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Obesity – FITT trial Click to access BMC_Public_Health_FFIT_article.pdf Click to access FFIT.pdf Obalon http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11695-013-0927-x http://www.obalon.com/clinical_abstracts/published-abstracts-library/# http://www.sallynorton.co.uk/procedures/obalon-balloon/ Care data http://uk.atos.net/en-uk/home/we-are/news/press-release/2011/pr-2011_12_20_05.html http://www.care-data.info http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7042?hwoasp=authn%3A1389724881%3A4130220%3A131128 http://www.hscic.gov.uk/patientconf http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/scientists-launch-campaign-to-discourage-patients-from-opting-out-of-caredata/20005523.article#.UtQwOhYobzI http://www.hscic.gov.uk/patientconf Click to access 2900774_InfoGovernance_accv2.pdf Click to access cd-leaflet-01-14.pdf Click to access 9731-2901141-TSO-Caldicott-Government_Response_ACCESSIBLE.PDF

Today in the BMJ myself and colleagues have a letter discussing the need for patients and the public to see easily what potential conflicts of interest a doctor may have. As we say in the letter “The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has estimated that the drug industry pays £40m (€48m; $65m) a year […]

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First Council today: I raised the issues of: pharma sponsorship of the next RCGP conference The new campaign – we have to be clear that this is about funding for general practice, for more doctors and nurses and NOT for increasing GP salaries That the issue about informed consent over data sharing should be further […]

Roger Goss, Radio 5 live, 7 10 am, 13/11/13. “The real strategy you need  here is to make primary care effective. It’s outrageous that so many surgeries operate on the basis of ordinary office hours. And even worse, because about half of GPs are women, they only want to work Monday and Wednesday afternoons, and […]

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