Hospital doctors will get below inflation pay increase, while GPs get nothing

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As Nursing Standard went to press, chancellor Alistair Darling was putting the finishing touches to his pre-budget report. Speculation was rife that he would announce efficiency savings - or cuts to use more direct language - across the public sector, including the NHS.

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The world’s poor, whether they live in dangerous urban slums or in the remote countryside, are often in dire need of food, clean water, and basic medications. So it might appear misguided to argue that mental health should be a primary rather than secondary concern in developing countries. But the reality is that mental health is not just a First World problem: disorders such as depression are ...

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Overenthusiastic repair of damaged blood vessels could cause a fatal blockage. Sedding et al. (page 2801) report that the normal repair-restricting function of factor VII activating protease (FSAP) is disrupted by a common mutation. People carrying the mutation might thus be more at risk of vessel narrowing. Approximately 5% of the population carries an FSAP polymorphism linked to cardiovascula...

ASCs get pay hike, reprieve on quality reporting.