Patients' champion the NHS should fear

Article Abstract:

The Patients Association, which has played a key role in extensive National Health Service (NHS) reform over recent years, as appointed John Spiers, the chairman of Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust, as its new chairman. He has already gained a reputation for being extremely outspoken on the issue of patients' rights. He has strongly criticised the Patients' Charter, and has called for a new charter which measures the things people are most concerned about, such as how good doctors really are. He is likely to cause considerable embarrassment to the government.

United Kingdom, Column, Influence, Patient advocacy, Spiers, John

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Suits you, madam

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An image consultant can offer a valuable service to a working woman who has money to spend on clothes, hairdressing and make-up but no time to consider what really suits her. By using an image consultant, it is possible to reduce your wardrobe to a small number of co-ordinated items that are flattering and adaptable. Image consultants are often able to find clothes that are not widely available in ordinary shops. However, these can be extremely expensive.

Psychological aspects, Services, Body image, Consultants, Consultants (Persons)

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The dramas that bind us together

Article Abstract:

Soap operas have become the way in which modern social trends are debated, and are the most common expression of human experience. They contain a wide range of social problems, such as crime, racial intolerance and drug taking. In fact, this has reached such a level that soap operas risk losing the aura of realism which originally made them so popular. They will always be based in an imaginary world, even though they deal with real-life issues.

Social aspects, Soap operas

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