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> I thought that waas now evidence that the smear programme in this country
> may be reducing the death rate - or is it just coincidence. There is one GP
> in this group who seems very nifty with statistics - perhaps he can
> enlighten us all. If the programme is of no value then I would like to add
> it to my list of cynical comments about a lot of what we do.
>
Cynic mode on: is the smear progam worth £70M(?) per year?
When death rates in our district are down to 10-15 per year?
When the number of false positives in my practice seems like one a
week?
Dr David J Plews
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