All News articles – Page 2006
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In Brief: New Appointment
Maria Eagle, Labour MP for Liverpool Garston, has been appointed parliamentary private secretary to health minister John Hutton. Ms Eagle, who is the twin sister of social security junior minister Angela Eagle, is a former solicitor.
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CHCs protest against 'dangerous' deadline for single mental health trust
London regional office has been accused of forcing through the creation of a new mental health trust against the wishes of three community health councils.
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A class act
Clinical governance has made quality assurance training relevant to a wider group of healthcare professionals. Claire Laurent outlines the options
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Not there yet
Despite the increasing proportion of women in medicine and the changes they have brought to medical practice, they are still grossly under-represented in areas such as surgery. Barbara Millar reports
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WEB WATCH
The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to prescription medicines in use in this country began to offer open access to the public as well as healthcare professionals recently, with a pharmaceutical database listing 2,500 medicines and the 15,000 changes made every year to drug licences.
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Paying the price for the Peter principle
I had set aside the Commons Hansard of 28 January to pore over the second-reading debate on Ann Winterton's Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill in a quiet moment. So it came as a shock to realise that it had led Liberal Democrat MP-GP Peter Brand to be investigated by ...
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Modernisation is so old-hat
Following Labour's election victory, many observers speculated on whether it would do what no Conservative government could ever do, namely dismantle or significantly reduce the NHS's monopoly by encouraging the growth of private health insurance.
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Quacking idea
A duck bench, carved in oak by woodworker Nicola Henshaw, near Colchester General Hospital's lake.
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Slow-burner: the history of tobacco use
As early as the 1st century BC American Indians were using tobacco for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. By the time Europeans arrived in the Americas in the 15th century, smoking was widespread.