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Tessa Jowell's white paper will be different from her green paper, she promised the Association for Public Health. Barbara Millar reports
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Cottage hospital closes despite Labour pledge
The first closure of a cottage hospital under the present government went ahead this week, just months after ministers said community hospitals would no longer be sidelined.
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Ex-manager faces charges of corruption
A former estates manager is to appear in court on corruption charges in connection with an alleged £1m contracts scandal.
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Focus pocus or change?
Trends in New Labour's health record are emerging now it has been in office for 11 months.
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Centre to track GP commissioning
The 40 national GP commissioning pilots, which go live this week, will come under close scrutiny to assess their impact.
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In Brief: Care services
Care services 'routinely' ignore the views of disabled children and 'too often' separate them from their families, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Who Cares? Trust. The report says the views of youngsters with little or no speech are particularly likely to be ignored.
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In Brief: King's Fund report
The government would find it more difficult to develop a fair system of healthcare if decisions were handed to elected bodies, says a King's Fund report.
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In Brief: Western General Hospitals trust
Western General Hospitals trust, Edinburgh, has announced that contracts have been signed with Miller Construction for a £40m building programme at Western General Hospital. The scheme, which includes new wards and theatres, is the largest exchequer-funded NHS building project in Scotland at the moment, and forms part of a wider ...
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Jack in a box
Mark Taylor, chief executive of Royal Brompton Hospital trust, uses a telemedicine link to talk to his opposite number at Harefield Hospital trust, John Hunt (pictured on screen). The link allows doctors to discuss medical data without travelling up and down the 16 miles of motorway between the two hospitals. ...
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Clear hint of further funding boost for health
The NHS could be in line for another cash boost following the government's comprehensive spending review, health secretary Frank Dobson said this week.
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Unions opt to turn down phased pay offer for non-review body staff
Health unions last week rejected a pay offer for non-review body staff that would give them the same deal as nurses and professions allied to medicine - 2 per cent from 1 April and another 1.8 per cent in December.
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Left a bit. . .
David Hall, chair of United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, helps pose health secretary Frank Dobson in front of a £90m extension to Leeds General Infirmary. Mr Dobson officially opened the Jubilee Building extension last week, before visiting a medical and scientific fair hosted by the trust.
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Bending and shaping
THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE HEALTH SERVICE By Brian Salter Macmillan 257pages £14.99
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Bad vibrations
Attempts to abolish RSI as an umbrella term and instead define a series of disorders with specific diagnoses could have a significant impact on the management of occupational health both here and in the US, where RSI accounts for more than half of all rep
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In Brief: Warwickshire health authority
A review of 17,451 smear tests ordered by Warwickshire health authority has sounded the all-clear for the original results. The review exercise was ordered after a smaller review of 500 slides suggested there might be problems with a screening service in Rugby.
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In Brief: Lincolnshire health authority
A new strategy developed by Lincolnshire health authority and Lincolnshire county council for people with learning disabilities will lead to the closure of Mulberry trust, Sleaford, next year. Contracts for services provided by the trust will be given to a number of alternative providers if the move is agreed after ...