Matt Weaver

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    Don't look now

    2000-05-11T00:00:00

    Proposed reforms look unlikely to stamp out racism in mental health. And there are fears, reports Matt Weaver, that they could even make things worse

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    NI winter services 'grossly underfunded'

    2000-05-11T00:00:00

    Northern Ireland's health and social services were 'challenged as never before' last winter, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has admitted.

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    Friends in deed

    2000-05-04T00:00:00

    The arrival of a new chair at the National Association of Primary Care may herald the start of a more conciliatory relationship with its 'rival'. Or could a merger be on the cards? Matt Weaver reports

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    Funding clash ends in loss of 'candid' Eastern board chair

    2000-04-27T00:00:00

    A Northern Ireland health and social services board has lost its chair after a public spat with the government over funding.

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    CHI pilot volunteers ruled out in favour of 'typical acute services'

    2000-04-20T00:00:00

    All 10 trusts that volunteered to be the first inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement have been ruled out as pilot sites for the organisation's clinical governance reviews.

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    Streets ahead

    2000-04-20T00:00:00

    It is New Labour's 50th local initiative, but can the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal, which has public service provision at its heart, succeed where others have failed? Matt Weaver reports