Can the NHS cope with the health demands of a modern society? [view]
Are the days of the GP's surgery over? [view]
Can the NHS keep up with latest scientific and medical advances? [view]
Should doctors have the freedom to prescribe what they like to a patient regardless of price or political sensitivity? [view]
"Medicine prices are now 12 per cent cheaper in real terms than 10 years ago"
Dr Trevor Jones
The services provided by GP's surgeries need review
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There is no way that "one size fits all" can work with healthcare
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Today's best quotes...
"NHS scientific/medical advances should not be centrally funded for such things as enhancing, desirable treatments"
Marilyn Greenwood gets practical [view]
"Medicines are an essential part of healthcare just like doctors, nurses and hospital beds."
Rob Walton talks drugs [view]
"Responsibility for health has always rested with the individual"
Sir Paul Nurse talks lifestyle choices [view]
"We see more patients now that are 'informed consumers'."
Dr Andrew Vallance Owen on the new breed of patients [view]
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