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Who said that?
Pharmaceutical firms are aligning themselves with patient groups in a bid to put pressure on the NHS. But will such a move empower or exploit the public, asks Barbara Millar
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WEB WATCH
Are health action zones really at the cutting edge of public health as ministers intend? Or have they, as a leading Blairite think-tanker recently suggested, degenerated into test-beds for daft ideas dreamed up by civil servants and imposed on local people with the aid of endless central directives, rules and ...
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news in brief Health visitors
Health visitors and school nurses have called for urgent talks with the Home Office on their role in a £30m campaign designed to reduce child crime and improve parenting. The Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association says it does not want its members to be seen as 'law enforcers'.
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news in brief Unison
Unison is calling on the government to follow the lead of many US states by introducing retractable syringes to British hospitals. The union estimates that 200,000 NHS staff a year receive needlestick injuries while using syringes which would be illegal in the US.
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news in brief Public health minister Tessa Jowell
Public health minister Tessa Jowell is to host a 'summit' of editors, journalists and broadcasters from youth media in a bid to enlist their help in work towards halving the number of teenage pregnancies by 2010. The summit will take place before the end of the year.