Dr Grumble (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
"These things are best sorted out behind the scenes so that the government and their advisers can go to the public with a united front." Sir Liam Donaldson Which all seems a bit odd to Dr Grumble because the views of the advisers are clearly in the public domain having been published by the government. How can you have a united front when the government decides something that...
Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... will NOT GET THE VACCINE ! This is another one of the little lies this government and Sir Liam Donaldson have peddled in order to maintain that they know what they are doing. I hope the Tories go further in asking the government why doctors surgeries have not even been told when they can expect the vaccine (meaning they cannot even start the process of booking appointments), and why...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
There has been a “small increase” in the number of people contracting swine flu, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said today.
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
There has been a “small increase” in the number of people contracting swine flu, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said today.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... from Washington, where he is attending a medical conference, the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, confirmed that the government's joint committee on vaccination and immunisation was examining whether to extend the planned vaccination programme. Healthy children are not included in the priority groups who will be inoculated in the first round of vaccinations. "We would...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Ireland. Seventeen people have died in the UK in the past week. The chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, confirmed the government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is examining whether to extend the vaccination programme. Healthy children are not among the priority groups in the first round of vaccinations. "We would hope to take a decision on [inoculating...
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... receiving critical care. In September, the number of swine flu patients in hospital was below 300. Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, said the reason for the jump in severe cases was unknown, although the virus is not thought to have mutated. "There has been a snowballing of cases in intensive care which is giving us concern," he told a news conference. "It is consistent with...
Cannabis News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Government has to wake up to this timebomb of alcohol." He said he supported chief medical officer Liam Donaldson's recent proposals to increase the cost of alcoholic drinks, though Nutt went as far as to say alcohol should triple in price. Nutt was also critical of Tory policy on drugs. "The Tories have been making quite a lot of old-fashioned statements about the need to go back...
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... pay-masters ' "shit-yourself-thin" weight-loss drug Alli . For that fat fascist Liam Donaldson, it provided proof that there was an "obesity time bomb" ticking away ( he claims to have coined the phrase in 2002). For cranks like Harriet Harman it provided another reason to demand more interfering bloody laws , starting with a watershed ban on 'junk food' advertising:...
Freedom To Choose (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... you wouldn't want displayed. But I think that these are all part of the denormalisation process.' Liam Donaldson, July 2007 One could take David Wilshire more seriously if he was as vocally against all groups being branded as 'undesirable', rather than just when it suits him. On the day that lepers smokers were officially kicked out of every building in the land, even if they owned...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... have been admitted to intensive care continues to rise in England, said the chief medical officer, Liam Donaldson, last week. In the week to 28 October 157 of 751 hospitalised patients with the illness ( 21%) had to go into intensive care, up from 63 of 840 patients ( 7.5%) in the last week of July, when the epidemic reached a peak before the school holidays began. "There is...
The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... and down the avenue of mindless bigotry and populism. This morning we had the spectacle of 'Sir' Liam Donaldson, the worst Chief Medical Officer in living memory, demonstrating why he deserves this title. He has seen the care in the NHS drop by comparison with the rest of the EU countries, despite much more money being spent. He seems to regard his role to agree with the politicians...
Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... would have been wiser for Johnson to call him in for a little chat and then send the letter. Sir Liam Donaldson was right when he said : These things are best sorted out behind the scenes so that the Government and their advisers can go to the public with a united front. Indeed so, but this didn't happen. Johnson is now involved in a controversy that should have been avoided and better...
Conor's Commentary (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... seems wholly to have eluded Prof Nutt. Look by contrast at the excellent chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson, to see someone who has an understanding of the real world as well as huge skills in his specialist field. That Prof Nutt seemed so unfamiliar with that world in which a Home Secretary or Prime Minister has to operate may qualify him for a place in the ivory towers of...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... advice to political lobbying. "You can do one or the other. You can't do both," he said.Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, told the BBC that Nutt's situation had been "very controversial. These things are best sorted out behind the scenes so that the Government and their advisers can go to the public with a united front."- INDEPENDENT
