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A&E services unaffected by doubling of calls to NHS Direct
Calls to telephone helpline NHS Direct doubled between its first and second years of operation - but there is no evidence that it is fuelling demand on emergency services, according to a survey launched today.
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In brief: Scottish Health Advisory Service
The Scottish Health Advisory Service has delivered a mixed report on mental health services in Fife, concluding that 'examples of excellent practice' sit alongside 'parts of the service that are under resourced and struggling'. It notes a number of staff shortages and 'generally poor' maintenance of hospital environments. It says ...
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Confederation launches policy advice committees
The NHS Confederation has launched eight policy advisory committees and networks to address issues raised during a survey of members last year. It has also identified 'top influencing priorities' to 'focus its efforts where it can effect the most change', particularly in the run-up to the next general election. Its ...
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In, out, shake it all about
Who will fill Sir Alan's shoes? Will the NHS keep it in the family, or could an outsider be brought in?
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£4m estate sell-off includes Cumbria cricket pitch
NHS Estates is selling off more than £4m of surplus estate through two auctions in London and Manchester. Items under the hammer include ex-NHS training centres, clinics, houses, woodland and a cricket pitch in Cumbria. The agency has raised £1.5bn by disposing of land and property over the past four ...
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Knowing me, knowing you
Barriers can be broken down when professionals from across the board solve problems at joint learning sessions, writes Seamus Ward
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Of primary importance
The major providers of mental healthcare are often those in primary care with the least training to deliver it - a situation being remedied by one specialist centre, writes Elizabeth Armstrong
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One hundred years of solicitude
The Labour Party seems reluctant to look back to its origins a century ago. But its history and that of health policy are closely intertwined.
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How to settle old scores
The GP quiz book 2 Further detection and management of physical disease By Alick Munro Radcliffe Medical Press 191 pages £17.95
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Milburn may not mourn his passing, but managers will
Health secretary's return may have been the final straw for Langlands