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    Doctor know

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports

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    Spot the difference

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to prove they have different health policies from the Labour Party - and that they're bigger and better. Paul Stephenson reports

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    Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall

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    Dear Mel. . .

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    I am very worried about this new consultant's contract business. At my hospital 55 of the 60 consultants (the other five are psychiatrists) have said they'll leave the NHS if the government's new proposals are enforced.

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    Dear Mel. . .

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    I was very worried recently when I read about the manager who was ticked off for sending a memo telling his staff not to show the national cleaning hit squad the 'grotty' bits of his hospital. How should he have acted?

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    Days like this

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    HSJ 7March 1991 : Managers to face psychological 'audit'. . . High salary warning. . . Trust bids to break deadlock. . . Hospitals refuse contracts. . . Hotel beds pioneer

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    Short cuts

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    New frameworks will cover children and neurology Plans to produce two new national service frameworks - one on children's services and one on long-term neurological conditions - have been released by health secretary Alan Milburn. The children's services framework, which will also incorporate maternity care, will be published in 2003 ...

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    news focus - Control experiment

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Is the Labour government's promise not to privatise clinical services cracking wide open? Ann McGauran reports

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    'Chapel' trust settles dismissal claim

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The trust in the 'bodies in the chapel' case has settled a longrunning claim for unfair dismissal by a union representative, just days before her employment tribunal was to begin.

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    'Local champions'start to make their mark on NHS plan working

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    A picture of new partnerships and joint working is beginning to emerge from the local boards, committees and taskforces charged with leading on implementation of the NHS plan at trust and health authority level.

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    Catch a falling star

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    With doctors'performance high on the political and media agendas, Martin Roland and colleagues report on how a special panel is tackling poorly performing GPs

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    New care home standards spark plea for funds

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Care home owners have called for 'new money' to fund the national standards for nursing and residential homes issued by the government last week.

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    House calls

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Come the election, health campaigners will be aiming to take their causes to the top - by standing for seats at Westminster.

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    Taking to the Bush

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Political gridlock may leave US health reform in abeyance until the 2002 Congress elections. In the meantime, the new administration is busy appointing anti-abortion proponents.

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    Livingstone holds on to bulk of budget plan

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The London Assembly has resisted its last chance to force the mayor to make cuts to his budget on health, housing and social exclusion.

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    IN BRIEF

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The number of people on NHS waiting lists in England increased by 4,500 to 1,039,000 in January, compared with an 11,000 rise in January last year. The government claims it is still on target to cut waiting lists by 100,000 while the Conservatives argue lists have increased by 32,000 since ...