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Rates Of Severe Childhood Obesity Have Tripled
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children"s Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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In Men, Insomnia With Objective Short Sleep Duration Is Associated With Increased Mortality
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Learning Disabilities Nurse Jailed 9 Months For Fraud

A registered learning disabilities nurse, Dzikamai Mussett Mhakayakora, has been jailed for nine months for fraud after being investigated by NHS Counter Fraud and the UK Border Agency (UKBA), at Chelmsford Crown Court (18th May). Mhakayakora pleaded guilty to five counts totalling over ÷£85,000: two counts of using a false Home Office letter, one of obtaining a pecuniary advantage, and two further immigration offences. He was sentenced to nine months for each count, to run concurrently. He used a false Home Office letter stating he had indefinite leave to remain (with no restrictions on working) to obtain a place at Thames Valley University, where he completed a 3-year Diploma in Nursing (1st September 2003 - 3rd September 2006). During his course he applied for and received a full Nurse Training Bursary from the NHS Student Grants Unit for the three years, as well as some further course expenses, totalling ÷£18, 600.94. On completing his course he was registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In November 2006 he used the same false Home Office letter when he applied to work as a qualified staff nurse in a private nursing home for learning disabled patients owned by Partnerships in Care Ltd. He was subsequently able to earn a total of over ÷£66,000 in this job before being arrested in December 2008. Concerns about Mhakayakora came to the attention of UKBA after he applied for a travel document using the same forged Home Office letter. NHS Counter Fraud worked with UKBA in further investigations which ensured that the series of frauds against the NHS, and relating to his nurse training and practice, were prosecuted. Frank Ginnelly, Operational Fraud Manager, Eastern Region, NHS Counter Fraud, said today: "Mhakayakora"s actions may mean someone else lost out on a place for nurse training at Thames Valley University. He also earned a considerable sum of money he was not legally entitled to. It should be clear by now that we will detect and prosecute such offences." The NHS Bursary was ÷£18,600.94 and his gross earnings at Partnerships in Care Ltd were ÷£66,542.97 - a total of ÷£85,143.91 defrauded. NHS Counter Fraud Service


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