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Trust blames HA for deficit in discharges row
A feud has broken out over allegations that a health authority has pushed one of its local trusts into the red.
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IN BRIEF
An acute services review of the NHS in Scotland was due on ministers' desks this week. The review is expected to place special emphasis on specialist services in rural areas, addressing what Sir David Carter, chief medical officer for Scotland, called the 'tyranny of distance imposed by Scotland's geography'. The ...
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Wales' lists climb to 74,000 with scores of 'long-waiters'
Hospital waiting lists in Wales have risen more rapidly than in England, and government figures show hundreds of patients still having to wait more than two years for treatment.
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Juniors to call for New Deal rethink
Junior hospital doctors look set to call for a rethink of the New Deal on working hours this week as the British Medical Association's annual round of specialist group conferences gets underway.
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Past tense - future imperfect
The lessons from total purchasing suggest that tensions between primary and secondary mental health services are likely to continue, write John Lee and Linda Gask
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Monitored
What could possibly be behind the Mirror's extraordinary front- page attack on Dobbo last week? You know the one: 'Embarrassed Mr Dobson? You should be bloody well ASHAMED.' Reliable sources suggest it is all to do with Mirror boss David Montgomery's desperate need to carve out a market position sufficiently ...
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In this 50th anniversary year of the NHS, one might have hoped for rather better from the Public Records Office. Come to think of it, one might have hoped for something... anything.
In this 50th anniversary year of the NHS, one might have hoped for rather better from the Public Records Office. Come to think of it, one might have hoped for something... anything.
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Shades of Gray
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's new chief executive is no expert in physiotherapy, but says he understands the profession's needs, writes Linda Davidson
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The rest is silence
The National Blood Authority board meeting made little drama out of its latest crisis. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Wake-up call
The government's declaration that community care has failed should galvanise mental health professionals into action. Cathy Cooper reports
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The survey's findings
Only 4 per cent of commissioners work solely on mental health purchasing, translating into two or fewer whole-time equivalent staff in 87 per cent of HAs.
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Rewriting the ration book
The case of Jaymee Bowen, child B, attracted media interest in 1995 because it epitomised the challenge of health services rationing. In reality, the case was a good deal more complex, raising issues not only about the priority to be attached to expensive medical treatments, but also about whether doctors ...
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Commissioned for service
GPs make better-informed decisions about commissioning mental healthcare when clinical and financial information from various agencies is included in service agreements. Eugene McGarrell and colleagues explain.
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Bridging the gap
Bridging the gap: a crane lifts into place one of 11 sections of a bridge which will join together three hospital buildings. Hemel Hempstead General Hospital's 200-metre link, which cost pounds500,000, opens in September. The bridge has been warmly praised by managers. Michael Clarke, head of estates at the unit, ...
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Naughty, naughty, naughty
Naughty, naughty, naughty: Sir Harry Secombe is surprised by Mr Punch at the Punch and Judy festival in Covent Garden, London. The former Goon was at the festival to launch an audio-cassette called Apple Punch, which he narrates. The story by Terry Pitts Fenby is based on the Punch and ...