As pressure to squeeze costs rises across the whole NHS, the increasing prominence of government funded public health campaigns is coming under greater scrutiny. Chris Mahoney has taken a look at […]
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Integrating health and social care is Labour’s main objective for the NHS, Gareth Iacobbuci reports in The BMJ today. Labour has also reiterated its plan to train and hire more […]
The “Cordon Sanitaire Hospital:” A vision being fulfilled
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Richard Smith: Loneliness—the “disease” that medicine has promoted but cannot help
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The BMJ Today: Learning new lessons from the young
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