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PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - July 9 9 Jul 2008 02:55 GMT
... loophole" that allows health boards to open contracts with commercial companies. Speaking at the British Medical Association's annual meeting, Sturgeon received a standing ovation after she declared herself "firmly opposed to ...
Being anti-smoking is fine, but the BMA's proposals to censor 'pro-smoking' films is ludicrous 9 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... I approve of the British Medical Association being against smoking. I'm pleased that it's spreading the word that cigarettes aren't good ...
Junior doctors facing 20 per cent pay cut after government starts charging for hospital accommodation 9 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... pay remains £21,000. This amounts to a pay cut, according to doctors at the British Medical Association. They say that junior doctors are already crippled with debts of around £37,000 after ...
Marcel Berlins: Being anti-smoking is fine, but the BMA's proposals to censor 'pro-smoking' films is ludicrous 9 Jul 2008 01:14 GMT
... I approve of the British Medical Association being against smoking. I'm pleased that it's spreading the word that cigarettes aren't good ...
Public health expert criticises 'irresponsible' TV hygiene standards 9 Jul 2008 00:56 GMT
... Layla Jader, who works at the National Public Health Service for Wales, told the British Medical Association's annual conference that she thinks it is "irresponsible" to allow viewers to see chefs ...

NHS: Junior doctors hit by rent charge 8 Jul 2008 23:32 GMT
... ordering NHS trusts to charge for hospital accommodation that used to be free, the British Medical Association disclosed yesterday. It said doctors about to start their first year of hands-on medical ...
English doctors hail Scottish vision of NHS 8 Jul 2008 23:30 GMT
... SNP administration would not go down the route of market-led reform. Speaking at the British Medical Association's national conference in Edinburgh, in front of an audience that included dozens of English ...
It's time the NHS took its medicine 8 Jul 2008 23:30 GMT
... must feel especially privileged after her warm reception from the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, which this year is taking place in Edinburgh. What Ms Sturgeon had to say ...
Celebrity chefs cook up hygiene debate with top doctor claiming they 'forget to wash their hands' 8 Jul 2008 20:51 GMT
... who works at the National Public Health Centre for Wales, was speaking at the British Medical Association's annual conference in Edinburgh. She said people were at risk from food-borne illnesses such ...
Doctors give Sturgeon two standing ovations despite tough questions conference 8 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
... the extension of GP surgery hours and constant quibbles over pay, members of the British Medical Association twice rose to their feet - once at the end of her speech and ...

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TV chefs "irresponsible" on hygiene 8 Jul 2008 19:52 GMT
... from the National Public Health Service for Wales, made the comments at the annual British Medical Association conference in Edinburgh. "These are being watched by impressionable people, they should be setting ...
BMA calls for end to healthcare market 8 Jul 2008 16:36 GMT
... BMA calls for end to healthcare market Chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), Dr Hamish Meldrum, has called on the NHS to replace what he referred ...
Tears and tension in 7/7 ceremony 8 Jul 2008 12:49 GMT
... sites of the four blasts. Relatives and friends of the victims gathered at the British Medical Association building at Upper Woburn Place to lay flowers and pay their respects in a ...
Doctor hits out at "unhygienic" TV cookery shows 8 Jul 2008 12:48 GMT
... Jader, of the National Public Health Service for Wales, raised the issue at the British Medical Association conference in Edinburgh. She said programmes often did not wash vegetables before using them ...
English NHS 'run like a shoddy supermarket war:' BMA 8 Jul 2008 12:20 GMT
... England needs to get rid of the market in healthcare once and for all, British Medical Association (BMA) chairman Hamish Meldrum has told the annual conference of the doctors’ group, being ...
'Scrap Rx charges, keep NHS free at point of use:' UK polls 8 Jul 2008 12:20 GMT
... their age, area and circumstance,” she added. Finally, another new poll, conducted by the British Medical Association, has found that half of all people interviewed believe that, in 10 years time, ...
| UK Catholic doctors may be forced to refer for abortion 8 Jul 2008 12:15 GMT
... UK Catholic doctors may be forced to refer for abortion The British Medical Association's (BMA) policy-making body will consider a proposal to remove the rights of conscience that ...
UK Catholic doctors may be forced to refer for abortion 8 Jul 2008 11:56 GMT
... UK Catholic doctors may be forced to refer for abortion The British Medical Association's (BMA) policy-making body will consider a proposal to remove the rights of conscience that ...
Doctors urge clampdown on smoking in films 8 Jul 2008 10:29 GMT
... in a positive light should have an anti-smoking advert beforehand, doctors said today. The British Medical Association (BMA) also wants film censors to take pro-smoking content into account when classifying films. ...
England urged to follow Wales down NHS path 8 Jul 2008 10:28 GMT
... by rejecting “shoddy supermarket war” politics and policies in the NHS. Speaking at the British Medical Association's annual representatives' meeting in Edinburgh yesterday, chairman Hamish Meldrum praised devolution for removing market ...

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Hospital housing victory for first-year doctors 8 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT
... work into NHS recruitment to Wales, particularly rural areas. The move comes as the British Medical Association's annual representatives' meeting in Edinburgh last night heard that hospital services to patients could ...
GPs demand answers over funding 8 Jul 2008 09:26 GMT
... as a polyclinic and whose location is still to be decided. She said a British Medical Association (BMA) campaign against the centres, which offer extended opening hours and extra services on ...
GPs demand oanswer over funding 8 Jul 2008 07:37 GMT
... as a polyclinic and whose location is still to be decided. She said a British Medical Association (BMA) campaign against the centres, which offer extended opening hours and extra services on ...
End shoddy war over NHS 8 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT
... by rejecting “shoddy supermarket war” politics and policies in the NHS. Speaking at the British Medical Association's annual representatives' meeting in Edinburgh yesterday, chairman Hamish Meldrum praised devolution for removing market ...
Doctors attack Ministers over 'shoddy' NHS policy 8 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
... no longer had access to continuous care because of hospital closures. Members of the British Medical Association accused the Government of systematically undermining general practice and criticised the reliance on the ...