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CMO annual report
Each year, the Chief Medical Officer delivers an independent report to government on aspects of the nation's health. Previous annual reports can be found in the CMO annual reports archive.
Annual report 2008
The Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2008 focuses on passive drinking, prostate cancer, pain, antimicrobial resistance and safer medical practice.
- 150 years of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: On the state of public health 2008
- CMO's video introduction to the report
- CMO's video introduction: Passive drinking: The collateral damage from alcohol
- CMO's video introduction: Prostate cancer: What to do with the pussycats
- CMO's video introduction: Pain: Breaking through the barrier
- CMO's video introduction: Antimicrobial resistance: Up against the ropes
- CMO's video introduction: Safer medical practice: Machines, manikins and Polo mints
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