All Community articles – Page 13
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Media Watch: Sir Liam's proposals to cut binge drinking
One can’t help but feel sorry for Sir Liam Donaldson. Britain’s “top doctor”, in theory the living, breathing exemplar of the Department of Health’s desire to have more clinical leaders, has been royally hung out to dry.
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Media Watch: NHS recession depression
Some stories get written because they are about a money, others because they involve gore or sex. Then there are the stories that simply give journalists the opportunity to use phrases that offend, alliterate or rhyme.
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Media Watch: obesity threat to mankind
Cancers caused by obesity pose a threat to mankind 'akin to that of climate change' the papers warned this week.
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Media Watch: complaints about NHS complaints
It's not been a great few days for the NHS in the national media this week, with extensive coverage of the Healthcare Commission's overview of how trusts handle patients' complaints.
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Media Watch: maternity services
The Conservatives have been keeping up the pressure over maternity services - with stories in both broadsheets and tabloids saying the NHS has been forced to turn away women in labour.
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Media Watch: prayer dispute
'Persecuted for praying', screamed the Daily Mail's front page on Monday. Caroline Petrie, a community nurse in North Somerset 'could be sacked' for offering to pray for a 79 year old widow she was treating.
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Media Watch: unhappy GPs
There's no pleasing some people, as a poll of 100 GPs in the Daily Mail showed. Despite huge pay rises (heard about the new GP-class Mercedes Benz?) and shorter hours, they are still unhappy.