mainstream reporters and editors and publishers are well aware that telling the truth and continuing to pound on it would undermine a basic institution of society..

�such figures underline how vital it is that the government supports the nhs to improve waiting times this year.�.treatment delays are also causing needless anxiety and distress to patients as well as putting lives at serious risk (file pic).

the obvious reason: their big-spending pharmaceutical advertisers would drop them like hot potatoes.