A LIVERPOOL urologist today revealed she was having to treat people in the city for loss of bladder control because they were so overweight.

MERSEYSIDE hospital managers have reacted with anger at the suggestion their buildings are infested with pests.

A NEW pounds 5m biomedical research unit is to be set up in Liverpool.

HEALTH minister Alan Johnson visited Liverpool yesterday to open the redeveloped Broadgreen and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitals' site.

A PROGRAMME to give dying patients at Liverpool's biggest hospital the best care possible is to be adopted as an example by the government. The government's End of Life Care strategy has recommended that care packages at the Royal Liverpool hospital should be taken up nationally.