Cutting back on casualty services at night would be politically damaging – but ministers have ruled out the only other option, to delay implementation of the working time directive for three to six years to allow extra doctors to be recruited.Under the European directive, doctors will be limited to a maximum of 58 hours a week from August 2004. More than one in five British hospitals may have to close their accident and emergency units at night because they don’t have enough doctors, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
The NHS was facing a crisis caused by the demand for a round-the-clock service when there was a shortage of doctors, the college said.Tomorrow, the health minister John Hutton is to meet Professor Carol Black, president of the college, to discuss her concerns. It also found that the likelihood of obesity in later life could be increased by early exposure to fatty food as a child.. “We have carried out research into the links between our products and obesity for a number of years and of course we are constantly looking for improvements.”The number of people who are clinically obese has soared to more than 300 million worldwide, with an estimated 2.5 million dying every year through being overweight.The research found that regularly eating fast food products could swiftly reconfigure the body’s hormonal system to crave more fatty food. Nestl?dmitted that it had been researching such links for years, but said there was no proof that their products caused chemical reactions that made people eat too much.”We are constantly looking at our products as far as fat and sugar are concerned,” said a spokesman for Nestl?n Switzerland. Companies such as McDonald’s and KFC have countered that the decision to eat their products is down to “personal responsibility”.As the research was made public, news emerged that multinational food companies have long been aware of fears that overeating and their products are linked.

It suggests that the biochemical changes caused by large quantities of fat and sugar are comparable to the addictive reactions caused by taking drugs such as heroin and cocaine.The finding explained why many people struggled to revert to a healthy diet after ingesting fast or processed food, which often leads to obesity, scientists at the Rockefeller University in New York said.The findings are poised to be taken up by lawyers mounting multimillion-dollar legal cases for people who claim that their health has been damaged by their “addiction” to fast food. High doses of fat and sugar in processed food can be as addictive as hard drugs, scientists suggest.
Research has revealed that the consumption of fast food can trigger chemical reactions in the brain, which can lead to overeating. No analysis available,” he writes, adding: “Overall, the expenditure in the committee rugby and operations department is vast.”The final of 50 individual points raised in Young’s report asks, chillingly, whether the RFU should consider making a cutback this year in the funding to the game It seems inevitable.. Costs savings must be available in this area.”In summary, he proposes cost cuts in a whole raft of areas such as ?te coaches and referees, ?te support, fitness and sports medicine.But this highly developed background has been at the core of what Woodward has attempted to achieve with England and will worry the England manager in the build-up to the World Cup.Young is clearly mystified by certain financial outlays “Committee referees – £72,000 of conferences. He also adds pertinently: “I am concerned at the cost at the management of various teams including Under-21s and Under-19s is virtually as high as running the teams themselves.

This obviously applies to the management and coaches as well.”He reveals that England Sevens budgeted £116,000 net of £200,000 sponsorship, but says that, in addition to the cost of the squad, there are costs for management of £170,000, and queries whether these are realistic.Running England A costs £150,000 a year and Young recommends a thorough review with a view to possible substantial cost savings. I assume we are not extending further with this scheme? Expenditure of the senior team needs to be controlled (by key Twickenham officials). He says: “The budgeted cost of Rugby League players for the forthcoming season is £385,000. Council members will still get a free trip to Marseille next month for the World Cup warm-up international against France.Young also addresses the playing side of English rugby, an issue that will be of particular concern to Woodward.