Would-be jihadist who used paintballing as training is jailed
Yousef Alsyed wanted to flight in Syria but was too afraid to come to court for sentencing.
UK News|May 17, 2018
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Capita’s NHS contract failures had potential to seriously harm patients – report
The company’s actions had repercussions on patients, primary care services and providers, the National Audit Office said.
UK News|May 17, 2018
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Past the stage when ‘doctors know best’
YOUR selection of letters on Saturday 12 May were well chosen. Mrs Starkey (BMA made sweeping statements about ‘consultation’) rather undermined Lord Ribeiro (a surgeon) who claimed that ‘In the UK we trust our doctors to make medical decisions that are in our best interests’ and that where assisted dying was concerned ‘most doctors want no part in it’.
Readers' Letters|May 15, 2018
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Irish government’s abortion proposal could spell ‘disaster’ for health service
GPs and nurses opposing a change in the constitution say the doctors who would be carrying out terminations have not been consulted.
UK News|May 14, 2018
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Improve palliative care and need for assisted dying will melt away
I HAVE been a doctor for 35 years, 25 of them as a palliative medicine consultant specialising in palliative and end-of-life care. Every working day, I meet, listen to, support, advise and treat people who are probably approaching the end of their life and I teach others how best to care for very ill and dying patients and support their families.
Readers' Letters|May 14, 2018
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Jihadi bride plotted London attack using Alice In Wonderland code, court told
Safaa Boular was aged 17 when she allegedly decided to be a ‘martyr’ and launch a grenade and gun attack on the British Museum.
UK News|May 10, 2018
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Seeing your own GP becoming increasingly difficult, research finds
The decline in ‘relationship continuity of care’ is ‘marked and widespread’, according to a study in the British Journal of General Practice.
UK News|May 9, 2018
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Opposition leader named new Armenian prime minister
Nikol Pashinian’s election by parliament follows weeks of peaceful protests during the country’s recent political upheavals.
World News|May 8, 2018
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MPs’ campaign recommends measures to help fight against ovarian cancer
Survival rates for women with ovarian cancer in the UK are among the lowest in Europe.
UK News|May 7, 2018
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Doctors’ leaders urge funding of social prescribing in all GP practices
Researchers found an average drop of 28% in demand on GP services following a referral to a social prescribing service.
UK News|May 4, 2018
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Meeting air pollution targets ‘could cut nitrogen dioxide by up to 60%’
UK cities regularly breach air quality standards, largely as a result of vehicle emissions.
UK News|Apr 27, 2018
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South Asian doctors lifeblood of early NHS, says historian
The role of GPs from the Indian subcontinent is explored in a new exhibition.
UK News|Apr 26, 2018
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Fewer Scots positive about GP care, survey finds
More than 130,000 people were questioned as part of the Health and Care Experience Survey.
UK News|Apr 24, 2018
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Alderney fishermen unhappy at French Ribs taking stock
FISHING is not being adequately policed, with reefs being emptied in hours by leisure fishermen on French Ribs, Alderney fishermen have said.
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Suicide’s not a crime – instead we persecute the helpers
REMEMBER the bad old days when you couldn’t do a light bit of shopping on a Sunday, fill the car with fuel or get a pint of beer at the local? Well, it’s going to be a bit like that with assisted dying.
Richard Digard|Apr 21, 2018
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