Friday, June 10, 2011
Redrawn counter-terrorism programme will call on doctors' help, but BMA fears threat to patient confidentiality
UK Guardian
Doctors and other health professionals will be asked to identify people who are "vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism" as part of the government's redrawn counter-terrorism programme to be detailed on Tuesday.
The home secretary, Theresa May, will also try to deflect criticism that the £60m-a-year Prevent programme has been used to spy on the Muslim community by extending its coverage to the far right and animal rights extremists, as well as Islamist groups.
May has indicated that 20 of the organisations funded by the government over the past three years are to have their cash withdrawn after the decision to stop working with non-violent extremists.
David Cameron has pushed through the change despite opposition from Nick Clegg and Charles Farr, the head of the office of security and counter-terrorism, arguing that such engagement is like "turning to a rightwing fascist party to fight a violent white supremacist movement".
The argument within Whitehall has delayed the publication of the revised Prevent strategy for five months and it is believed that Cameron only finalised the document on Monday afternoon.
The Prevent programme was developed to combat home-grown terrorism after the 7 July bombings in 2005...[Full Article]
[Webmaster - The 7/7/2005 London bombings were a false flag operation carried out by the British government. See the movie "7/7 Ripple Effect" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb_MmqgdCWI]
Labels: doctors, espionage, spying
Friday, October 1, 2010
(Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare reform law will worsen a shortage of physicians as millions of newly insured patients seek care, the Association of American Medical Colleges said on Thursday.
The group's Center for Workforce Studies released new estimates that showed shortages would be 50 percent worse in 2015 than forecast.
"While previous projections showed a baseline shortage of 39,600 doctors in 2015, current estimates bring that number closer to 63,000, with a worsening of shortages through 2025," the group said in a statement.
"The United States already was struggling with a critical physician shortage and the problem will only be exacerbated as 32 million Americans acquire health care coverage, and an additional 36 million people enter Medicare."...
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Labels: doctors, healthcare, physicians
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Most U.S. Patients Think Drug Companies Influence Their Doctors, Survey Says
Many patients taking prescription drugs believe that pharmaceutical companies have too much influence over their physicians' prescribing practices, according to a new survey.
A telephone survey by Consumer Reports found that the majority of those currently taking medications -- 69 percent -- had such concerns.
About half of the medication users believed that their doctors were too eager to write a prescription when other non-pharmacological options are available...
[Full Article]Labels: doctors, medications, pharmaceuticals, pharmacists
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