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NHS helpline set up for patients treated by sacked doctor

An NHS helpline has been set up for patients treated by a doctor in east Kent who was sacked in 2007.

An NHS helpline has been set up for patients treated by a doctor in east Kent who was sacked in 2007.

It follows a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Kent investigation into Dr David Jackson, who was allowed to work in the area's hospitals for five years after East Kent Hospitals Trust began paying out of court settlements to his former patients. The helpline number is 01233 616615.

It is the start of our week-long jubilee coverage which will finish with a special breakfast programme on Friday and outside boradcasts over the bank holiday weekend. This morning we look at what effect a double bank holiday has on small businesses.

When a species goes extinct, normally that is it - there is no going back. However, the short haired bumblebee, which vanished from the UK in 1988, is getting a second chance. At a wildlife reserve in Dungeness conservationists are releasing bees that have been brought over form northern Europe in the hope that the species will re-establish itself here.

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  • Mon 28 May 2012 06:00