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    High-dependency units lacking

    2000-03-09T00:00:00Z

    An audit of Scotland's high-dependency units has produced a list of the seven hospitals with the worst facilities.

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    The long-term race to win nation's hearts and minds

    2000-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Is there enough money to bring cardiac services up to European levels?

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    Toned up, but in a tricky corner

    2000-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Discreet relaxation of guidance on use of private facilities may be on its way

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    Beacons need proper input more than propaganda

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    It is the frontline staff, not politicians, who can boost sites' low profiles

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    Sounds of shackles loosening

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Blair's statement is just one sign that managers may win more freedom

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    Troubled GP intranet project to lose top man and deputy

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The project struggling to link GP and NHS computer networks is to lose both its head and deputy this month.

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    BMA warns of 'charging'option

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The NHS must consider charging patients, the British Medical Association has warned in a consultation document being sent to every GP in the country.

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    Days like this

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Managers back performance pay. . .Latest ambulance strike offer. . .Clarke censure fails. . .New offices for NHSE. . . St Thomas' trust anger

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    Point of departure

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Is Alan Milburn going to seize the opportunity presented by Sir Alan Langlands' resignation to bring frontline managers to the very top of the NHS? The policy rumours have been flying thick and fast this week, reports Lyn Whitfield

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    In, out, shake it all about

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Who will fill Sir Alan's shoes? Will the NHS keep it in the family, or could an outsider be brought in?

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    No arms done?

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Trusts and charities thrive on their caring image. So why are they investing in companies connected with the arms trade? Mark Gould reports

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    Knock knock

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Presenting mental health in a good light is an uphill struggle to combat negative press coverage. Laura Donnelly reports

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    'You can't please all the people. . .'

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a three-way trust merger have roused local opposition even before consultation has begun. Caroline White explains

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    Heart of darkness

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    A shake-up of transplant services may outlaw racist conditions, but will it do anything to address the shortfall in available organs, asks Barbara Millar

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    Whitewash: the demands of a bereaved family

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    In July 1998, a man was admitted to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital in a critical condition. Following brain-stem testing and confirmation that he was dead, the hospital's transplant co-ordinator discussed organ donation with the patient's family.

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    Power with responsibility

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Harold Shipman has now spent the first four weeks of the rest of his life in prison. The NHS, meanwhile, will have to grapple for some time to come with the issues his case has raised.

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    WEB WATCH

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Five years have passed since the then Conservative government asked the Clinical Standards Advisory Group to review services for children with cleft lip and palate, and two years have gone by since it reported back. But progress to date on putting its sweeping proposals for consolidation and reform into practice ...

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    Grey matters for the Milburnians

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The first thing I did when I heard that Alan Milburn was making sweeping changes in the Department of Health's top management structure after Sir Alan Langlands' sudden departure was to ring a well-placed senior official close to the top of the Whitehall tree.

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    Organisation only as strong as its employees

    2000-03-02T00:00:00Z

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