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EWTD is “spectacular failure”
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Surgeons’ representatives have called the working time directive "a spectacular failure" following new research suggesting care has deteriorated since its introduction a year ago.
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Our pensions are sustainable
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The NHS pension scheme is sustainable and represents value for money for the public, the BMA has told an independent commission into public sector pensions.
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PMIs are pressurising consultants
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Consultants are at loggerheads with private medical insurers over attempts to regulate their private professional practice and drive down fees.
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NHS litigation spiralling
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Personal injury lawyers are being blamed for soaring clinical negligence claims which are spiralling at the rate of 10% a year.
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NHS will fund homeopathy
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Homeopathy will continue to be available on the NHS, the government has said in response to a House of Commons science and technology committee report.
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I’m coming round to homeopathy
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by Bob Bury
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I’ve changed my mind about homeopathy on the NHS. If 70% of GP patients just need someone to talk to, it might as well be a homeopath. Better than wasting a doctor’s time.
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Calling time on the regulators
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by Mike Broad
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There’s a quiet counter-revolution going on in medical regulation that might just result in a very different regulatory environment. We might just be witnessing the rise of the supra-regulators.
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I want nothing to do with abortion
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by Monica Lalanda
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We have a new liberal abortion law in Spain, even though everyone thinks of us as a traditional and catholic country. The problem with it is that it doesn’t allow me to be a conscientious objector.
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Outcomes not targets
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The government has launched a new outcomes framework that aims to refocus the NHS on the outcomes achieved for patients rather than the process targets of the past. They want your views.
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Assessing depression: the dos and don’ts
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"Diabetes is a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition and its complications can be extremely painful."
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Online dermatology visits effective
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"These findings suggest that dermatologists obtain sufficient information from digital images and survey responses to make appropriate management decisions in the treatment of acne..."
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Other key points from guidelines
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Epidural steroid injections with or without local anaesthetics may provide pain relief in selected patients with radicular pain or radiculopathy.
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Life expectancy shorter for men, but sexual life is longer
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British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Breast cancer gene linked to ovarian cancer
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Sweden
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Hormone replacement in joint fluid shows regenerative effects
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FDA Highlights
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"Hormone replacement therapy in joint fluid may help mitigate the effects of OA."
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