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GP ballot fails to win ground on national negotiating rights
The British Medical Association is still set to face major problems in negotiating a new contract for GPs despite last week's ballot result confirming that a majority would be prepared to resign from the NHS if a contract is not in place by next April.
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Waiting-list figures dim hope of agenda move
Waiting-list figures published before the election showed that Scotland had fallen significantly below the 84,000 that Labour inherited in 1997, but the 81,968 people waiting for treatment at the end of March fell far short of the party's 1997 pledge to reduce lists to 75,000.
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Consultants rule against 'empty threats' as contract talks hot up
Negotiations for a new consultant contract will not be helped by threats of industrial action, according to the British Medical Association's central consultants' and specialists' committee chair Dr Peter Hawker, who predicted the contract would be in place by the autumn.
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ethnic minority health - Though health authorities are doing better than primary care groups, the health needs of people from ethnic minorities are still being neglected by both, argue Mohammed Memon and colleagues
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Medical data consent could cost NHS £400m
The NHS could face a £400m bill if it seeks 'express consent' from patients for all uses of their medical data, experts have warned.
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Playing hard to get
The fourth HSJ Management Challenge was predictably tough - but 30 highly competitive teams got plenty out of it, reports Paul Smith
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Fever pitch
NHS United is perilously close to being kicked out of the premier league. Only by allowing the players to get on with the game can the club have any hope of satisfying its supporters.
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In the eye of the storm
How do chief executives cope when their hospital is suddenly thrust into the limelight during the run-up to the election? With calmness and consummate professionalism - apparently.
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GMC votes for testing of doctors
The General Medical Council has agreed to ask the government to introduce legislation to ensure that all doctors will have to demonstrate their fitness to practice every five years.
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McCallum's demise is a meddle too far
DoH communications chief is, sadly, only the latest to show her exasperation
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GP gets four years in prison for defrauding NHS
A doctor convicted of defrauding the NHS of up to £4m has been sentenced to four years in prison. Dr Dimitri Padelis had charged trusts across England for services supposedly provided by his locum agency, Allcare. He submitted inflated and duplicate invoices to at least 77 trusts over several years, ...