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The Scotsman medical matters pages
A good nurse makes little things count
DAY in, day out, there are skilled nurses all over Scotland providing invaluable care to the sick and infirm. Many provide an excellent service, but it would be wrong to grow complacent.
Politics not so different from medicine – but with more support
PEOPLE who used to read the newspaper column I wrote when I was a GP often ask me how life has changed since I threw away my stethoscope and entered parliament.
It's healthcare, Jim, but not as we know it
THINK of the future of medical technology and the image of hand-held scanners from the world of Star Trek might come to mind – machines able to diagnose anything in a few moments.
New leader of Scots doctors' union has a hard act to follow
AT THE bottom of this article, in italics, a few details about me are given. They identify me as "a practising GP and a member of the Scottish council of the BMA".
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Group aims to help patients and doctors
John Garner: Double whammy could leave us with less skilled doctors
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