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02. REGULAR FEATURES
Diary

June 8

National Diabetes Week (until 14/6)

June 9

Carers' Week (until 15/6) National Childcare Week (until 15/6)National Food Safety Week (until 15/6)

June 12

World Day against Child LabourLocal Medical Committees (LMC) annual conference, Institute of Education, London (until 13/6)

June 16

National Refugee Week (until 22/6)

June 17

Unison national delegate conference, Brighton (until 20/6)

June 19

British Medical Association senior hospital medical staff annual conference, Congress Centre, London

June 23

Annual Osteoporosis Conference, Bath (until 26/6)

June 24

EU Health Council meeting, LuxembourgDCMS Secretary of State, Tessa Jowell, and Public Health Minister, Hazel Blears, to attend Faculty of Public Health Medicine annual scientific meeting, Eastbourne (until 26/6)

June 26

UN International Day Against Drug Abuse

June 30

Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting, Edinburgh (until 3/7)

July 1

National Pensioners Convention, Blackpool (until 3/7)Victim Support annual conference, University of Warwick (until 3/7)NHS week (until 5/7)Emergency Planning Society annual conference, Cardiff (until 2/7)Health Tsar Professor Ara Darzi to address Adam Smith Institute 'DTCs - The Wider Implications for Healthcare' breakfast briefing, House of Commons

July 7

Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, shadow chairman of the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, to address ASI health policy breakfast briefing, House of Commons

 
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Also in this issue:
01. WELCOME TO THE SUMMER EDITION OF pH7

In this issue

02. REGULAR FEATURES

News: Health Ministers Reappointed

News: 'Happy pills' investigation

News: Fertile ground for new APG

News: Foundation bill clears second Commons hurdle

News: Shocking therapy a treatment of 'last resort'

Diary

Viewpoint: Gross profits?

03. HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY

Unplanned, unwise and unwanted

04. TUBERCULOSIS IN LONDON

The return of an old menace

05. SKIN CANCER

Over Exposed

06. MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Bitter Pill For Mill Hill

07. DENTAL HEALTH

Time to fill the gap

Tapping into Success

08. COVER STORY: PRE-, PERI-, AND NEONATAL HEALTH

Milk of human kindness

Hard labour

A deadly silence

Cradle of civilisation

09. AUTISM

The lost children

10. BATTLE FIELD CARE

Lessons of the 'golden hour'

11. DIRTY BOMBS

The panic weapon

12. PRESCRIPTION CHARGES

Time to change the script?

13. CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

Clinical trials

14. CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN THE NHS

Culture shock

15. HEARING AIDS

Breaking the sound barrier

16. IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS

Testing Times

17. IT IN THE NHS

Changing the record

18. SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF THE MENTALLY ILL

Out of the system

19. FRIENDSHIP AND HEALTH

With friends like these...

20. THE STOMACH BUG

Gut reaction?