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Sacking of blood authority chair widely applauded
The decision to sack Sir Colin Walker as chair of the National Blood Authority has been widely applauded.
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Why integration falls apart
HUMAN SERVICES INTEGRATION By Michael J Austin Haworth Press 178 pages $60
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Anger at nurse tender plan
A health authority was accused last week of demoralising staff and potentially fragmenting services by joining with GPs to put community nursing out to tender.
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In Brief: Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance
A report for the Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance has concluded that earlier diagnosis and improved referral to specialists would have the greatest impact on the quality of life for people with chronic conditions. The report, based on a survey of LMCA members and other organisations, also says primary care ...
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All rolled into one
NHS MERGERS Management and Mayhem By Roy Lilley and Eve Richardson Kogan Page 146 pages £14.99
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AIDS charity awaits news of rescue plan
The Treasury is expected to respond by tomorrow to a financial rescue plan to keep open the London Lighthouse centre for HIV/AIDS until its expected sale in September.
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Lowest wage rate 'won't affect NHS'
The national minimum wage will have no impact on the NHS, according to research.
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Losing the Commons touch action
Symbolism is always important. How disappointing, then, that party managers from both sides of the Commons are said to have rejected proposals to modernise the debating chamber. Leaving aside pressing constitutional issues, parliamentary weakness and executive dominance, cramped quarters are known to encourage aggression in rats - let alone honourable ...
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NHS faces entire Y2k bill
Trusts and HAs must prepare to be left in the lurch by their insurers on 1 January 2000, according to an NHS Executive report on the year 2000 problem.
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this week
Unison general secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe hits out at ministers' 'reckless' plans to build more hospitals using private finance, at the union's annual healthcare service group conference in Brighton. Delegates condemned the government's decision to stage the 1998 pay review body awards.
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Tomorrow's world
Schoolgirls Emma Giles (left) and Nichola Mason try their hand on a keyhole surgery simulator at the research and development showcase held at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
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A sense of security
Ashworth Hospital's top managers insist it has a future beyond its current problems. Dolly Chadda reports
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Rural retreat
The first cottage hospital has closed despite Labour's pledge to retain them. Patrick Butler reports
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on the record
CLIVE BATES is director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). After gaining an engineering degree from Cambridge University he worked for IBM. In 1992 he joined Greenpeace as a volunteer, working in campaigning and lobbying before taking up his post at ASH last June.