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Bid to ban scrip data sales
The NHS Executive is preparing for a legal showdown that could halt the sale of prescription data by community pharmacists to the drugs industry.
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One-time Trot who became a doctor in the House
Way back in February, when Tony Blair's government was a mere nine months old, I caught a late-night adjournment debate in which Dr Ian Gibson, newly-elected Labour MP for Norwich North, tore into the state of British cancer research with knowledge and passion.
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Better Beds for Health Care
While health managers have been falling over themselves to fill their hospitals with up-to-date clinical gadgetry, the most fundamental piece of equipment has been overlooked. A report from the King's Fund this week berates NHS managers for the predominance of 'low-tech' beds in hospitals and nursing and residential units and ...
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Best value test for tendering
Competitive tendering is likely to remain in the NHS but could be influenced by the 'best-value' schemes operating in local authorities, NHS chief executive Alan Langlands said last week.
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In Brief: Tony Hockley
Adviser to two Conservative health secretaries Tony Hockley argues that the last government was 'overly ambitious' about the state's role in improving public health. In a paper published with Nick Bosanquet, professor of health policy at Imperial College, London, he argues that Labour should involve the private sector and 'break' ...
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In Brief: Scottish Office-commissioned report
The Scottish health service needs to bring itself up to the level of its English counterpart in providing information to patients, says a Scottish Office-commissioned report.
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In Brief: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
All pregnant women should be offered an HIV test and those living in high-risk areas, such as London, encouraged to take one, says a report from the Public Health Laboratory Service, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and five other royal colleges.
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In Brief: Number of registered nursing homes rise
The number of registered nursing homes in England rose by 4 per cent last year to 5,560, according to figures from the Department of Health. But the percentage of beds occupied fell from 81 per cent to 79 per cent.
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In Brief: Help for GP recruitment and retention problems in Wales
The Welsh Office has agreed a £500,000 programme of educational support and development opportunities for GPs with the department of postgraduate education for general practice at the University of Wales college of medicine. Welsh health minister Win Griffiths said he was 'confident' it would help with GP recruitment and retention ...
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Confidential memo brings secrecy out into the open
Managers have been told to implement a new policy of openness about private finance initiative projects - in a confidential memo to regional offices.
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Two primary care lobbies to vote on merger
Two primary care lobbies plan to merge into a single organisation.