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Paying the price of speaking one's mind. . . Controlling the internal market. . . Cervical cytology tests . . . A new round of HA mergers
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Scotland promised public health boost
The Scottish health service will receive £173m next year from the £300m found for public services in Scotland in the Budget.
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Executive decisions
Scottish senior managers are to have their salaries fixed by the Scottish Executive in a bid to 'introduce fairness and equity with other NHS staff members', according to a spokesperson for health minister Susan Deacon.
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Question mark over NI allocation
Northern Ireland will receive £53m as its share of the £2bn extra cash for the NHS - but how it will be allocated remains unknown.
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Budget's £600m bonanza soured by claim of anti-bureauccrat spin
The government's decision to distribute £600m of Budget cash to the NHS with no strings attached has been warmly welcomed - but overshadowed by claims that the announcement was 'spun' into an 'anti-bureaucrat crusade'.
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Delay for ruling over hip devices
A ruling from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on which hipreplacement devices the NHS should use has been delayed by a manufacturer's advance appeal.
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In Brief: Capital investment in the NHS in Wales
Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has announced £53m capital investment in the NHS in Wales, including £12.4m to develop a mental illness unit for the Rhondda and Taff Ely and £12m to expand mental health facilities in Bridgend.
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In Brief: David Piachaud calls for improvement in child nutrition
David Piachaud, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, has called for a new programme of school breakfasts and an extension of free school meals to improve child nutrition.He also told the annual conference of the UK Public Health Association that 'alcopops' should be banned.
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In Brief: British Medical Association's annual medical students committee conference
Medical students at the British Medical Association's annual medical students committee conference have called for doctors and other health professionals to be subject to random alcohol and drug testing to improve patient confidence in the profession.
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In Brief: MSF and AEEU announce merger plans
The MSF and AEEU unions have announced merger plans.The 'new union' project will be discussed at MSF's conference in May, after which there will be a ballot of members.
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In Brief: The Royal College of Nursing issues helath agenda
The Royal College of Nursing has issued its health agenda for London's mayoral candidates, calling on them to create a public health officer for the capital, carry out policy health impact assessments, improve primary care and tackle issues such as pollution.
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In Brief: St George's Hospital
A £48m development to sweep away Victorian wards at St George's Hospital in Tooting and provide modern accommodation for cardiothoracic and neurosciences services has been approved by health secretary Alan Milburn.The work will be funded through the private finance initiative.
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In Brief: Essex Rivers Healthcare trust hits waiting list target
Essex Rivers Healthcare trust has announced that it has hit its waiting-list target for the first time since 1996 by getting lists down from 7,614 last April to 5,926 in March, passing its target of 6,238.Chief executive Mike Pollard said staff had 'worked beyond the call of duty'.
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NHS spared worst in limit on damages
A Court of Appeal decision to limit a rise in damages for pain and suffering in personal injury cases has been welcomed by NHS experts, who had feared the cost of medical negligence would rise by tens of millions of pounds more than now looks likely.
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Hospital dumped baby's organs
Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool threw away the organs of a baby that were due to be returned to his parents for burial after a 'difference of opinion' between two staff members, a report has found.
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Star quality
Children take part in the annual Happy Hearts lantern parade through Gateshead with lights made of willow sticks and tissue paper.Lantern workshops are organised by Gateshead council and funded by local health and arts organisations. The parade started seven years ago to stress the importance of healthy living.
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Anger at surgeon shortage after five-day refusal of donor kidneys
Kidney experts have accused the government of making 'no tangible response' to a serious shortage of transplant surgeons that contributed to a five-day suspension of operations at University Hospital of Wales last week.
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Scandal-trust chief 'unlikely' to return to city
The suspended chief executive of North Lakeland Healthcare trust, which last week was the subject of a damning external review report into the abuse of mentally ill patients, has admitted it is unlikely he will return to work in Carlisle.