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Reports the delay of launching the health promotion strategy for England. Criticisms over the absence of policies in the document; List of Key health targets; Conventions of the Prime Minister and health professional.

Reports the alternative system for claiming compensation from medical accidents in Harrogate, England. Use of paper arbitration; Advantages of the system to victims; Cost effectiveness of the system.

Relates the significance of the publication of the 'Lancet' periodical for the clinical practice of a pediatric endocrinology professor in London, England. Examination of childhood obesity; Concern on human growth in infancy, childhood and puberty; Appreciation of nature in the control of biological processes.

Describes the processes and experiences of key players in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England of setting up primary care groups from initial reactions to the government's white paper. Responses to the white paper; Configuration of primary care groups; Examples of community development interagency activity.

The article reports on the Royal College of Surgeons' consultation paper "Delivering High-Quality Surgical Services for the Future." The group recommended that surgeons in England and Wales form a network and work as teams in a specific area, rather than for the individual NHS hospital trusts. The consultation paper also focused on surgical training standards. The College's president, Bernard Ribeiro, comments on health service policy.

Reports on the delay of the introduction of a smoking ban policy until 2008 in England. Difficulty of enforcing legislation on smoking bans in some restaurants and bars, but not others; Frustration of the public; Details of a white paper on public health. INSET: What the white paper says.

Presents a research paper studying the inequity of use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in England. Rates of implantations of the devices which lag behind those in western European countries and North America; National Institute for Clinical Excellence which has recommended indications for use in patients with ventricular arrhythmias; Presentation on current use, geographic and social equity and the barriers to care; Methods and results of the study; Comment that the use of ICDs varies between health regions and is not commensurate with need; Demand which is likely to increase and a pressing need which exits to tackle inequities and barriers to care.

Reports that medical students at Leeds University had to retake part of their final examinations after it was found that a third of them had seen the questions before. Similarity of the questions on the 1995 multiple choice paper and the 1993 paper; Students' acceptance of the need for a re-examination.

Presents information on the white papers of England and Scotland and their benefits and problems. Detailed information on these papers; Details on the benefits; Problems with these papers.

Focuses on the agenda of the research meeting of the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit at the University of Leeds in England. Divisions of the research unit; List of several variables on the lack of progress in papers; Components of the agenda.

Offers medical news briefs for four research papers that were published in JAMA or Lancet during 2005. Researchers found that erectile dysfunction could be a signal for cardiovascular disease in American men. Proton pump inhibitors and H2 receptor antagonists are being linked to the increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infections in the United Kingdom. A study on dementia found that it is a global problem that will aflict 81 million people by 2040. A study in Scotland found that sudden infant death syndrome is associated with complications in other pregnancies.

Clare O'Hagan and Denise Wyllie, artists in residence at University College London in London, England have joined forces with Professor John Hartley and his oncology team, which is funded by Cancer Research United Kingdom, to weave a tapestry inspired by the DNA molecule. The work is at the Institute of Child Health Gallery, 30 Guilford Street, London until April 11, 2003 and coincides with activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication in 'Nature' of Crick and Watson's paper describing the structure of DNA.

Provides information on proposals to coordinate health and social care implicit in a government proposal paper in England. Benefits of the proposals; Plans for removing obstacles to cooperation; Recommendation for more central control over local authority services.

Focuses on issues related to medical practice in London. Relevance of the Physician-patient relationship; Era of scientist; Reactions on the white paper issue.

Focuses on the improvement of capital expenditure on the health services in England. Plan of the government to pay for capital work; Implementation of the white paper reforms by the government; Derivation of the non-governmental cash for health services.

Focuses on the Lunar House for inspecting papers of aliens in Croydon, England. Registration with the General Medical Council; Efforts of doctors from overseas in waiting at the office; Immigration control for the National Health Service.