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With the Devolution Bill now through its second reading and a site chosen for the Scottish Parliament, progress towards self rule is advancing apace. And nowhere more so than in the health service, for which the Designed to Care white paper maps out a future very different from that south ...
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Bristol heart surgeon received pounds150,000 in 'distinction awards'
Bristol heart surgeon James Wisheart has received almost pounds150,000 in 'distinction awards' since concerns were raised about his performance in complex operations on small babies, it has emerged.
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Managers slam 10% union pay claim as 'catastrophic'
Managers' leaders have slammed as 'catastrophic' the 10 per cent pay claim by Unison on behalf of 256,000 NHS staff not covered by pay review bodies.
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CLOSING THE ASYLUM The mental patient in modern society (2nd edition) By Peter Barham Penguin 214 pages pounds7.99
The central question of this important book is best expressed in Barham's own words: 'The question to pose today, therefore, is whether we are in a position to resolve the historical problems of the marginalised and excluded mental patient... to provide a systematic revaluation of mentally disturbed people and their ...
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50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOULD SEE A RENEWED AND TRULY NATIONAL NHS
Kieran Walshe is right to welcome the new emphasis on quality in The New NHS: modern, dependable (Open Space, 18 December). But his suggestion that the recommendations on the use of new medicines and technologies from the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) should have statutory force sits uncomfortably ...
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ACCESS TO GOOD QUALITY INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL - TRY A LIBRARY
As the white paper proposals are increasing the involvement of primary care staff in planning and managing healthcare for their local populations, it is important that their access to good quality published information is improved.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.