A few weeks ago I attended a conference for GPs on commissioning in the brave new world of GP consortia, proposed in the recent health bill. The day started with […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review – 14 March 2011
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Elizabeth Loder reports on a panel discussion held at the International Publication Planning Association meeting in St Louis, Missouri. […]
Richard Smith: Healing from apartheid
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David Kerr: Gordon Gekko and the NHS
Here in United States, the latest must have app contains software that blocks any mention of the actor, Charlie Sheen. Until recently, Sheen was the highest paid television star in […]