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WE ARE SIMPLY ARGUING FOR MORE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION - SO DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER
Mike Waterland accuses me of wanting 'centralist planning with minimum public involvement' (Letters, 11 December).
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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS MARK II (OR CAN WE PRESUME THE NHS AS WE KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE?)
Your leader on the white paper (Comment, 11 December) is, perhaps, too generous to this government in its presumption of the continuation of the NHS as we know it.
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FOR THE RECORD: WHO DOES WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE
We at Shared Medical Systems Ltd read with interest the article 'Chips off the old block' (News Focus, page 12, 4 December).
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A touch of class
A London network of private GP outlets is to be extended to other parts of the country. It is attractive to patients and doctors. But is it elitist? Barbara Millar reports
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Honourable discharge
How is the NHS improving hospital discharge arrangements to cope with winter pressures?
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Labour pains
For all the changes there have been in healthcare in the past half century, some common themes echo down the years, as these edited extracts from Geoffrey Rivett's new history of the NHS demonstrate
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Stirring up apathy
Not every set of NHS reforms has excited as much interest as there is today.
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Blissful ignorance
The medical profession of the 1950s gave short shrift to the idea of an informed public. Though many doctors thought that people should know more about health promotion, they felt a detailed knowledge of disease was not desirable.
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Time to take the medicine?
The Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee has recommended that 1,000 extra medical students be trained each year. But where will the money come from and do we need them, asks Lyn Whitfield
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Stand and deliver
'The fundamental objective must be to make some positive difference to patients. If Andover and others can do this, they will serve as a beacon for much of the rest of the NHS'