September 2007 News Articles

This Month’s Articles - Source

www.ljconline.co.uk

26% rise in reported Legionnaires' disease
GPs should be on the look out for signs of Legionnaires' disease, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has warned

http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/GP/731864/26-rise-reported-Legionnaires-disease/

Deadly bacteria found at a prison
More than 100 convicts had to be evacuated from a prison…

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Deadly-bacteria-found-at-Maidstone-prison-newsinkent4728.aspx

Internal review into bug deaths
The local authority at the centre of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak which killed seven people has launched its own inquiry into the incident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/6968384.stm

Deadly bacteria found in school’s water supply
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1640635.0.deadly_bacteria_found_in_schools_water_supply.php

Legionnaires' spreading across UK

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2833920.ece

Legionella bug at leisure centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/6948348.stm

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak – Dudley fatality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6939423.stm

Legionnaires' Disease In Surrey
http://www.emaxhealth.com/39/14857.html

Man diagnosed with Legionnaires' - Scotland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6926092.stm

Closed hospital wards - legionella