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'Doctors should stop pushing drugs at depressed people'
Despite a large increase in cognitive behaviour therapy doctors are still pushing drugs at depressed patients according to Dr Jennifer Wild, a senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry.
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TV dramas 'misrepresent NHS'
TV hospital dramas are giving the public a bad impression of doctors and nurses, says NHS hospital chief Antony Sumara.

White Turkeys in a shed Cut duplication not services in the NHS
It is time for a hard-nosed look at the duplication of roles and productivity in the NHS, says Julia Manning of think tank, Health 2020.

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Doctors' training is changing to make sure they all have a good bedside manner, says the General Medical Council's Ros Levenson.

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