All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-10-14
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A tax on the poor, a tax on stupidity - the National Lottery has been called many things, lots of them uncomplimentary, and particularly so a few minutes after 8pm each Saturday. But with the New Opportunities Fund handing out used fivers by the wheelbarrow-load, could some in the NHS ...
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Protest and survive
Patients, power and politics From patients to citizens By Christine Hogg Sage Publications 213 pages £49
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Private thoughts, public service
Towards the end of the last Conservative government it was a brave NHS manager who openly advocated doing business with the private sector.
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Smoking prevention
There is no simple answer to stopping young people smoking, but a co-ordinated approach between agencies is the best strategy, argue Rachel Richardson and Amanda Sowden
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Slow start for PCT take-up
The first wave of primary care trusts, due to go live next April, may amount to just one 'demonstration site' in each of the eight English regions, according to HSJ sources.
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Sins of omission
Taking action to support carers By Penny Banks and Colin Cheeseman King's Fund 80 pages £9.95
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Offensive weapons
The killing machines of modern warfare pose a host of ethical and political questions as well as medical ones, as Tash Shifrin observed at a BMA conference
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Standard issue
The new national service framework for mental health sets out standards without specifying in detail how they should be achieved. Is this a good or bad thing? Laura Donnelly encounters a mixed response
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Northern Ireland lobbying secures winter money
Northern Ireland's four health and social services boards have won £7.6m to deal with winter pressures, after sustained lobbying. A Department of Health and Social Services spokesperson said the money had come from 'constant monitoring and review processes' which had 'allowed for an adjustment of our financial plans for this ...
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As the going gets tough the tough get reshuffled
Frank Dobson's Blairite successor will be no easy touch financially
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First principles
Setting up a widely-based team to consider ethical issues has enabled one PCG to move beyond individual opinion. John Ribchester and Caroline Baker report
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Relenza verdict forces 'fasttrack' re-think
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is to review its fast-track appraisal procedure following outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to reject Relenza for NHS prescription this winter.
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Sly and the family Sloanes
Liam Fox's speech to the Conservative Party conference sought to explain the 'Common Sense Revolution' in health policy. Patrick Butler was there
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Scots services 'failing to hit targets'
Community mental health services have failed to reach standards laid down by the Scottish Office two years ago, according to the Accounts Commission for Scotland.
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New pay plans face 'inevitable' phase-in
The new pay system being negotiated for the NHS will be phased in because not all trusts are expected to be ready to implement it in full.