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Focuses on the medical issues presented at the meeting of the Association of Community Health Councils in Great Britain. Emphasis of John Patter, health minister on the services of physician to patients; Arguments related to pay awards initiated by the National Health Services; Controversies concerning termination of pregnancy practices.

Focuses on the contribution of physician B.L. Alexander on health services literature. Reference on the comprehensive paper of Alexander on sick doctor; Introduction of a scheme to aid the sick physicians; Terms of the locum allowance for sickness absence; Details on the compensation fund for rural dispensing.

Focuses on the health care for aged people in Great Britain. Reduction on the length of stay in acute hospitals; Provision of short term support in residential homes; Proposal of White Paper for National Health Service nursing homes in the hospital sector.

Comments on the deterioration of patient care standards in Great Britain. Issuance of a warning from presidents of health associations; Calls for overall review of acute hospital services; Reference to a white paper entitled 'Promoting Better Health.'

Focuses on issues related to medical care in Great Britain. Ideas tackled in the white paper Promoting Better Health; System of payment for doctors advocated by Tony Newton, British minister of health; Controversies concerning the budget for National Health Services.

Reports developments related to medical care in Great Britain as of September 1986. Strategies implemented by the National Health Service; Launch of a series of Labour Party papers on health; Proposals for a community nursing review.