Joan Higgins
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The listening blank
HOSPITAL INQUIRIES: The Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry report repeated many of the messages from hospital inquiries over the past 30 years.But, asks Joan Higgins, why has no-one paid them any attention?
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Let's drink to that
Fears that the concordat between the NHS and the private sector will lead to privatisation are unfounded. It is more likely to be the nationalisation of private medicine, says Joan Higgins
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HAZs warning
The lessons of earlier area-based approaches to health and social welfare should be heeded if health action zones are to avoid past pitfalls, says Joan Higgins