He said the new arrangements for the NHS, which will kick in next year, would help as giving GPs control of the budget would lead to much better integration of services and so ensure the right checks for conditions such as diabetes were carried out.

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Dr George Rae, chair of the sub-committee on prescribing and a GP in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, said an improving patient drug knowledge would obviously lead to an increasing demand on the GPs time.

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As the crew of the lead Humvee in our section, we required a GPS tracking screen, and the only Humvee with a working GPS screen also had a broken air conditioner.

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What it boils down to, both explanations boil down to, is that the relative movements of the GPS satellites with respect to the neutrinos and the starting and finishing points lead to relatavistic effects on time.

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There are also concerns that the growing number of female GPs, many of whom work part-time because of family commitments, will lead to further shortfalls.

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