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'Without family support it would be
Alison Lannigan, a specialist registrar at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, has two children, aged four and 18 months, and - just a step away from becoming a consultant surgeon - has little time to spare.
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Round the world, but still the lone female
Iona Reid has travelled the world to get to the top in her chosen career as a surgeon.
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Spoiling for a fight on smoking
HSJ website poll reveals managers' support for suing tobacco companies
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The healthcare practitioner's role
Assessment of patient's condition Case history Observations (pain, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, blood-glucose measurement, oxygen saturation measurement) Physical examinations and assessments Chest examination (respiratory assessment, heart, heart sounds) Abdominal examination (tenderness or guarding, swelling or oedema, bowel sounds, abnormalities) Rectal examination Vaginal examination Central nervous system assessment Patient ...
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Short Cuts: FPA highlights medical abortion access problems
The Family Planning Association has claimed medical abortion in England is 'over-medicalised and unnecessarily bureaucratic', forcing women to have surgical terminations. A report launched this week says fewer than one in five women having an early abortion on the NHS will receive a medical termination. There are also regional variations. ...
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Two-day target for access to doctors criticised as 'harsh'
Primary care leaders have given a lukewarm response to governmentbacked targets for rapid access to GPs.
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In Brief: Call for update of Act
The Federation of Independent Nursing Agencies has indicated it has 'strong reservations' about the proposed repeal of the Nursing Agencies Act and called for it to be updated, rather than abolished.
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Short Cuts: Sheffield acute trusts announce plans for merger
Sheffield's two acute trusts have announced merger plans. Central Sheffield University Hospitals trust and Northern General Hospital trust will forward a joint recommendation for merger from 1 April to health secretary Alan Milburn. A joint statement said this was the 'natural way forward' for the two trusts and would allow ...
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Scottish NHS sees leap in agency staff
The number of agency nurses used by the NHS in Scotland has more than doubled in five years, according to a Scottish Accounts Commission report that calls for trusts to reduce dependency on temporary staff through better planning.