In the Guardian of 23 January, secretary of state Patricia Hewitt was reported to be demanding that financial management be once again put ahead of clinical objectives. 2 By 26 January, apparently ...responding to the earlier story, strong financial discipline was to be a "prerequisite" instead of "top priority."
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The clearest example of the gulf between conventionally highly rated medical research and the real world of patients was the list selected by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) to illustrate its ...contribution to clinical medicine. The median sample size was 19 in clinical studies, but six in basic studies; randomisation was reported in 37 clinical and five basic studies; and, most worryingly, whether there were exclusions and withdrawals was reported in 43 clinical studies but only two basic studies.
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Goodman comments on Gabriel Scally's and Liam Donaldson's article on clinical governance entitled "Clinical governance and the drive for quality improvement in the new NHS in England."
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The Independent on Sunday in its take on the Andrew Wakefield General Medical Council (GMC) hearings fell back on finding a family wrecked by autism. 1 2 The headline was a quote from a mother of two ...autistic children: "I wish the GMC could live a day in my life and see what I have seen."
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