Abstract
Rant and rancour are the prevailing sentiments that are scarring present discussion about the UK's National Health Service. The latest rash of national newspaper editorials makes it clear that, as far as professional self-regulation is concerned, “enough is enough”. 1 Independent on Sunda June. 2000; 4: 26 Google Scholar Last week's Independent on Sunday concluded that, in the light of the report into Rodney Ledward's gross surgical incompetence (see p 2058), “The General Medical Council has been drinking in the ‘last chance saloon’ too long. Disband the GMC”. The Sunday Times, in a broader attack on the NHS, argued that “The brutal truth now is that the NHS is failing…The GMC, with its 79 doctors and 25 lay people, failed long ago”. 2 Sunday Times. June 4, 2000; : 18 Google Scholar And on June 5, The Guardian launched its coverage of the government's health-service reforms with the headline, “Blair gets tough with doctors. ‘Consultant is king’ culture must end…”. Deaths among heroin users remain a mysteryAn international team of infectious disease specialists is working together to try to find the cause of a mystery illness that has killed 31 heroin users in the UK and Ireland since April. More than 60 heroin needle-users have been affected in the unexplained outbreak that first surfaced in Glasgow. Full-Text PDF
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