conception and addiction clinics, as well as sexual disease and hepatitis test results’. Fortunately, the records are anonymised. But the hospital, ironically an NHS Trust, has no idea how the files escaped. Patients, or customers as they’re probably known these days,......