Bernadette Friend
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'Trust me, I'm a doctor'
The conviction of Harold Shipman makes him one of the UK's biggest serial killers. But there is a long history of doctors accused of killing their patients or others. Bernadette Friend reports
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Children's hour
Health secretary Frank Dobson last week promised to revive Britain's ailing school health service as part of a drive to improve child health which would also see local authorities taking responsibility for children in care up to the age of 18.
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Flight paths
refugee care: Health services have been gearing up to help refugees from Kosovo - and are learning from experience how best to support often traumatised people. Bernadette Friend reports
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Milburn hints at clinical governance cash help
The government may find extra cash to meet the cost of clinical governance in primary care, health minister Alan Milburn hinted last week.
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All for a guinea a week
Only the sickest patients could hope for a real egg when hospitals had to feed patients on 21 shillings a week. Bernadette Friend recalls rationing and racketeering in the early NHS