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NHS pensions
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posted on 16/05/2012 15:40:04
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- Dr Lewis Morrison of the BMA Scottish Council discusses government plans
for NHS pensions. Caledonian
Mercury
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older people
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posted on 16/05/2012 15:39:42
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- numbers of elderly getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in
two years in England. BBC
News
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transplants
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posted on 16/05/2012 15:39:08
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- cornea transplant recipient Marilyn McEwan adds her voice to the campaign
for an opt-out system. Evening
Times
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diversity
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posted on 16/05/2012 15:38:46
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- celebrities support NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's campaign against homophobia.
STV
News
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HIV - AIDS
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posted on 16/05/2012 15:37:08
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- US authorities consider approving home-testing kits for HIV. BBC
News
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hospital infection
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:10:41
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- wards remain shut due to suspected norovirus at hospitals in Paisley, Inverness
and Wick. Scotsman
p.2, Daily Record p.22
- Jackie Baillie MSP calls for the creation of a research centre to study
norovirus. Herald
p.7
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rural areas
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:10:25
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- two GPs in the Ardnamurchan peninsula have resigned citing pressure of work.
Scotsman
p.19
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nurses
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:10:08
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- Sir Keith Pearson of the NHS Confederation highlights the role of compassion
in nurses' work. BBC News
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environment
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:09:37
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- researchers in Scotland say exposure to everyday chemicals may be damaging
men's fertility. BBC
News, Scotsman
p.9, STV
News, Scottish Daily Mail p.25
- Beijing
study finds cutting air pollution can reduce cases of heart disease. BBC
News
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alcohol misuse
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:08:49
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- feature on the effects of minimum pricing in Canada. BBC
News
- readers' letters on minimum pricing. Scotsman
p.34
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travelling people
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posted on 16/05/2012 10:07:36
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- Holyrood committee discusses the health and social care of travellers. Scotsman
p.20
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NHS in England
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posted on 15/05/2012 15:54:09
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- Information Commissioner says the government was wrong not to publish the
full risk assessment of NHS reform. BBC
News
- London doctors voice concerns over plans to fast-track emergency care for
Olympics VIPs. BBC News
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NHS Lothian
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posted on 15/05/2012 15:53:45
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- Healthcare Improvement Scotland reports on a test inspection at Liberton
Hospital in Edinburgh. Evening
News p.8
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surgery
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posted on 15/05/2012 15:53:14
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- US surgeons
restore movement to the hand of a paralysed man. BBC
News
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