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Talking turkey
nhs jargon We laugh when estate agents describe 'desirable properties'when they mean nice houses - or when when the police talk about 'proceeding in a southerly direction' instead of walking down the road.But what would they make of an NHS briefing docume
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'Fresh start
refugees With further waves of people fleeing their homelands in response to man-made and natural calamities around the globe, Joanna Lyall speaks to five former refugees working in health-related jobs in the UK about their memories of exile, loss and sta
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Wanless report points to stop-go funding crisis and the need to get back on track
Letters: NHS funding debate
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The NHS will not be rebuilt in a day - even if the government provides extra money
Letters: NHS funding debate
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Short measure
Despite increasing amounts of money being poured into the NHS and no downturn in demand, activitymay actually be decreasing, which is bad news for waiting-list targets, say Sean Boyle and John Appleby
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The generation aim
Time is not on the NHS's side, admits health secretary Alan Milburn.But he is determined that he will not let go of the reigns until he has won the argument for its survival, he tells Maura Thompson