All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-01-14
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Box 1. Initial set of PCG functions: July 1998
Improve the health of the population within the primary care group
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Short cuts: Hayman details £10m of colorectal cancer projects
Junior health minister Baroness Hayman has unveiled details of how £10m set aside for improving colorectal cancer services will be spent. Examples include £104,000 for a 'fast-track' clinic in Eastbourne and £36,000 for Birmingham Women's Hospital to investigate genetic links in the disease, which kills 20,000 people a year. Health ...
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Environmental 'showpiece' gets £25.7m overhaul
St Mary's Hospital trust has been given the go-ahead for a £25.7m programme to replace the hospital's steel cladding.
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In favour of outreach, 'fretting' about rights
I was sorry to see that Michael White has misread the source of the King's Fund's 'fretting' (politics, 17 December).
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Patients win right to use medical records access act in litigation
A court ruling has now made it clear that there is nothing to stop patients using the Access to Health Records Act - which was never intended to be used in litigation - rather than the standard litigation procedures.
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Psychopathic disorder Therapy, rather than punishment for children, adolescents and adults
I would like to clarify several points in response to HW Griffiths' letter on psychopathic disorder (17 December).
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Short cuts: Alliance against assault follows smacking research
An alliance has been launched under the name Children are Unbeatable! to lobby for children to be given the same legal protection against assault as adults. Around 200 organisations, including a number of medical royal colleges, are involved. The Department of Health last week received research from Save the Children ...
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Short cuts: PFI-funded hospital to go ahead on greenfield site
Swindon and Marlborough trust has been given planning permission for a replacement for Princess Margaret Hospital after deputy prime minister John Prescott decided not to call the plans in for a public inquiry. The private finance initiative-funded hospital will be built on a greenfield site on the edge of Swindon, ...
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Size does matter in ambulance performance
In your article about performance indicators (news, page 2, 10 December) it would have been helpful if you had pointed out that the London Ambulance Service received more complaints than other ambulance services because it is considerably larger than any other service in the country.
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Angry MPs call for end to 'blurred roles' between health and social services
Weed all about it:
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Sex-change judgement appeal
North West Lancashire health authority is seeking leave to appeal against a judgement quashing its decision not to fund gender reassignment surgery costing £7,000-£9,000 for three male-to-female transsexuals.
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Ashworth: the findings
The allegations made by former patient Stephen Daggett were 'largely accurate'.
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Assessment centre's restricted role
Consultation has begun on proposals to create a Scottish Health Technology Assessment Centre to evaluate new treatments and advise on their use.
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Investment in training and team-building would pack a punch in boosting public confidence in the NHS
'Silent majority' highlights some crucial issues. While many in the NHS would accept the theory that lay members have a role, uncertainty about how to involve them proactively leads to woolly thinking and the appearance of tokenism.
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Short cuts: Trusts told to set up 'robust' breast cancer systems
Trust chief executives have been told to put 'robust systems in place' to track urgent referrals from GPs involving suspected breast cancer. Trusts will also be expected to monitor referrals from February to 'test the new reporting instructions' and provide updates for health authorities on progress towards meeting the government's ...
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In brief
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped manslaughter charges against two doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children - a specialist registrar in paediatric anaesthetics and a registrar in haematology - over the death of a 12-year-old patient wrongly given an injection of vincristine into the spine rather than into ...