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Called to the bar:
Called to the bar: health secretary Frank Dobson watches patients using therapy equipment during a visit to Withington Therapy Centre last week. The £600,000 therapy centre, funded by Manchester health authority, provides rehabilitation in a shopping area, rather than hospital, and was developed after consultation with local people.
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PCGs warn of losing battle against soaring drug prices
Primary care groups have warned that soaring drug costs could lead to city-wide overspends of up to £1m.
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WEB WATCH
While the Department of Health continues ploughing good money after bad in an attempt to maintain its glorious technological isolation from the grubby world outside, our American cousins forge ahead, placing their faith in the very latest encryption software and the hottest and highest of firewalls.
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A self-management programme
A self-management programme developed by Professor Kate Lorig at Stanford University has operated in the US for several years. It includes symptom management techniques, nutrition, sleep management, use of community resources, medication and dealing with emotions.
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in person
Professor Roderick MacSween, professor of pathology at Glasgow University, has been appointed by health secretary Frank Dobson to the unpaid post of chair of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority until 31 July 2002. He is currently president of the Royal College of Pathologists, but his term ends in December.
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in person Keep us posted
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A slap in the interface
opinion: OVER THE WALL: 'The agendas of health, social services and local government are so intermeshed that it no longer makes sense to think of a handful of key intersections for monitoring'