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Parents told cancer jab is safe after girl dies within hours

29.09.09
Latest: Doctors warn parents not to panic after a girl died within hours of being given the new cervical cancer vaccine at her school... more

'All you dare to drink for £15' student night condemned

28.09.09
An 'all-you-can-drink' student night has been roundly criticised by health campaigners for encouraging binge-drinking... more

GPs’ average salary drops to £106,000

16.09.09
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Ban alcohol adverts and set minimum price levels, say doctors

08.09.09
Doctors have accused supermarkets of encouraging binge drinking by offering alcohol at discounted prices... more

Safety checks on swine flu jab after its launch

04.08.09
Team of experts will be established to track side-effects from the swine flu jab amid fears over its potential risks... more

‘Most patients will only need to take paracetamol’

24.07.09
Most swine flu patients do not need Tamiflu and should just take paracetamol instead, a leading doctor said today... more

Doctors want cervical cancer jab for boys and earlier tests for girls

02.07.09
Doctors call for the cervical cancer vaccination programme to be rolled out to boys as well as girls... more

Doctors reject assisted suicide calls

01.07.09
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Overfed babies 'face lifetime of obesity'

30.06.09
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GPs fear being sued over infection

15.06.09
An insurance wrangle could see GPs refusing to work if swine flu spreads across Britain, it was claimed... more

Doctors plot revolt over downgrading of hospitals

12.06.09
Doctors across the capital are rebelling over plans to downgrade scores of hospitals... more

Patients at risk from short-term fight against superbugs, say doctors

09.06.09
Doctors have attacked ministers over their "short-term" approach to ridding hospitals of superbugs.... more

Medical students face debts of £67,000 if cap on fees is abolished

02.04.09
London hospitals will miss out on talented undergraduates as medical school debts soar to £67,000, doctors warned... more

Don’t tax fat people who scoff chocs – laugh at them

13.03.09
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GPs told to isolate flu patients as fears grow of a pandemic

07.01.09
Doctors were told to set up waiting rooms to separate patients with flu from those not infected... more

Cigarette display ban will cost us £252m, say shops

09.12.08
Small shops are facing a £252million bill to comply with the Government's new tobacco display ban... more

Health

08.10.08
It’s an issue that can cloud the cheering fact that London is home to some of the most brilliant health care specialists in the world, leaders in their fields. ... more

A&E doctors told they must report stab victims to police

19.08.08
Doctors have been told to report knife crime even if it breaches patient confidentiality... more

Obesity is not a medical problem, say doctors

24.07.08
Doctors today warned that obesity must not be treated as a medical problem - and fat people should instead just be told to eat less... more

New GPs face 'desperate' times as jobs dry up

24.07.08
GPs who are due to qualify this summer face the worst recorded jobs crisis, senior doctors warned ... more

With new casinos on way, the first NHS clinic for addict gamblers

17.07.08
Britain's first specialist NHS clinic for gambling addicts is due to open in Soho in September, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

BMA rejects plan to help boys study medicine

10.07.08
Doctors have rejected proposals to make it easier for boys to get into medical school... more

Five-year-olds should have sex lessons, doctors told

08.07.08
Sex education should be taught to all five-year-olds, doctors are being told... more

Medics sleep in tents for housing protest

08.07.08
Junior doctors are going to sleep rough in London after their free hospital accommodation was scrapped... more

Doctors to vote on boycott of Darzi's plan for polyclincs

07.07.08
Medical leaders are poised to declare war on government plans to shake up the NHS... more

Brown's relaunch scuppered by Labour disarray

30.06.08
Gordon Brown's attempts to revive his fortunes with a landmark overhaul of the National Health Service was overshadowed by new Labour disarray... more

Million protest as surgeries make way for the polyclinics

12.06.08
More than a million NHS patients are protesting against plans to merge GP surgeries to create huge "polyclinics"... more

1,700 surgeries face axe under polyclinics plan

09.06.08
NHS plans for "super-surgeries" could see patients travelling up to four miles to reach their nearest GP... more

100 GP sites facing axe under polyclinic plans

28.05.08
Londoners are being conned into accepting hospital closures under plans to develop "polyclinics", an NHS expert claims... more

Seven out of 10 London doctors don't work outside office hours

03.03.08
Seven out of 10 GPs in London fail to offer "commuter-friendly" appointments, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

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