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Lock, stock-take and barrel
PRIMARY CARE : An analysis of primary care groups' investment plans revealed important gaps, write Brenda Leese and Stephen Gillam
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Chained reactions
BOOKS : Domestic violence and health The response of the medical profession By Emma Williamson The Policy Press University of Bristol 220 pages £14. 99
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Solid advice for standard bearers
BOOKS : Quality assurance A pathway to excellence By Diana NT Sale Macmillan 320 pages £18. 99
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Remembering the people who matter
BOOKS : 'I need to be me' By Elizabeth Barnett Jessica Kingsley 224 pages £14. 95
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The cruellest month
April will see the expansion of primary care trusts, heralding a shower of mergers across trusts and primary care groups. But That is not all: also on the agenda are a new concentration of acute trusts and the conversion of many GPs to personal medical se
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Talk of the toon
Managers are proud of their part in creating a single Newcastle city-wide PCT and reshaping mental health. But the battle is not over yet, says Paul Stephenson
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Celeb city: where medical and political big-hitters feel at home
The North East is politically solid Labour and it seems unlikely that health will be a big issue at the forthcoming election. Newcastle is seen as a privileged area, not only in terms of the concentration of ministers'constituencies there, but the number of prominent medical professionals. As well as primeminister ...
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One gender, two agendas
Vitriolic press coverage, union battles and professional plaudits - Andrew Cole asked the NHS's only female health secretaries to recall their time in power