BMJ  2003;326:1230 (7 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230

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Report questions motives behind "patient choice": Moves to give patients a choice in their treatment are motivated more by a desire to reduce waiting lists and improve efficiency than to put their interests first, says a report from the King's Fund, a London based health research body. The government has failed to place equity at the heart of its concerns, the fund says in the report,What is the Real Cost of More Patient Choice? See www.kingsfundbookshop.org.uk

Polish health chief is sacked: Aleksander Nauman, chief of Poland's National Health Fund, has been dismissed over allegations of accepting bribes during his previous tenure as deputy health minister. He took the bribes in exchange for registering an anticancer drug from Romania while holding up the registration of a similar Polish drug for more than a year.

Seven out of 10 children exposed to smoke in pubs and restaurants: 70% of UK children . . . [Full text of this article]


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