Parliamentary privilege--mortality in members of the Houses of Parliament compared with the UK general population: retrospective cohort analysis, 1945-2011.

Objective: To examine mortality in members of the two UK Houses of Parliament compared with the general population, 1945-2011.

Design: Retrospective cohort analysis of death rates and predictors of mortality in Members of Parliament (MPs) and members of the House of Lords (Lords).

Setting: UK.

What do you think of your dentist? A dental practice assessment questionnaire.

Background In order to comply with clinical governance requirements and receive payments under the Qualities and Outcomes Framework, GPs are required to undertake an annual survey of patient experience using a validated assessment tool. Dentists, in contrast, have embryonic clinical governance structures. The provision of quality dental services was identified in NHS Dentistry: Options for Change as a priority for the future.

Who benefits?: distress, adjustment and benefit-finding among breast cancer survivors.

The current study explored distress and adjustment over time and a woman's ability to find benefit in her experience of breast cancer. Over 700 women were initially assessed at a pre-diagnostic visit to a breast clinic. Of those who were originally diagnosed, 39 women participated in all four study assessments, completed over a two-and-one-half-year period following diagnosis.