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Long and winding road - to where?
'The NHS is about to embark on a journey to who knows where, armed only with the sketchiest of blueprints riddled with contradiction and ambiguity'
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Time to see some results
Health secretary Frank Dobson’s stock has risen since his uneasy debut last summer (see Politics, page 21). But that won’t last long if he has to preside over many more announcements of large increases in waiting lists. Figures for England showing just that were expected as the Journal went to ...
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ALL CASES ARE SUITABLE FOR A CARING APPROACH
Thank heaven for a mental health professional who is prepared to challenge conventional wisdom concerning so-called personality disorders and a health authority which is prepared to put its money where its mouth is. Penelope Campling and the staff of Francis Dixon Lodge ('Suitable cases for treatment?', pages 34-35, 22 January) ...
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GIVE THE PILOT SITES A CHANCE TO FILL IN THE UNKNOWNS OF NHS DIRECT...
I read with interest Jeremy Dale's article on telephone services, ('Wired for sound', pages 24-27, 29 January). His analysis quite correctly draws attention to the yet to be defined parameters for NHS Direct, and the yet to be answered questions on the likely outcome of its introduction. This is why ...
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...BECAUSE THE EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA
It is a curiously British disease to trash new initiatives before they start. Your coverage of the new nurse-led helpline, NHS Direct, seemed determined not to look on the bright side.
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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS CAN BE TURNED TO EVERYONE'S ADVANTAGE
You report that a man with severe asthma had to wait 37 hours in casualty for a hospital bed (News, page 3, 29 January). You also report concerns about proposed performance indicators for the NHS (News Focus, pages 10-11, 29 January).
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AFTER THE LONDON REVIEW, LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THE RENAISSANCE OF THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
So the London review is out and decisions taken (News, page 3, 5 February). I hope the residents of south-west London can begin to take a positive view of the future for Roehampton Hospital, to be 'reduced to a community hospital' as the newspapers put it.
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TENDER IS THE SLIGHT
In Pat Healy's article regarding the invitation to tender for legal services for the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales (News, page 9, 22 January), it is suggested that public law is a specialist legal area not usually practised by commercial solicitors. While I do not comment ...
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WEB OF GOODWILL
I was pleased to see your comments about our Internet site (Web Watch, 18 December). We produced the current site without the pounds100,000 award from BT; that is a grant to develop it as an interactive site. The site was developed from funding obtained through overseas contacts, who would not ...
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CRITIC OF OUR HOSPITAL TRUST'S DEVELOPMENT IDEAS CAN COME OVER AND TALK
Allyson Pollock (Letters, 5 February) confuses two processes.
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NETWORK OF FRAUD
The web address that was quoted in your news article about the crack-down on NHS prescription fraud (News, page 8, 15 January) is the NHSnet address www.fraud.exec.nhs.uk
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BY HOWARD BERLINER Premium rate calls
In his State of the Union address last month, President Clinton put forward the idea of allowing the 'near elderly' - those between the ages of 55 and 64 - to buy into Medicare.
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Is Cap'n Dobson set to jump ship to HMS London? BY MICHAEL WHITE
Another turbulent seven days culminating in those weekend reports that, yes, hospital waiting lists are still growing, by 1,000 a week if figures compiled by Lib Dem health spokesman Simon Hughes are to be believed. It is proving just as hard to slow down and reverse the Atlantic liner as ...
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The curse of Yorkshiregate
The curse of Yorkshiregate continues to cast its malign influence over those caught up in the scandal. Former Yorkshire regional general manager Keith McLean, whose hold on high office became untenable amid allegations that the regional health authority handed out dodgy relocation payments and partied at the tax-payers' expense, was ...
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From paper to practice
White paper proposals for primary care groups are evidence of the government coming up with something 'new'. But, asks Andrew Wall, are they really anything more than an uneasy mix of naivety
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Remains of the day
Providers should look at new uses for the day hospital in providing comprehensive elderly care
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REFERENCES
1 National Audit Office. National Health Service Day Hospitals for Elderly People in England. London: HMSO, 1994.