BMJ  2007;334:604 (24 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39161.437708.BD

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X ray waiting times fall in English hospitals, but feedback delayed: Waiting times for radiographs and other scans in English hospitals have fallen significantly, by up to one third for some tests, according to a report published this week by the Healthcare Commission. But one in four trusts took more than 10 days to report examinations requested from outpatient clinics. Two out of three doctors and nurses taking part in a survey for the report said that imaging reports were not available when they needed them (www.healthcarecommission.org.uk).

Doctor who poisoned terminally ill patient gets suspended sentence: A doctor charged with fatally poisoning a terminally ill patient has been found guilty, but given only a one year suspended sentence (BMJ 2007;334:555, 17 Mar, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39153.492789.DB). The doctor, Laurence Tramois from Perigueux, in southwest France, had been accused, together with a nurse, of killing a 65 year old . . . [Full text of this article]


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