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Underspent HAZs defend budgets
Health action zones have defended underspending their budgets by 32 per cent overall last year, amid fears that funding cuts this year mean the government is 'losing faith' in the scheme.
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Think-tank's income fall offset by investments
The King's Fund saw a further fall in income last year and overspent by almost £2m - but this was offset by another leap in the value of its investments.
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Trust attacked by GMC for lack of action in Neale case
The president of the General Medical Council has strongly criticised managers in Northallerton for failing to take much earlier action against gynaecologist Richard Neale, who was struck off the medical register last week.
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Rethink over Shipman inquiry
Health secretary Alan Milburn has decided not to appeal against a High Court ruling that he should reconsider his decision to hold the inquiry into mass murderer Dr Harold Shipman behind closed doors.
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Days like this
NHS waiting times priority. . .Retired admiral becomes chair. . .Public apathy about reforms. . .CHCs campaign. . .Controversy in Birmingham. . .
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Make or break
Was it worth the wait? HSJ opens its six-page analysis of the NHS plan with the Commons announcement - a crucial day for the government, as Laura Donnelly, Tash Shifrin, Lyn Whitfield and Kaye McIntosh report
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Can't pay, won't pay
THE NHS PLAN The government has said no to free personal care in nursing homes. But the pressure is now on Tony Blair to change his mind, says Tash Shifrin
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Testing positive
NHS chief executives rushed to read the NHS plan as it was published on the Internet, before giving HSJ their first reactions
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In with the new
THE NHS PLAN An essay of good intentions that could go wrong or the start of a new relationship with the private sector? Two health policy experts give their views
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Patients are doing it for themselves
The NHS plan says bye bye CHCs, hello patient advocates - but one community group is ahead of the pack.Tash Shifrin reports