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Analysis implicates alcohol in development of breast, liver and other types of cancer and says even moderate consumption is a risk
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InterviewInterviewRay Jones: ‘Social work is under real threat’A social work stalwart and academic says latest attempts to reform children’s services risk opening them up to privatisation
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Second thoughtsSecond thoughtsJeremy Hunt narrowly survived the cabinet reshuffle – so what now?The health secretary was kept in post by the new PM, but without a change of tack he is likely to become the minister for the visible deterioration of the NHS
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Public managerPublic managerToo few women at the top means we are all losing outResearch shows that female leaders are often brought in to clean up a mess and that countries with more women as ministers or MPs tend to have less inequality
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From Serge Gainsbourg to Catherine Deneuve, all our heroes are a bit nihilistic, a bit dark – and chain-smokers. No wonder we’re not ready to give up
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Research shows that female leaders are often brought in to clean up a mess and that countries with more women as ministers or MPs tend to have less inequality
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Letters: To remove isolated, disabled patients from the practice population would remove their one point of contact with the NHS
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Chris King, who lost both hands except his thumbs in an industrial accident three years ago, says he is looking forward to riding a bike again
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Chris King, who lost both hands except the thumbs in an industrial accident three years ago, says he is looking forward to riding his bike
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Grandfather of six-year-old killed by her father believes fresh inquest may help explain failures that led to her death
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A social work stalwart and academic says latest attempts to reform children’s services risk opening them up to privatisation
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Rotherham MP Sarah Champion tells ministers to ‘get a grip’ ahead of Commons debate on risks of online grooming
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A week long volunteer survey in central London is a key initiative in tackling a crisis of chronic homelessness in our cities
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Voluntary Sector NetworkVoluntary Sector NetworkA talk I gave on prostate cancer saved a man's lifeHe thanked me for spurring him on to visit his GP for a check-up, which caught his cancer early. That’s the best reward I can get
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Healthcare Professionals NetworkHealthcare Professionals NetworkMeeting a patient 16 years after saving his life was deeply gratifyingThe young man’s mother approached me in a supermarket on Christmas Eve and thanked me for resuscitating her baby son
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