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Referencing a previous article published in June, the Daily Mail today reported a worrying rise in death rates around the time that junior doctors take up their first job in a hospital. But does this actually happen? Read
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With the sound of the recent coroner's ruling on the death of 22 year-old Kane Gorey still ringing in the public ear, the Independent reported that the neglect at the … Read
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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and his Labour shadow Andy Burnham this week disagreed about what Accident and Emergency waiting time data was actually telling us. So what do the figures show? Read
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Two newspapers reported this morning that British girls drank to excess more than their European counterparts. Are they right? Read
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It has been a busy week for health journalists, however one story in particular stood out above all others when it made it to the despatch box at Prime Minister's … Read
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Ahead of this summer's Olympic games, London Mayor Boris Johnson has been causing a stir with some high-profile appearances in New York.One date in his media diary was with a … Read
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Today the i newspaper published a correction to its recent front page article which overstated the number of nursing jobs that were estimated to have been cut by the Royal … Read
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The British Medical Association's decision to pursue industrial action for the first time in over 40 years provoked a great deal of interest in this morning's papers. The Independent included … Read
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Many newspapers and websites reported last week that one in eight deaths of UK adults under the age of 65 were caused by alcohol. The Mail, for example, claimed that … Read
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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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