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    In Brief: Win Griffiths

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Welsh health minister Win Griffiths has announced that £10.6m will be spent on research and development in Wales in 1998-99. A further £670,000 will be spent on providing six units to give advice, training and specialist support to researchers.

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    In Brief: Manifesto commitment

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The government has fulfilled its manifesto commitment to transfer responsibility for nurseries, child minders and other forms of day care for children under eight from the Department of Health to the Department for Education and Employment.

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    In Brief: Borders General Hospital trust

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Borders General Hospital trust has become the first Scottish trust to sell its staff accommodation to a housing association. It has struck a £2m deal with Eildon housing association that will allow it to nominate tenants to 39 of the 52 residential units involved for 30 years.

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    In Brief: Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare trust

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare trust has transferred its residential accommodation to Kensington housing trust under a 99-year lease.

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    In Brief: British Medical Association

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association has told a group of Wall Street analysts, who are visiting Britain to assess the impact of litigation on the tobacco industry, that it supports the exploration of 'all legal avenues' to put manufacturers in the dock.

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    Paved with good intentions

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The foundations of health action zones are set. It's now time to build local policies and structures. Lyn Whitfield reports

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    King's new reign

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The King's Fund is undergoing a massive shake-up as well as something of a slimming exercise. Pat Healy looks at the organisation that is emerging

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    A sense of security

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Ashworth Hospital's top managers insist it has a future beyond its current problems. Dolly Chadda reports

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    Rural retreat

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The first cottage hospital has closed despite Labour's pledge to retain them. Patrick Butler reports

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    What goes up. . .

    1998-04-09T00:00:00Z

    MPs' inability to hold the NHS to account may be more of a problem than the 'democratic deficit'. Mark Crail reports

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    Pay slip?

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Are senior managers in health authorities right to have misgivings about their new pay scheme? Dolly Chadda reports

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    Log on and like it

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    NHS head of IT Frank Burns previewed his IM&T strategy at the Healthcare Computing '98 conference. Peter Mitchell was there

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    Going to town on health policy

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    And so it came to pass that in the early years of the 21st century, dealing with the aftermath of London's numerous health service reviews became the responsibility of. . . millionaire novelist, bon viveur and onetime Tory grandee Jeffrey Archer.

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    WE MEANT TO BE OPEN

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    COMMUNICATION IS KEY

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    LET THE MERIT SYSTEM TAKE ITS NATURAL COURSE

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    . . . AND FOR CARERS OF DEMENTIA SUFFERERS

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Abolish TV licence fees - and build a new hospital every year

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Abolishing the TV licence fee would save almost £100m a year - money that could be better spent on the NHS.

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    Focus pocus or change?

    1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Trends in New Labour's health record are emerging now it has been in office for 11 months.