All Comment articles – Page 315

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'It is hard for health professionals to admit it, but the Daily Mail is not always wrong'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The key is persuading voters that many changes are driven by medical purposes, said Gordon Brown'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    We've said it here before, and it won't go away. When trust fades, the effect is like dry rot. It creeps into corners of the infrastructure, including the politics of resource allocation with the NHS, and becomes very hard to drive out. It ceases to be a matter for Tony ...

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Tony Blair made an interesting speech in Nottingham the other day, entitled 'Healthy Living: whose responsibility?'. It didn't get a lot of attention in the newspapers that I read, though Number 10 tells me that such discussions generate huge local attention as they affect real people's real lives.

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Voters are losing patience with Labour's performance - and its excuses'

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    Mediawatch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The paper suggested that any 'sentient being' would be so aghast at the details of the Cornwall report that they would immediately want to turn to the sports pages

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Hats must come off for the clever combining of deficit and superbug'

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The irony is that 'taking politics out of the NHS' is sure to be mired in political speculation

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Even if they do not come up with any new policy, they've got an awful lot of ammunition with which to bombard the government

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'We are supposed to be a nation of dog lovers, but was this a step too far?'

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Your caring, sharing News of the Worldthis week chose to reveal that David Beckham's son Romeo suffers from epilepsy by splashing with a front-page picture of the four-year-old cowering from the paparazzi's flash guns.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A pledge made 10 years ago by Tony Blair returned to haunt him this week.

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    And there you were thinking he seemed like such a quiet chap, but last week health minister Andy Burnham came out all guns blazing as he took at a swipe at people who 'get out their placards' when their local hospitals face closure.

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The surrounding media coverage has led to yet another round of NHS manager bashing

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Flinging a 'small morsel of red meat' to the pack would only make them salivate even harder for more

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Cleaning queens for Ealing 'comedy'

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Only The Guardianfelt Channel Five's screening of a Caesarean section on Sunday night warranted much attention'

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    Media Watch: pay-offs

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Outrage at hospital trust's pay-off after spat' said The Sun, as it revealed 'debt-ridden' Eastbourne Downs primary care trust had paid off its former public health director to the tune of £250,000 after a 'spat' with a colleague.

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    Media Watch: nurses protest

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Avenging angels hit the headlines and the streets this weekend as they came out in force to protest at, among other things, a below-inflation pay rise.