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SELF-HELP BOOKLET SHOWS TRUST IN THE PUBLIC
It is good to know that 50 years on we have at least learned to trust the public and place some confidence in their ability to make sensible use of information and take some decisions of their own about the management of their ailments.
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Brown bides his time as Hancock stakes her claim BY MICHAEL WHITE
Right. Before we start on real life, what do Bill Clinton's Zippergate problems have to do with America's recurring healthcare crisis? A great deal, according to Gore Vidal, novelist, East Coast grandee and critic of what he tends to see as the new Roman Empire.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHARMACISTS AND VETS
Unison's Karen Jennings (News Focus, page 13, 15 January) should read the Medicines Act again and more carefully. Not only can pharmacists prescribe according to their own judgement, but what they prescribe does not even have to be licensed by the Medicines Control Agency.
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You'd better believe it
Coins and stamps aside, anniversary organisers are promising a cornucopia of ideas to celebrate the NHS's half-century, including a series of big- name lectures, debates on mental health services, and a travelling photo exhibition.
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PUBLIC HEALTH GREEN PAPER SHOULD PUT ITS WEIGHT BEHIND A NEW TARGET
Congratulations to the Journal for its early publication and analysis of Our Healthier Nation (News, News Focus, Comment, 22 January). Even in your concise summary, the central conceptual flaw in the public health strategy is obvious.
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A BEACON FOR THE REST OF THE HEALTH SERVICE?
You are right that not everyone was idle over the holiday period in Hampshire (News, page 5; Comment, 8 January) as not only was normal business being carried out by social services and the local NHS trust, but also programmed meetings were being held between those organisations and Test Valley ...
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Shadow over Bart's as London review prepares to report findings to Dobson
Health secretary Frank Dobson has taken charge of the outcome of the London review, now expected to be published in the next couple of weeks.
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Trust inquiry into attack on two women
Three London trusts have set up an investigation into the care of an 18-year-old man who allegedly attacked two middle-aged women last week.
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ARACHNOPHOBIA THE MOVIE? NO, ARACHNOPHOBIA THE JOURNAL
I find the Journal interesting and informative - all but one page, which I cannot read.
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America on the line
Telephone advice lines run by nurses have long existed in the US, but the growing use of them is proving unpopular with patients.
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Board recommends merger of three of region's ambulance services
A project board to consider the future of ambulance services in Trent has recommended that three of the region's five ambulance trusts should merge.
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All-party group will promote primary care and public health
A 30-strong parliamentary group led by two GPs and a former NHS manager has been set up to promote the interests of primary care and public health.
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CAN SCOTLAND GO ALL THE WAY?
Who said Scotland couldn't win the World Cup under a Labour government? (Comment, 15 January).
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Jowell ministers to European agenda
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has outlined plans for taking forward Europe-wide public health issues as part of the UK's six-month presidency of the European Union.
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Unions are united against attempt to phase pay rises
Health unions this week presented a united front against rumours that the government may phase this year's pay awards to keep public spending within limits set by the previous Conservative government.
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BY ALAN MAYNARD Happy days are here again
'Many GPs seem to see the white paper as a triumph of primary care over the rest of the NHS and the creation of a new nirvana for them. Sorry comrades - this is the beginning of the management of primary care within a cash-limited budget'
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350 complaints a day under new procedure
The NHS is receiving more than 350 written complaints a day, government statistics have shown.
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LONDON'S 24-HOUR HELPLINE IS OLD NEWS IN OLDHAM
You stated that a London health authority is using pounds195,000 of winter pressures money to launch what might be the first 24-hour nurse- led helpline to direct patients from casualty wards (News, page 6, 15 January).
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Ambulance forum tackles year 2000 problem
An Ambulance Service forum is being established to tackle the year 2000 IT problem, which one chief executive has estimated could cost pounds1m per trust to solve.