C difficile rates plummeted 38 per cent among over-65s during April-June 2008 compared with the same quarter last year.
Health Protection Agency figures show that the number of cases in April-June 2008 was 8,683, also representing a drop of 18 per cent on the previous quarter.
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A doctor who “performed a public service” by securing whistleblower protection for junior doctors has withdrawn his claim he was unfairly dismissed from a London trust for whistleblowing.
Investigators for the General Medical Council are to be given “human factors” training amid changes to the regulator’s investigative processes.
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