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CHARGES ARE THE TAX THAT DARE NOT SAY ITS NAME
I read with considerable interest that the Office of Health Economics has concluded that new NHS charges make 'little economic sense' (News, page 6, 8 January).
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Fundamental changes to NHS financing ruled out
Health secretary Frank Dobson this week ruled out any 'fundamental changes in the way the NHS is financed', and launched a vigorous defence of its role in making the British economy more competitive.
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Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy sufferer Hannah Davies receives encouragement from her mother (left) and conductor during a walking exercise at the National Institute of Conductive Education at Birmingham. Hannah is among those participating in a new kindergarten group for children aged three to seven, which focuses on teaching them practical daily-living skills, ...
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Suitable cases for treatment?
Last year, a newspaper article by a public health consultant carelessly used the terms 'severe personality disorder' and 'psychopath' synonymously, stating that only 20 per cent of this group will improve with therapy and describing them as an 'impossible financial burden' on the NHS.1
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Private health insurer BUPA
Private health insurer BUPA has been invited to sponsor a review of the future of the NHS, looking at its likely development by 2020, as part of the NHS's 50th anniversary celebrations in July. NHS Confederation deputy chief executive Jean Trainor said, if it took part, the company would have ...
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IN BRIEF
Government policies are in danger of increasing children's vulnerability to mental health problems, the director of the Mental Health Foundation said at a conference in Sheffield last week. June McKerrow criticised the Department of Social Security's plans to end single-parent benefits before putting in place other supports, such as assistance ...
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Funding gap, not enmity, blamed for 'Berlin walls'
Inadequate funding of social care, rather than poor relationships, is responsible for 'Berlin walls' between health and social services, MPs were told this week.
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Doctors' lobby group changes name to broaden primary care base
A primary care commissioning lobby group is set to change its name to reflect the 'new NHS' and enable it to draw a wider membership.
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GP sues HA boss who 'lured away patients'
A GP is suing a health authority chief executive in an attempt to prove he tried to lure patients away from his practice.
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Welsh white paper outlines different GP structure plus role for Assembly
Health professionals last week cautiously welcomed the white paper on the future of the NHS in Wales, but cast doubt on government claims that it will save pounds50m.
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FAR FROM FINDING THEM CONFUSING, WE'RE FINDING THAT THE FACTS AREN'T THERE
To be accused by London Millennium Hospitals Ltd of not wanting to be confused by the facts (Letters, 8 January) is frankly hilarious.
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Hardy annuals
A trust's experiment with annual-hours working has reduced reliance on agency staff, saved thousands of pounds and proved popular with staff. Ed Rennie and Hazel Allanach explain
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STILL MORE PRAISE FOR ANGELA SEALEY
May I also pay tribute to the work of Angela Sealey (Letters, 8 January). She worked with me closely at both the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts and the NHS Confederation, and I formed a very high opinion of her integrity, loyalty and commitment to the NHS.
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Unequal to the task ahead
'For a government which has placed so much emphasis on health inequalities to announce after nine months in office that it has been unable to come up with quantifiable targets for their reduction is an admission of failure on a fairly grand scale'
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Action stations
Never mind the rhetoric, Labour must do something about health inequalities, the Public Health Alliance conference was told.
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CHCs ask Dobson to act over legal ser vices tender
Health secretary Frank Dobson has been urged to intervene to stop high street lawyers taking over the legal service of the Association of Community Health Councils of England and Wales.