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Better to demedicalise rather than further medicalise and bureaucratise death
I’m in favour of assisted dying, and I was pleased to see the House of Commons in the UK have a sober, rational, respectful ...
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Collective action: Seeing just 25 patients a day has brought back the “joy of consulting,” says GP
Four months after GPs in England voted in favour of taking collective action over contractual terms and funding,1 local ...
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NHS could save millions from lower cost of clinical negligence claims, say experts
Medical defence experts have welcomed the government’s decision to increase the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in ...
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Audit Scotland: NHS services may need to be withdrawn to reform care
The NHS in Scotland must consider reducing the range and level of services it offers to free up money for high priority care, ...
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Helen Salisbury: The assisted dying bill must be accompanied by a funding boost for palliative care
One effect of last week’s parliamentary debate and vote to change the law on assisted dying is that more people are talking about death, which isn’t a common or comfortable topic of conversation here ...