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LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The British government says it will not pay for operations for most U.K. women to have allegedly defective French-made breast implants replaced.
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A study by the European Union shows the United Kingdom has the most obese women out of any country in Europe.
LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Cigarette vending machines have been banned in England in an effort to discourage children from becoming smokers.
LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The recession threatens to derail reforms in long-term care leaving the elderly facing mounting medical bills, an economic adviser to the U.K. government says.
LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Thanks to a computer error, hundreds of British families were told mistakenly that their children were overweight, the government admitted.
LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- British Conservatives said the Labor party isn't doing enough to keep pests such mice, rats and bedbugs out of National Health Service hospitals.
LONDON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- About 70,000 British "health tourists" a year fly to India and other countries for surgery.
LONDON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Nearly half of England's National Health Service hospitals are purposefully delaying surgeries to save money, The Sunday Telegraph reported.
LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Hospitals in Britain, trying to balance their books, are denying surgeries for ailments such as varicose veins, wisdom teeth and bad backs, documents show.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Hospitals in Britain have been told to hold off operating on some patients until they've been on a waiting list for 20 weeks, documents show.
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