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Quality of life is what counts - not labelling
Cliff Prior from the National Schizophrenia Fellowship is absolutely correct to separate danger from diagnosis ('Personality disorder debate', letters, 25 March).
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Writer's 'van' reference drove me to distraction
While I applaud Lynn Massey-Davis' desire to experience first-hand what happens on a night shift in Hull ('Siren voices', 18 March) and accept that she says she 'learned a great deal', it is a pity that she did not learn two fundamentals.
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New year honour brought home the lesson that we need to recognise the impact of our mentors
May I, albeit belatedly, use your letters page to thank all the people who wrote to me following my inclusion in the new year honours list.
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National HIV strategy must set clear targets on prevention cash spending
Your report on our survey into how health authorities use the funding they receive for HIV prevention has helped further the debate about the quality and level of HIV prevention services ('AIDS trust attacks HAs in spending row', 25 January).
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Cautious note is timely as reference costs are being done on the cheap with little investment
John Appleby's short article ('Measuring efficiency', data briefing, 11 March) was interesting, but it concentrated too much on the apparent huge anomalies in cost to address some of the real issues. A few more points to consider...
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Jowell orders independent probe into mobile phones
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has instructed the National Radiological Protection Board to set up an independent working group to assess the state of research into mobile phones. Announcing the initiative, Ms Jowell said it would be wrong to ignore public concern about the possible health risks. A short study ...