All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-10-07
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Are health action zones really at the cutting edge of public health as ministers intend? Or have they, as a leading Blairite think-tanker recently suggested, degenerated into test-beds for daft ideas dreamed up by civil servants and imposed on local people with the aid of endless central directives, rules and ...
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Who said that?
Pharmaceutical firms are aligning themselves with patient groups in a bid to put pressure on the NHS. But will such a move empower or exploit the public, asks Barbara Millar
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Planning permission
A practice taking part in a personal medical services pilot has launched care plans for patients with chronic diseases and streamlined dealings with its health board. Dawn Whiteside reports
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Running out of puff
The UK government and medical establishment have been warned they will face flak if they do not consult more widely on public health targets, reports Peter Pallot
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Monitor is relieved to report that health minister John Denham escaped with his life from yesterday's topping-out ceremony at Wythenshawe Hospital's new acute block. But what can the poor man have made of the explanatory notes on topping out provided by builders and service operators South Manchester Healthcare Limited? In ...
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A marriage made in. . . Southport
After a long courtship, the IHSM and the AMGP sealed the knot last week amid scenes of faded seaside glamour. Laura Donnelly wonders how long it will be before Relate's services are required
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Home truths
Away from the Conservative conference at Blackpool, the town's homeless people are being offered help at a community trust roadshow. Tash Shifrin reports
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Part-timers' pension rights extended
The long-running battle over part time workers' pension rights, which could cost public and private-sector employers an estimated £10-17bn, moved a step closer to resolution last month.
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Dobson shows his hand as mayor hopeful
Health secretary Frank Dobson finally bowed to pressure this week and allowed his parliamentary private secretary, Ann Keen, to confirm that he will seek the Labour nomination for mayor of London.
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'Phone and go' dental schemes receive flak
Patient watchdogs have cast doubt on prime minister Tony Blair's pledge to provide 30 'phone and go' dentist schemes, saying pilots leave significant gaps in service.
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Plans for mental health could be hard to deliver, experts predict
Managers could find themselves struggling to deliver the new national service framework for mental health, experts have warned.
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Delay over managers' pay rise is 'political'
Most senior managers are still waiting for a pay rise this year, according to the annual survey conducted by Pay and Workforce Research.
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NICE put on defensive as ruling on Relenza ends in row over 'leaks'
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has defended its handling of the fast-track appraisal of Relenza, despite concern about the way news that the anti-flu drug had been turned down for NHS prescription this winter emerged.