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Nipped in the bid
Healthy-living centres were supposed to encourage health-promoting activities in disadvantaged communities, but so far only 65 of more than 1,000 bids for funding have been approved. What is going wrong, asks Lesley Mountford
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How to get promoted
Public health is in danger of being sidelined unless special efforts are made to incorporate it into primary care trusts, warn David Hunter and Neil Goodwin
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The view from above
The early days of a PCT may be marked by feelings of loss and ambiguity.It is important to clearly define roles and responsibilities, explains Barbara Kennedy
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From our own correspondents
A health service on the road to modernisation? That wasn't the experience of HSJ's Maura Thompson (left) or Lesley Hallett (below)
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Fury follows Bogle's attack on government
British Medical Association chair Dr Ian Bogle's attack on the government at the organisation's conference last week reportedly left health secretary Alan Milburn livid, particularly as Dr Bogle is one of the signatories to the NHS plan.
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Confederation insists PCTs have major role in talks on GP contract
Primary care managers will be able to have a say in the national GP contract negotiations through a steering committee linked to NHS Confederation negotiators, according to chief executive Stephen Thornton.
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High-speed transition to SHAs looks certain
The development of the new strategic health authorities is to be spelled out in an NHS Executive document this week, with discussions due to be held between the NHS, local government and members of the public before the end of the summer.
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Over half HAs reveal in year deficits
NHS accounts, reported to Parliament today, reveal that 59 of the 99 health authorities had an in-year deficit for 1999-2000, compared with 48 out of 100 the previous year.
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No-fault system may end NHS defensiveness but push up cost
A no-fault compensation system, one of the options to be considered as part of a radical shake-up of the clinical negligence system, could leave the NHS paying out even more to the victims of medical mistakes.
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in brief
NHS waiting lists rose by 0.9 per cent during May 2001 and now stand at 1.03 million in total.The figures reveal the second consecutive monthly increase but the Department of Health has claimed the rise was due to the introduction of single-use instruments for tonsil and adenoid operations, and a ...
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Minister moves swiftly to allay mental health groups' 'fears over social control
New health minister Jacqui Smith has offered hope to mental health groups concerned by the tenor of proposed law reforms by ruling out the use of preventive detention and promising to make sure compulsory powers are used with 'an emphasis on therapeutic intent'.
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Managers jump to defence of 'chaotic' PFI hospital
Trust managers this week defended the first private finance initiative hospital after it became a target for scathing criticism in a Sunday newspaper.