Don't blame the surgeons, it's our approach to health that is at fault
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Issues concerning the monitoring of doctors working within the UK National Health Service (NHS) are discussed. It is argued that there should be wider debate about the purpose of the NHS, going beyond the blaming of individual doctors or bland calls for more funding.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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The NHS is our last nationalised industry. We should set it free
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The UK National Health Service (NHS) is in urgent need of reform. The NHS is the country's last nationalized industry, and this places significant restrictions on what the government can do. It is vital that control of the NHS now shifts to voters.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Milburn: private sector is part of NHS family
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It is vital that the National Health Service makes the interests of patients its priority, according to UK Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn. He indicates that this is necessary in the modern consumer-orientated society.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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