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Double duty in mental health
'Health minister Paul Boateng faces a dilemma in attempting to balance the first duty of mental health services to their users and the public protection which any government must ensure'
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Joint approach
The government's anti-drugs initiative aims at prevention, targeting the young and working with education and health authorities. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Turf wars at the grass roots
As work gathers pace to develop primary care groups, tribalism is rife, says health minister Alan Milburn, who talks to Peter Davies
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Unfinished business
The consultation document on the NHS in Northern Ireland keeps debate on its future very much open. Pat Healy reports
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Getting into a pickle over a red herring
Ann Dix fails to find a champagne drip at Damien Hirst's restaurant
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Fast among equals
Furious debate about waiting times doesn't just happen in the UK. Tony Sheldon reports on a row about fast-track treatment preoccupying the egalitarian Dutch as they cast their votes
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NHSE urged to make trusts honour senior contracts
Senior managers' organisations have called for action to prevent 'hundreds' of contractual disputes as the next round of NHS reforms gathers pace.
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Trafford General Hospital
Prime minister Tony Blair at Trafford General Hospital, which as Park Hospital was the site from which Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS 50 years ago. The hospital keeps an extensive archive from the period and is still in contact with many of the original patients and staff.
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Managers are 'national force' says Milburn
Health minister Alan Milburn wants to see 'a new sense of self-confidence' among NHS managers.
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Talking points
Good communications are crucial if the NHS is to meet government goals of forging links with other agencies. Yet many trusts or health authorities have no communications staff - and where they do have, they usually work alone