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2 May 2012

Health

How many prescription errors are doctors making?

Today nearly all major news outlets carried multiple claims about GPs handing out inaccurate prescriptions, but the stories contained different figures. Doctors might not give the right prescription, but do the papers? Read

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26 March 2012

How much does dementia cost the economy?

This morning Health Minister Paul Burstow told the Today programme that dementia costs us £23bn. Later on his boss David Cameron contradicted this, saying it only costs £19bn. Who was right? Read

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