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The deaths of as many as 24,000 people a year may be accelerated by the short-term effects of air pollution, the Department of Health's committee on the medical effects of air pollutants has concluded. But it noted that most of the deaths occurred among people with existing, long-standing illnesses.
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IN BRIEF
Director-general of fair trading John Bridgeman has announced that he will ask the Restrictive Practices Court to overturn its 1970 decision allowing drug companies to fix the price of branded, over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. The decision has angered drug companies and pharmacy pressure groups who claim the abolition of re-sale price maintenance ...
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Managers believe there are too many trusts
Most managers believe there are too many trusts and that services need to be reconfigured, a survey shows.
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Work set to begin on biggest PFI hospital
The government has given the go-ahead for construction work to begin on the biggest hospital being financed through private funds.
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Keep your eye on the ball
So not only does England only ever win the World Cup under a Labour government, but the weather is better, too. Even under the present regime no spin doctor has yet had the brass neck to claim cause and effect. But it does seem that health secretary Frank Dobson and ...
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WHY DIET IS A CRUCIAL BUT NEGLECTED PART IN NURSING PATIENTS BACK TO GOOD HEALTH
The views expressed by Patrick Duffy of NHS Supplies (Letters, 4 December) are endorsed and, indeed, voiced repeatedly by the state-registered dietitian. The evidence for the positive contribution of nutrition to clinical outcomes is well documented; however, patients still go hungry in hospital.
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Baby deaths case doctors want GMC hearing halted
Barristers for three doctors who face misconduct proceedings following the deaths of babies after heart surgery will this week call for the cases against them to be thrown out.
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Health board workers asked to repay cash
More than a dozen employees of Tayside health board have been invited to repay money to which they were not entitled.
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Only a quarter of bids for HAZ status will get approval
Four times more bids for health action zone status are expected than the government plans to approve this year, the Journal has learned.
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NHS par t-timers' pension appeals could land Treasur y with huge bill
Thousands of part-time health workers could win better pensions under a series of test cases to be heard in the House of Lords next week.
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Angel and death
Angel and death: Marlene Dietrich, the German actress transformed into a screen icon in the 1930 film The Blue Angel, shows how smoking was once portrayed as the height of sophistication. The image comes from Cancer Wars, a four-part Channel 4 documentary starting on Sunday. The first programme focuses on ...
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Always read the label:
Always read the label: a patient gets to grips with half-a-dozen types of medication at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. It is breaking with 25 years of NHS operating procedure by allowing patients to take their own medicines in hospital instead of confiscating or destroying them on admission. ...
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Share and share alike
Health workers in Glasgow are setting out to win a bigger share of NHS resources from richer areas. Barbara Millar investigates
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Aims and values
The aim of the standing advisory group is to ensure that consumer involvement in the NHS R&D programme improves the way research is prioritised, commissioned and disseminated.
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THOUGHTS ON THE REAL ANTI-SMOKING AGENDA
So public health minister Tessa Jowell wants to criminalise those smokers aged 16 and 17, who can presently be legally sold tobacco products (News Focus, page 10, 4 December).
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IT'S HARD TO FIND, BUT INFORMATION FOR DEAF PEOPLE ABOUT HEALTHCARE SERVICES IS AVAILABLE
Nick Mears says that deaf people do not get equal opportunities in healthcare, especially information translated in sign language, which is almost nil (Letters, 6 November).
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Managers will be able to do their job 'more efficiently'
Managers will be able to do their job 'more efficiently' thanks to a new national e-mail system that will be created through NHSnet to link health authorities, trusts, the NHS Executive and the Department of Health for the first time, health minister Alan Milburn has announced. He said the system, ...
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24hr helpline could ease A&E pressures
A London health authority is using pounds195,000 of winter pressures money to launch what may be the first 24-hour nurse-led helpline to divert patients from casualty wards.