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'What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.' [1] The following might be heard at coffee time in a staff room near you: 'Don't you just hate politicians? They don't do an honest day's work. All they do is invent ridiculous...
On 17 March 2008 the General Medical Council ('GMC') published its guidance Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice. The guidance is long and detailed and needs to be read in full by anyone who hopes to remain on the medical register. Only an outline of a few provisions can be discussed...
The NHS has endured buffetings but has also been a blessing to many. Nick Land is astute in considering the NHS as common grace, minimising the effects of the Fall.[1] Paul Corrigan said that the most important word in the title was the word 'National' because the NHS should provide...
Where I was in general practice, a 'diamond geezer' was a respected, mature character, perhaps somewhat of a rough diamond, but a genuine survivor. Does this describe the National Health Service at 60, or, rather, should she now be pensioned off? Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson said the NHS was 'the...
