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...Smarter ways of working are necessary if the needs of all patients are to be met, says Iain Kennedy, a GP partner in Scotland and a BMA council member....
...NHSPS said it was “continuing to work constructively” with the BMA, NHS England and the DoH....
...The BMA has separately warned that “doctors and patients will die” as a result of governmental failure to provide adequate protective equipment for medical staff....
...Keating went out and bought 300 headsets from a cash-and-carry and delivered BMA a bespoke system, including a talk show featuring his mother Gloria Hunniford and almost-fresh Sky News broadcasts delivered...
...as partnerships are lost with important EU bodies, such as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control....
...The Rental Exchange, a partnership between credit reference agency Experian and the Big Issue group, allows tenants to keep an official record of their history of rental payments....
...Dr Richard Vautrey, who chairs the British Medical Association’s GP committee for England, said: “For the last two years the BMA has repeatedly pressured NHS England to urgently address the problems with...
...Medical and dentistry degrees at the same university, again recognised by the BMA, cost €5,000 a year. Living costs are low....
...The BMA’s decision would “help us all to redouble our work, in partnership, on this challenging NHS pension agenda”. Mr Royles added....
...The CBI employers’ organisation said the “trailblazing” deal offered “a new type of [public-private] partnership”. The takeover stops short of full privatisation....
...The data is merely a correlation, not a proven cause, but Jon Restell, chief executive of the managers’ union Managers in Partnership, said it may “help break down the ‘any is too many’ debate” around NHS...
...With just over 200 of the contracts awarded, 42 per cent have been won by partnerships of GPs, according to health department figures....
...The BMA is also providing advice to doctors who want to set up new partnerships including GP-led health centres....
...“If there are clear, transparent guidelines so that the clinical freedom of doctors is not compromised, the BMA does not see why there cannot be closer cooperation between the NHS and the pharma industry...
...Director James Kellow says: “One reason we set up the partnership is because we share a view that the move towards corporate ecological and economic responsibility is not an option but an essential aspect...
...Professor Michael Rees, chairman of the BMA’s Medical Academic Staff Committee, said: “While the BMA welcomes the drive to co-ordinate research funding, it is concerned by this apparent £300m funding cut...
...Later, Andrew Fastow, Enron’s former chief financial officer and the government’s key witness, testified that Skilling told him he needed more partnerships to hide losses....
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