Published Date:
09 July 2008
POLITICIANS are not used to receiving ovations from the medical profession. A slow hand-clap is more the norm. So the health secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, must feel especially privileged after her warm reception from the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, which this year is taking place in Edinburgh.
What Ms Sturgeon had to say to the BMA conference was doubtless music to the ears of Britain's GPs. She denounced government moves in England to introduce more competition and commercialisation into the NHS, and promised that in Scotland the SNP woul...
The full article contains 502 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
08 July 2008 9:20 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
