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GP registrar training budget remains in place
December 16th, 2008
The BMA's GP Committee for Wales (GPC Wales), the Welsh Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Department for Post Graduate Studies for Wales jointly welcomed the Welsh Assembly Governments assurances that there would be no reductions in the GP Registrar training budget for Wales during this financial year. Read more
Health care providers need to work together to ensure that high-risk individuals get the flu shot
December 15th, 2008
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, Illinois state public health director, is encouraging health care providers to work together to ensure that high-risk individuals get the flu shot. Read more
Innovative help for parents of autistic children
December 14th, 2008
In 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Education held a focus group of parents with autistic children throughout the state to learn more about their needs. George Shadie of Luzerne County was one of those parents. Read more
Representatives from Bush and Kerry campaigns to present health plans at University of Michigan
December 13th, 2008
With health care on the short list of hot topics for this year's presidential election, many voters want to know exactly what the two leading candidates propose to do about Medicare, the uninsured, prescription drugs and rising health care costs if they're elected. Read more
Health care reform is likely to be a key topic in Wednesday night?s presidential candidate debate
December 12th, 2008
Health care reform is likely to be a key topic in Wednesday night's presidential candidate debate, which examines domestic issues and caps off the series of three meetings between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry. Read more
GPs need more help from PCOs to be ready for Freedom of Information Act
December 11th, 2008
GPs are looking to primary care organisations (PCOs) to help them meet their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act that comes into force next year. This was the message from the BMA's General Practitioners Committee (GPC) as they gave evidence to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee. Read more
BMA Response to NAO report on improving emergency care in England
December 11th, 2008
Commenting on the National Audit Office report - Improving Emergency Care in England - Mr Don MacKechnie, Chairman of the BMA's Accident and Emergency (A&E) Committee said: "A&E departments have worked exceptionally hard to bring down waiting times for patients and the results of this are evident in the National... Read more
Ignoring England's promiscuous society is at the heart of the current sexual health crisis
December 10th, 2008
An unwillingness to engage with the "promiscuous 10%," for fear of upsetting a vociferous minority, is at the heart of the current "sexual health crisis" in England, say public health experts in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Read more
Both Presidential candidates are ignoring the core issue of controlling health care cost growth
December 9th, 2008
While both presidential candidates have served up proposals to ease voter angst about the affordability of health care, neither candidate tackles the core issue of controlling health care cost growth, according to an article by economist Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., in the Oct. 14 New England Journal of Medicine. Read more
Shortfalls in the budget for doctors' training in England will have a detrimental effect on patient care and NHS staffing levels
December 8th, 2008
Shortfalls in the budget for doctors' training in England will have a detrimental effect on patient care and NHS staffing levels, the BMA warns today (Tuesday 19 October). In a briefing paper for MPs, the Association calls on the government to reinstate the funding to safeguard the quality of training. Read more
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