All Comment articles – Page 315

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'We are supposed to be a nation of dog lovers, but was this a step too far?'

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Your caring, sharing News of the Worldthis week chose to reveal that David Beckham's son Romeo suffers from epilepsy by splashing with a front-page picture of the four-year-old cowering from the paparazzi's flash guns.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A pledge made 10 years ago by Tony Blair returned to haunt him this week.

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    And there you were thinking he seemed like such a quiet chap, but last week health minister Andy Burnham came out all guns blazing as he took at a swipe at people who 'get out their placards' when their local hospitals face closure.

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The surrounding media coverage has led to yet another round of NHS manager bashing

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Flinging a 'small morsel of red meat' to the pack would only make them salivate even harder for more

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Cleaning queens for Ealing 'comedy'

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    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Only The Guardianfelt Channel Five's screening of a Caesarean section on Sunday night warranted much attention'

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    Media Watch: pay-offs

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Outrage at hospital trust's pay-off after spat' said The Sun, as it revealed 'debt-ridden' Eastbourne Downs primary care trust had paid off its former public health director to the tune of £250,000 after a 'spat' with a colleague.

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    Media Watch: nurses protest

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Avenging angels hit the headlines and the streets this weekend as they came out in force to protest at, among other things, a below-inflation pay rise.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The focus has well and truly turned to the NHS, as it once again becomes the battleground for the next election'

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Another week, another government attack on fatties and smokers as The Sun told readers that the 'fatties' op' ban is 'fair'. It quoted health secretary Patricia Hewitt who said it was 'perfectly legitimate' for trusts to refuse some treatments to heavy smokers and obese patients.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Sack prat Pat' urged The Sun's leader as the paper told readers at the end of last week that 'if there's any justice, Pat Hewitt is not long for this political world'.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The backlash came fast and furious. Leading doctors? Bully boys intent on pushing homeopathy out of the NHS, said the What Doctors Don't Tell You website'

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Given the arrival of a new prime minister and health secretary, most papers offered their advice to Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'A Sunday Times.article quoted a survey commissioned by health insurer BUPA, which found 55 per cent of senior doctors pay for medical insurance'

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    News emerged over the weekend that the 'inflexible' hours of GP surgeries were costing the economy an estimated £1bn a year.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'As junior doctors struggle to find work The Sunday Times claimed that the Department of Health survey on GP workload would show that family doctors were earning more and working less'

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    Media Watch: 'NHS penpushers'

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'NHS penpushers are paid £1.5m for doing nothing' the Daily Mail told its readers as the tabloids frothed earlier this week over news that the Department of Health is paying £1.5m to civil servants whose jobs have been made redundant.

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    Michael White: media spin

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Judicial review looms on the consultation process and voters don't need media spin to feel cheated'