Social media could transform the NHS and other public services in the same way that file-sharing changed the music industry, a conference has heard.

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A new display ban on cigarettes in English shops comes into being. Is that right? (Poll)

From Monday 9 November, British lawmakers have agreed a new display ban on cigarettes in shops and vending machines.

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As many as one in six patients treated in NHS hospitals and GPs' surgeries is being misdiagnosed, experts have warned.

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Hospital food is not renowned for its ability to excite diners. But one patient, known only as Traction Man, has been making the best of a bad situation by photographing his food and posting the pictures on the internet, in a game he calls Hospital Food Bingo.

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A group of government-appointed drug experts will call for a nationwide network of "shooting galleries" to provide injectable heroin for hardened drug addicts across the country.

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Though I LOVE America, had I lived there in the past two years I would have been dead already! A personal story of Britain's healthcare

Having watched the President's speech to Congress live from where I am in England, I was pretty moved by his statements because I know America can no longer do without universal care.

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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has proposed to deny liver cancer patients a therapy that could help them to live longer.

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Seven staff from a hospital's accident and emergency unit have been suspended after taking part in an internet craze known as the "Lying Down Game". Participants have to post photographs of themselves lying face down arms by their sides in unlikely situations.

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Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors warn today.

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Front-line NHS staff are unlikely to have an impact on tackling childhood obesity, say UK researchers. GPs and practice nurses told a University of Bristol team there were limits on what they could do to solve what is effectively a social problem.

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Researchers have claimed the food provided in British prisons is better than in NHS hospitals.

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Why did anyone think it would be a good idea to claim the NHS is a good thing?

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Appalling standards of care have been exposed at Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals trust, where between 400 and 1,200 more patients died than would be expected in just three years, according to a damning report by the Healthcare Commission. Government-run healthcare: the compassion of …

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LONDON (Reuters) - The NHS delivers sometimes "appalling" standards of basic care carried out by "bad, cruel nurses" who should be banned from the profession, a patients lobby group said on Thursday.

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An entertaining and informative account of various systems used in other industrialized nations, from a journalist who had first-person experiences as a patient in a number of countries.

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Expatriates who return to the UK even for a short stay could find UK medical provisions lack the cover they need, says a leading comparison website.

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Paedophile pensioner given Viagra on the NHS - despite string of attacks on children A paedophile with a 30-year history of abusing children is being prescribed Viagra on the NHS - and there is nothing the authorities can do to stop him.

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If you want to understand the rights and wrongs of the NHS argument, you need to start with this. Duke University in North Carolina has a very small basketball stadium and a large number of students who want to attend matches.

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I guess the UK is sick of hearing we namby-pamby Yanks brag on our health care system and trash theirs, disregarding the fact that the UK pays significantly less per capita for health care and achieves far better outcomes. And they've decided to push back:

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LONDON — US President Barack Obama's stepmother staunchly defended Britain's state-funded health care system Saturday as it comes under fire in an acrimonious row about health reform across the Atlantic.

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Dear America, for some time now we've realised that far from being your special pal, you're not that into us. We know the love — like the extradition treaty between us — flows mostly one way. For his military loyalty, our previous Prime Minister got yo-Blaired.

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This commentary raises many good points that need to be addressed in the pending bill. My main concern is the instant gratification mentality that pervades this Congress and the supporters of the Healthcare Bill.

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Joining the likes of Sid_Goon, LimeJellyTeddy and Flopsydaisy in tweeted outrage might once have been considered beneath the dignity of a prime minister.

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Whenever the subject of health care reform is taken up in the U.S., a common argument expressed in opposition is that increased government involvement in the health care system will inevitably result in a significant rationing of services, with senior citizens being the group mos …

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The British women in CPR anti-NHS adverts actually support the NHS and call for more public investment in it, not less.

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