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Public Favours Lottery Money To Increase NHS Funding
New research into public opinion on NHS funding shows that three-quarters would like to see extra money for the NHS coming from the Lottery.
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NHS Spending and Tax Cuts
If the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, had time to glance at the Guardian on the morning of Budget Day, perhaps as he ate the frugal breakfast the price of which he apparently had to borrow from a colleague, it might just have raised a smile. For there, in ICM's poll, the mass of the public were saying they wanted him to do very much what he was proposing to announce that he would do. Most of them wanted him to use any spare cash to help the Health Service, and more than half thought a rise in duty on tobacco was the most acceptable tax.
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Poor Understanding Of Childhood Asthma And Medicines Needed To Treat It May Be Endangering Children's Health
New European Survey Findings: Experts call for better education and access to convenient, new treatments in order to effectively combat childhood asthma, the "epidemic of the 21st century".
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Patient-led Campaign For More Information To Improve Experience Of Cancer
Despite improvements in treating cancer over recent years, fewer than half of cancer patients are properly involved in decisions about their treatment and care, announced Macmillan Cancer Relief today at the launch of their new initiative 'a voice for life'.
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Public Trust In Doctors Remains High
The public's trust in doctors remains at a remarkably high level, according to a new MORI opinion poll commissioned by the BMA, which tracks views on doctors over a 16 year period.