BMJ 1996;312:578 (2 March)

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The system works

EDITOR,--We are pleased, given the problems with communications about the contraceptive pill,1 to note the success of the government's cascade system in informing doctors about the fresh evidence on treatments for head lice.2 As the BMA made clear at the time of the controversy surrounding the government's warning about the pill, our concern was solely about the government's problems in contacting general practitioners before patients received the news through the media.

It was unfortunate that certain elements in the media chose to misrepresent the BMA's views and imply that the association believed that the controversy over the pill had been created by the government's desire to save money. As our press office made clear to the media once such a suggestion had been made, this was not the association's view. We have always understood that the government's decision was based on the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines--a . . . [Full text of this article]


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