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CHI reviews will grade trusts on governance
The Commission for Health Improvement has denied that it is under pressure to adapt its reviews to the 'traffic-light' performance monitoring system.
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Capacity limits NHS-private influx
The private healthcare sector is buoyant, but limited capacity will prevent a 'large-scale' influx of NHS patients, industry analysts say.
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One in three people will develop cancer. One in four will die from it. But a year after its formation, the Cancer Services Collaborative seems to offer significant hope for faster and better patient care.
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Another fine mesh
A health secretary wrapped in the flag, vehement denials of ministerial interference and more data than the Pentagon - it was all at NICE's second annual conference.Paul Stephenson reports
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Body politic?
NICE chair Professor Sir Michael Rawlins sharply rebutted claims that ministers had influenced its decisions.
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Tangled up in blue
Will the 999 emergency services seek closer co-operation or will the potential pitfalls put them off? Alison Moore reports
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Pilot study tests limits of co-operation
The potential - and limit - of emergency service co-operation is being looked at in a series of pilot projects, including one in Wiltshire.
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Virtually perfect
The NHS could soon have an electronic library if a new pilot works out. But will it ever be 'one of the great libraries of the world', wonders Lyn Whitfield
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Question time: search engine needed
Virtual visitors get one genuinely new service - a look at the truth behind recent medical stories, provided by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination in York.
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Century and not out
Victorian pioneers of community care are getting the recognition they deserve. Barbara Millar reports
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We're too old for sticking plaster - and amen to that
But is the new government realism simply pre-election posturing?
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Time to put the brakes on
Is the traffic-light system as unfair as the much-loathed efficiency index?
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Bleating up the wrong tree
Conventional wisdom and government policy assume that there is a 'shortage' of nurses in the NHS and the remedy for this malaise is that remuneration should be increased. Perhaps this conclusion is a nonsensical mixture of dubious logic and inadequate evidence and nurses are not underpaid.
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Have a NICE day in Nice - it's time for a winter break
Last week was a NICE week and a Nice week, whereas this week will mainly be a Nice week. All the evidence is that it will not be such a nice one on the NHS front, let alone the European one. But health secretary Alan Milburn has chosen to place ...