All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-07-15
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Into the unknown
More input from patients and more openness from drug companies could go some way towards negotiating the practical and ethical problems of clinical trials, writes Geoff Watts
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Sign of the times
Judith Mackay, chair of Northern Birmingham Mental Health trust, signs a pledge in support of a Birmingham plan for a city-wide anti-smoking campaign. The Helping Birmingham Stop Smoking campaign was launched by Birmingham health authority chair Bryan Stoten and Birmingham city council leader Albert Bore. Mr Stoten also gave a ...
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It shouldn't be you
The Lottery is bad for our health, hitting poorer communities hardest, and NHS managers should boycott it, writes Donald Coid
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Reverting to type
In time, patients' genetic profiles may be checked to ensure new treatments go to those who will benefit most, writes Jenny Bryan
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Sugar refiner
A landmark study shows that the life-threatening complications of the most common form of diabetes can be substantially reduced by more intensive management of existing treatments. But what are the cost and service implications for the NHS? Rhonda Siddall
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Last of the summer whines?
Now the whole medical profession is alienated. And it's all Tony Blair's fault. Joanna Lyall reports from the BMA's annual conference
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Medical staff slate hospital's management
Doctors at a psychiatric hospital in Cumbria have claimed that services are being seriously damaged by mismanagement.
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Here's looking at you
Primary care groups and other players in the new NHS should be watched carefully, the community health councils' annual conference heard. Pat Healy reports
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Health inequalities inquiry to regather
Sir Donald Acheson has announced plans to call the members of his inquiry into health inequalities back together in the wake of an official response to his report last week.
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'People power' halts PFI projects
Local campaign groups have claimed that the failure of two major hospital projects to win private finance initiative approval as a victory for 'people power'.
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Hard graft
Patients with end-stage renal failure may be overjoyed to receive a donor kidney - but it is only the start of the battle to prevent rejection and keep the patient well. Jenny Bryan looks at drug treatments that can help
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Managers warn on PCT funding
Managers have warned that funding to smooth the development of primary care trusts must be pledged in the next batch of guidance on the reforms, due out later this month.