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'Airline ticket' approach to consultations will hit needy
Suddenly we have been told that NHS Direct will go far beyond an advisory telephone service, with every practice connected to it and direct- access services in main streets and shopping malls, though independent investigators are beginning to question the cost-effectiveness of the basic telephone service.
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It's the times that are a changin' job titles - not senior managers' egos
Steve Ainsworth's article on job titles (Yorkshire terrier, 8 April) seems to be based on an assumption that senior NHS managers have for years been on some sort of power trip, succumbing to craving more and more impressive- sounding titles which would 'truly reflect and encapsulate their worth and importance'.
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Conservative estimates of attendance figures may have given wrong idea
Just for the record, I am writing following the news focus about my 'Listening to Britain' meeting in Camberwell ('Hammond dregs', 18 March).
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Royal visits Patron has proved a loyal friend since 1965
I know that your list 'who does what' of royal patronage was not intended to be exhaustive ('Roll out the red carpet', 8 April), but I should point out that Princess Alexandra has been associated with our hospital since its opening in 1965 and agreed last year to continue as ...
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Putting Princess Diana in the (correct) picture
Your article 'Why roll out the red carpet' was a useful and informative report, but the picture of Princess Diana was not taken at the Deaf Association, but dates from January 1989 when she visited the Service for Hearing Impaired Children, Kingston.
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Prescription wastage and loopholes see millions of pounds going down the drain each year
Popular myth has it that Aneurin Bevan resigned as health minister in response to chancellor Hugh Gaitskell introducing a prescription charge of 1 shilling per item. In truth, his 1951 resignation speech suggests his departure probably owed more to his fierce opposition to NATO's planned rearmament programme.
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Parliamentary question from Dr Stephen Ladyman
( bottom right), Labour MP for South Thanet (whose constituency includes a Pfizer plant ). House of Commons, 13 April.
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Key points
The government has proposed a statutory scheme to regulate prices and profits on the sale of drugs to the NHS.
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Regulating drug prices and profits: the Health Bill proposals
The bill will give the health secretary the power to either:
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Foreign exchange: lessons from abroad
While international comparisons are always difficult, some lessons can be gleaned from the experience of other countries with stricter regulation than the UK. Such policies have failed to reduce the national drugs bill.
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Key points
Primary care trusts are similar to US health maintenance organisations in that they act as both commissioners and providers of services.
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HMOs: what, how and why
The incentive for a managed care organisation is to maintain the health of its enrolled population and to minimise expenditure on health treatment services.
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Building blocks: the future shape of PCTs
Visible integration of primary and community health services at the interface of hospital and community provision.
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Developing PCTs: a checklist for managers and clinicians
Values, rather than structures and frameworks, should guide the overall activities of PCTs.