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Focuses on the working papers on the main proposals for the government's white paper, Working for Patients in Great Britain. Practice budget for general practitioners; Pressure on drug expenditure; Improvement of quality of care; Role of general managers in the leadership of the Family Practitioners Committee.

Introduction There is anecdotal evidence that health messages interpreted from waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) research are inconsistent, such as comparing the health effects of one WTS session with that of 100 cigarettes. This study aimed to identify key health themes about WTS discussed by online news media, and how numerical cigarette–waterpipe equivalence (CWE) was being interpreted. Methods We identified 1065 online news articles published between March 2011 and September 2012 using the ‘Google Alerts' service. We screened for health themes, assessed statements mentioning CWE and reported differences between countries. We used logistic regression to identify factors associated with articles incorrectly reporting a CWE equal to or greater than 100 cigarettes, in the absence of any comparative parameter (‘CWE ≥100 cigarettes'). Results Commonly mentioned health themes were the presence of tobacco (67%) and being as bad as cigarettes (49%), and we report on differences between countries. While 10.8% of all news articles contained at least one positive health theme, 22.9% contained a statement about a CWE. Most of these (18.6% total) were incorrectly a CWE ≥100 cigarettes, a quarter of which were made by healthcare professionals/organisations. Compared with the Middle East, articles from the USA and the UK were the most significant predictors to contain a CWE ≥100 cigarettes statement. Conclusions Those wishing to write or publish information related to WTS may wish to avoid comparing WTS to cigarettes using numerical values as this is a major source of confusion. Future research is needed to address the impact of the media on the attitudes, initiation and cessation rates of waterpipe smokers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article references the paper published by the journal in 2015 on the association between day of admission and mortality, which health secretary Jeremy Hunt apparently used in his House of Commons speech on July 16, 2015, claiming that 6,000 people die yearly because of lack of a proper seven day service in hospitals. Topics discussed include where the 6,000 figure came from, whether the Department of Health (DH) commissioned the new analysis, and whether data were shared with the DH.

Evaluates 'Working for Patients,' a paper submitted by Hospital Junior Staff Committee to the British Medical Association in Great Britain. Concerns regarding the terms and conditions of the services of the junior doctors; Citation on the motion and proposals of the committee; Effect of the proposal to patient care. INSET: Strategy to reduce hours of work.

Focuses on the final session of the Chichester Conference of the National Health Service organization in Great Britain. Discussion on the status of natural units of health organization; Sense of professional identification among the members; Delegation to divisions and working units.

Investigates the means of compensating participants for injuries from medical research in Great Britain. Establishment of funds for compensation; Rights of participants to redress negligence of investigators; Product liability of drug manufacturers.

Presents comments on the impact of white paper on the National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain. Assertions on the significance and focus of the paper in specialist services; Comments on the significance of chapters four, five and six of the paper; Account on the effect of the paper on minority groups.

Presents tips of writing a medical paper in Great Britain. Identification of writing the concluding part as a helpful step for an easy paper formulation; Disadvantages of concentrating on the introductory part of the paper; Significance of formulating an interesting title.

Focuses on the alternative of the white paper regarding the improvement of the effectiveness of clinical care in the National Health Service in Great Britain. Definition of quality of care; Increase of the annual rate of medical care expenditure; Standardization of diagnostic methods.

Focuses on the reaction of the British Medical Association to the proposals contained in the white paper 'Working for Patients' in Great Britain. Concerns on the harmful effects of the proposals; Opposition to centralized bureaucracy and the methods for paying doctors; Criticisms on the lack of proper consultation with the medical profession.

Examines the reaction of general practitioners towards the proposals contained in the white paper 'Working for Patients' in Great Britain. Rejection of the proposals by general practitioners; Criticisms on the implementation of fixed budgets for specified surgical operations; Concerns on the cost effectiveness of the National Health Service.

Focuses on ways of selecting medical literature to be published in the British Medical Journal. Reasons for writing medical journals; Role of editorial committees in selecting articles to be published; Criteria in the selection.

Focuses on the growth and restructuring of the National Health Service (NHS). Impact of medical insurance and hospital independent revenues; Role of the NHS as the catalysts; Collaboration of top companies for better hospitals.

Focuses on team approach in health care in Great Britain. Medical personnel's adaptation and development of new skills; Necessity of clarifying training, status, authority, working relationship, career structure and remuneration of affected personnel.

