All articles by Matt Weaver

  • News

    Don't look now

    2000-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Proposed reforms look unlikely to stamp out racism in mental health. And there are fears, reports Matt Weaver, that they could even make things worse

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    NI winter services 'grossly underfunded'

    2000-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Northern Ireland's health and social services were 'challenged as never before' last winter, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has admitted.

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    Friends in deed

    2000-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The arrival of a new chair at the National Association of Primary Care may herald the start of a more conciliatory relationship with its 'rival'. Or could a merger be on the cards? Matt Weaver reports

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    Funding clash ends in loss of 'candid' Eastern board chair

    2000-04-27T00:00:00Z

    A Northern Ireland health and social services board has lost its chair after a public spat with the government over funding.

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    CHI pilot volunteers ruled out in favour of 'typical acute services'

    2000-04-20T00:00:00Z

    All 10 trusts that volunteered to be the first inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement have been ruled out as pilot sites for the organisation's clinical governance reviews.

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    Streets ahead

    2000-04-20T00:00:00Z

    It is New Labour's 50th local initiative, but can the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal, which has public service provision at its heart, succeed where others have failed? Matt Weaver reports