Debbie Lindon-Taylor, nurse consultant for intermediate needs care, said the whole philosophy of the unit had changed.

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John Collard, nurse consultant and clinical director of Allergy UK, said people in Britain were also going overboard in their reaction to allergies.

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One nurse consultant I spoke to told me that being asked to vote on whether or not to accept the deal felt a bit like trying to decide whether or not to take out a bank loan without knowing the interest rate.

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Susan Madge, consultant nurse for cystic fibrosis at the Royal Brompton and Harefield, said the twins had a particularly difficult time when they were parted.

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Pat Black is a consultant stoma nurse who has studied the huge growth in prescribing accessories to stoma patients.

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He said his team, comprising of Berkshire firefighter Mark Wood, nurse Fizzy Lillingston, from Suffolk, lifestyle consultant Julia Stacey, from Oxfordshire, and outdoor adventure instructors Dave Hughes and Matt O'Brien, both from Pembrokeshire, was the best he had worked with.

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She was conditionally discharged in September 2009 and moved into a flat in Greenwich where she was being monitored by a consultant psychiatrist, a social supervisor and a community psychiatric nurse.

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