The article reports on the joint campaign launched by British trade unions including Unison, Unite and the GMB, in September 2010 to block the coalition government's health white paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS." The campaign aims to encourage National Health Service (NHS) staff and patients against the white paper. Further, the unions argue that all hospitals are being turned into independent businesses, and that the scheme will revert back wealth-based healthcare. The Royal College of General Practitioners also raised concerns.

Reports the launching of the British government's white paper on health service. Identification of hospitals covered by the National Health Service trusts; Features of the white paper; Arguments on hospital privatization.

Presents a discussion paper on a contract for medical assistants in Great Britain. Minimization of the necessity for accountability; Details on the maximum possible working week; Distinction between whole-time and part-time practitioners.

Focuses on the funding of the National Health Service in Great Britain. Response of the government to the problem of NHS crisis in 1987 to 1988 period; Proposals for efficient NHS; Significance of white paper on the performance of medical professionals; Need of measures of patient satisfaction to medical services.

Focuses on the verdict of the House of Commons Social Services Committee regarding the white paper 'Working for Patients' in Great Britain. Rejection of Conservative Party on the proposal; Overview of the points cited by the Committee; Concerns of the Committee over the budget allocations of the program.

Focuses on the criticisms of the Central Committee for Community Medicine and Community Health on the white paper 'Working for Patients' in Great Britain. Prevalence of the concept of short stay services and general practice; Vagueness in the role of private hospitals and community health service; Uncertainty in the impact of the structure on public health doctors.

Features the white paper and the details to the government contract for general practitioners in Great Britain. Reduction of the working hours of junior doctors; Views of rural practitioners of the new contract; Discussion on the anxiety among honorary secretaries of the British Medical Association on the annual gathering.

Focuses on the dynamics of medical manpower in Great Britain. Increase in the medical unemployment rate; Recommendations on medical student intake and employment of overseas qualified physicians; Strategies in controlling the entry of overseas doctors.

Focuses on the underdiagnosing and misunderstanding of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Great Britain. What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Reference to the confusion over the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Details on hyperkinesis versus attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; In-depth look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. INSET: Common coexisting conditions and complications of attention....

Focuses on the clinical responsibility of doctors in Great Britain. Position of the patient to clinical responsibility; Effects of growing professional and industrial conflict to the role of doctors; Suggestions for the development of interrelationships between physicians.

Reports the effects of the proposal of Mr. Kenneth Clarke on medical academics in Great Britain. Importance of undergraduate teaching in general practice; Introduction of legal framework for self governing hospitals by the government; Advantages of the proposed system for consultant contracts and job descriptions.

Focuses on the implementation of another health services in Great Britain. Provision of low antenatal care; Assessment of contraceptive services; Lack of consultation and abrupt handling of criticisms.

Reports the political stand of Doctor Christopher Tiarks on Welsh general practitioners (GP) against the Government proposals in Great Britain. Argument of Tiarks against the dissuasive capability of public opinion on Government over the proposals; Impact of proposals on Welsh GP; Support of local GP to the campaign of Tiarks.

Reports on the move of doctors not to cooperate in the implementation on proposal to reform National Health Services (NHS) in Great Britain. Arguments to persuade government and public on impracticality of proposal; Failure on acknowledging NHS problem; Impairment of the ability of hospital authorities to coordinate services effectively.

Focuses on the medical debate regarding the plasma cholesterol content of eggs in Great Britain. Health risks attributed to cholesterol consumption; Epidemiological studies regarding low cholesterol as the major aspect in cardiovascular diseases; Case analysis on mortality resulting from plasma cholesterol.

Focuses on the use of computer system for the publication of the journal 'British Medical Journal' in Great Britain. Scheme on the use of computer system in the editorial office; Problems relating to computer systems; Advantage on the use of computer systems.

Focuses on research publications from the department of general practice at Glasgow University in Scotland. Importance of publications in learning; Use of proper key words for computer reference systems; Tips to help contributors of medical journals.

The article reports that the "Lancet" has retracted the 1998 paper by scientist Andrew Wakefield which suggested a link between measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, after the British General Medical Council (GMC) found the scientist guilty of dishonesty and flouting ethics protocols. An online statement published by the "Lancet" stated that the decision of the GMC in 2010 makes it clear that several elements of the paper are incorrect, contrary to the findings of an earlier study. Also noted is the furore created by the study of Wakefield.

