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Left holding the baby
news focus: Will the Bristol inquiry lead to a reorganisation of children's services focused on a small number of highly specialised centres? Alison Moore investigates the tricky task ahead
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Sign of a turnaround?
news focus: Judith Smith and Kieran Walshe gave evidence to the Bristol inquiry.They believe the government needs to lead by example if it wants to create an open culture in the NHS
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Time to take your courage in both hands, Mr Milburn
comment: The service can only gain from implementing all the Bristol findings
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The cut and thrust of introducing a new surgical technique
on the horizon: Are new techniques in stroke surgery all they are blown up to be; putting bowel screening to the test; and the never-decreasing importance of hand-washing
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The tomorrow people
medical education: The Bristol inquiry report has called for medical schools to broaden their selection criteria to produce doctors who are versatile and drawn from a wide social spectrum.Will the new medical schools deliver? Jeremy Davies investigates.
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School daze
medical education: Despite doctors' high status in the US, applications to medical schools are falling, especially among ethnicminority students. Howard Berliner reports
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Early learning
medical education: Sending medical students into primary schools to give lessons about health provides them with early experience of working with children and improves communication skills. Mary Seabrook reports