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Calls to widen availability of cancer drug
Doctors and MPs have urged the government to extend the availability of a drug which lengthens the life expectancy of women with ovarian cancer.
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WHY, OH WHY, IS BART'S HOSPITAL TO BE NEEDLESSLY DOWN-SCALED?
Hearing hospital waiting lists are longer than ever, I am reminded that local pensioners are denied access to Bart's, which, though within walking distance, is standing largely unused.
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Langlands blames 'the way we were' for Kent cervical smear test scandal
NHS chief executive Alan Langlands confessed to feeling 'uncomfortable' when he was grilled by MPs last week on the performance of the beleaguered cervical screening programme.
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NAO launches inquiry into crisis-hit blood service as chief gets the sack
The National Audit Office has launched an investigation into Britain's crisis-torn blood service.
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Boateng bows to mental health pressure groups
Junior health minister Paul Boateng has pledged to publish the government's long-awaited mental health strategy 'in the summer' after lobbying from mental health pressure groups across the policy spectrum.
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Rewriting the ration book
The case of Jaymee Bowen, child B, attracted media interest in 1995 because it epitomised the challenge of health services rationing. In reality, the case was a good deal more complex, raising issues not only about the priority to be attached to expensive medical treatments, but also about whether doctors ...
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BY CHRIS HAM Rewriting the ration book
The case of Jaymee Bowen, child B, attracted media interest in 1995 because it epitomised the challenge of health services rationing. In reality, the case was a good deal more complex, raising issues not only about the priority to be attached to expensive medical treatments, but also about whether doctors ...
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Bridging the gap
Bridging the gap: a crane lifts into place one of 11 sections of a bridge which will join together three hospital buildings. Hemel Hempstead General Hospital's 200-metre link, which cost pounds500,000, opens in September. The bridge has been warmly praised by managers. Michael Clarke, head of estates at the unit, ...
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Bridging the gap
a crane lifts into place one of 11 sections of a bridge which will join together three hospital buildings. Hemel Hempstead General Hospital's 200-metre link, which cost pounds500,000, opens in September. The bridge has been warmly praised by managers. Michael Clarke, head of estates at the unit, said: 'This will ...
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IN BRIEF
Health authorities could continue to ration treatments unless the government gives the proposed national institute for clinical excellence powers to enforce guidelines on equity, medical charities warned last week. 'The white paper appears to confirm that commitment but we have serious doubts about whether it will be made to work,' ...
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IN BRIEF
European hospitals are rapidly moving to computerise their handling of medical images, according to market research company Frost & Sullivan. Last year, sales of medical image management and teleradiology systems increased by 20 per cent, reaching a total of 65 million, said F&S. The main driving force is the spread ...
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IN BRIEF
Staff at BUPA hospitals in Leeds and Manchester are referring pathology lab samples to each other electronically, using WinPath lab management software from William Woodard. Leeds sends microbiology samples to Manchester and receives endocrinology requests in return. Sample requests and results are exchanged by e-mail, instead of the previous fax ...
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Snug as a bug in a surgery
Clinical confidentiality is under threat from laws that will allow interception of e-mails and covert surveillance - a practice also known as bugging. Peter Mitchell reports
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Burns' stay at NHS Executive to be extended
Frank Burns, architect of the NHS's new information management strategy, will not now be ending his secondment to the NHS Executive in June as planned.
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Wake-up call
The government's declaration that community care has failed should galvanise mental health professionals into action. Cathy Cooper reports
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Wake-up call
The government's declaration that community care has failed should galvanise mental health professionals into action. Cathy Cooper reports
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Two cheers for HISS
The hospital information support system project has suffered heavy criticism. But supporters say it has benefits that don't show up in the figures, writes Peter Mitchell