Discusses the British government's genetic white paper which includes a vision for a new health care system offering personalized health care that is based on a person's genetic profile. Statements by Health Secretary John Reid; The white paper which outlines the potential for gene therapy; The Human Genetic Commission which has been asked to consider the case for screening babies at birth and storing genetic information for future use; Criticism of governmental safe-guards for accessing genetic test results.

The article suggests that the efforts of the British government to reform the National Health Service (NHS) are under threat from other factors that aim to hasten competition in the health service, according to the British Medical Association (BMA) in October 2010. As mentioned in the government's White Paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS," reform efforts will allow more control to patients and frontline clinicians and promote stronger attention on public health. The other arguments of BMA are further explained by chairman Hamish Meldrum.

The article presents blogs from health care professionals on the 80 billion British pound National Health Service (NHS) commissioning budget and the white paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating NHS."

This section highlights blogs concerning the fraudulence in Andrew Wakefield's research on the MMR vaccine, which was published in "Lancet."

A blog about the British government's policy on health care is presented.

The article reports on a legal challenge launched by the British public service union Unison to the healthcare reforms proposed by the coalition government. The basis for the legal challenge was the failure of Health Secretary David Nicholson to consult the public on the plans. The union warned that the proposals would entail fundamental changes to the operation of the National Health Service (NHS) and that the public should be given an opportunity to comment on them. In response, the Department of Health claimed it is engaging fully on the issue.

This article looks at the Karolinska 2 report which compared cancer survival rates in 25 countries and found that access to cancer drugs affected survival concluding that the licensing process should be speeded up with equitable access to all. British epidemiologist Michel Coleman who heads Cancer Research UK says the study is flawed and the conclusion questionable. Coleman claims that estimates rather than actual survival rates were used and the benefits from access to drugs information was skewed. Further, he suggested that study sponsor, Roche Pharmaceuticals, had input into the conclusion. The charges are denied by Roche and by the authors of the study.

The article reports on guidelines on the prevention and management of obesity which were issued by Great Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and were used by the periodical "British Medical Journal" to build its own model on obesity management and treatment. A discussion of the benefits associated with diet and exercise in the treatment of obesity and the negative results of rapid weight loss and wight loss drug use in its treatment, is presented. The benefits of bariatric surgery are discussed.

Reports the commitment of British Medical Association medical students on medical education and training in the white paper and working papers. Necessity of medical education to become competent doctors; Clarity on the obligation of self-governing hospitals to provide undergraduate teaching; Importance of postgraduate training to achieve cost reductions.

Reports the support of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on the white paper 'Working for Patients' in Great Britain. Opportunities given by the white paper for the pharmacists; Involvement of pharmacists in providing advice to family practitioner committees and medical practitioners; Role of pharmacists in the treatment of minor symptoms.

Focuses on the campaign against the white paper related to patient care in the National Health Service in Great Britain. Debate on the proposals by the British Medical Association council; Discussions on the letter from the chief medical officer; Implications of the white paper to professional awareness.

Focuses on the publication of the working papers of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Renegotatiation of the contracts of general practitioners; Implementation of the NHS review; Role of the Department of Health in the distribution of the working papers to general practitioners.

Discusses a British doctors efforts to set up a coronary ambulance service in Great Britain. How the service would respond to a general practitioner's suspicion of myocardial ischaemia, assess the patient, and take him to hospital if necessary; Persuasion of medical authorities to adopt his idea; Development of an intensive care ambulance service; Treatment of the doctor by the service after he experienced unstable angina.

Focuses on the white paper negotiations of the General Medical Service Committee in Great Britain. Completion of the Health and Medicine Bill committee stage; Review of the long term funding of the National Health Service (NHS); Reference term of the prime minister on the internal review of the NHS.

Focuses on the publication of the green paper on general practice in Great Britain. Proposals on retirement plans for physicians; Move of the Department of Health and Social Security in increasing capitation fee; Implication of primary care funding for the National Health Service.

Reports developments related to medicine in Great Britain. Delay of the publication of the green paper report on general practice; Recommendation of the Social Services Select Committee for extra funding; Criticisms of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme in the country.

Reports on professional organizations' welcoming of proposals in the December 1997 white paper on the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Promotion of clinical and cost effectiveness of treatments by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence; Support for the dismantling of the internal market; Need for more capital investments if services were to be improved.

Focuses on the publication of the white paper on environmental policy by the Department of Environment in Great Britain. Criticisms of the green pressure group on environmental policy; Inflationary effects of the Gulf crisis; Imposition of penalty for water pollution.