The public has a part to play in NHS rationing

In your recent news focus ('Arousing debate', page 12-13, 4 February) about the government's plans to limit prescribing of Viagra, I read with much interest Professor Ruth Chambers' comments that health secretary Frank Dobson 'fell at the first hurdle...' because 'if rationing is to be effective, you have to carry ...

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