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Jane Bates Works in outpatients in Hampshire

Promoting health is no trivial pursuit, says Jane Bates

Reports that some NHS trusts are paying patients to exercise, lose weight and stop smoking, have prompted mutterings about ‘bribing patients’ and ‘wasting NHS money’.

Nursing Standard. 23, 42, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.23.42.27.s32

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