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• Neglect on NHS wards

  Serious concerns have been raised about the way some hospitals look after elderly patients. Inspectors found that Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, the Royal Free, in London, and Ipswich had failed to meet legal standards for giving patients enough food and drink and treating them in a dignified way.
  

• Are British children becoming a generation of couch potatoes?

  A growing number of British children are growing up without participating in sports or physical activity, according to a new survey. A third of the children questioned said they did not own a bike, while over three quarters (77%) had a games console and 68% had a mobile phone of their own. Are these figures cause for concern?
  

• From hero to zero – have health and safety taken a step too far?

  An award-winning station master has been sacked for breaching health and safety rules after he removed a shopping trolley from the tracks to prevent a crash. What is your experience of health and safety regulations? Should health and safety regulations be downgraded?
  
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