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The cream of the crop?
Health minister John Hutton meets James Barton (left), founder of Liverpool night club Cream, and Eddie Lundon of 1980s band China Crisis (right) at the launch of a Merseyside anti-suicide helpline.
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Fritchie 'must spell out' councillors' role
A highly critical report on political appointments must spell out the roles and responsibilities of councillors who sit on trust, health authority and primary care group boards, NHS leaders have demanded.
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Conflict of interest
The armed forces medical service faces the same staffing problems as the NHS - and the two are even competing for the same people, writes Patrick Butler
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Sticky concoction
The first 17 PCTs - due to start in a fortnight - are putting together their plans, while ministers firm up accountability arrangements.But doesn't it all taste a little of fudge, wonders Lynn Eaton
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Push for mobile computing
US-based AvantGo is launching its Enterprise Interactive software to support mobile computing users in the UK.
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Lay members of PCGs in key community role
Lay members of primary care group boards play a crucial role in ensuring that the views of local communities are taken into account, even though they are not community representatives, a Doctor Patient Partnership conference heard last week.
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The comfort of small things
Patients and relatives value the non-clinical, as well as clinical, aspects of care, as Sarah Carr learned when her baby son fell seriously ill
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Clinicians seek 'radical overhaul' of Scots NHS
The 'crisis' in the NHS in Scotland is worsening and will not be stopped without a 'radical overhaul' of healthcare delivery, senior clinicians warned this week.
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Going round in circulars
The move towards a standard form of PFI contract for IT projects can make procurement simpler and cheaper, but commercial flexibility should not be forgotten, say Colin Lynch and Paul Webster
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Surgeons devise knee-care CD
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital trust has developed an interactive CD aimed at helping GPs diagnose musculoskeletal disorders of the knee, such as osteoarthritis.
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Short Cuts: Charity calls for government mental health 'czar'
Mental health charity MACA has called for the Department of Health to consider appointing a mental health czar in the wake of the appointment of a national heart director last week. Chief executive Gil Hitchon said: 'Cancer, heart disease and mental health are the government's top health priorities. We now ...
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In Brief: Institutionalised racism in the mental health system
Institutionalised racism in the mental health system is still hampering changes to services for black and ethnic minority users, according to a snapshot survey by Mind. Seventy per cent of respondents felt that providers were trying to improve their services, but 86 per cent said that the system still discriminated ...
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In Brief: UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting says it is 'extremely concerned' that the government's plans to reform the Mental Health Act make no provision for the prosecution of staff who sexually or physically abuse patients, or steal from them. It also rejected a green paper proposal ...
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In Brief: Straw poll of visitors to HSJ 's website
Health service managers do not believe that elected mayors should run the health service, according to a straw poll of visitors to HSJ 's website. Voting started last Thursday, and by Tuesday morning the figures were 211 against and 21 in favour.
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In Brief: NEON
NEON - formerly Microscript - has announced e-Biz 2000, an integration server compliant with Windows DNA. It can transport data between information servers and applications; determine which data is to be sent where; translate source data into a format suitable for the destination; and provide links between integration servers and ...