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Milburn calls for new outpatient efficiency
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told trusts they must implement a new programme to improve the management of outpatient services and cut waiting times.
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Latest IVF figure put at 27,000
Almost 27,000 patients received invitro fertilisation treatment last year, according to the annual report of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
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Days like this
Leak reveals government 'panic'. . . Group backs reforms. . . 'Dirty tricks' accusation at DoH. . .HEA shake-up anger. . . BMA scrutinises contract. . .
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Missing the vote
Critics of Labour's task-forces say they are not so much 'inclusive' government as a means of keeping dissenters sweet and delaying heavy expenditure. And no-one elects their members, writes Patrick Butler
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Roll over, Enthoven
The internal market in the NHS never really happened first time round, so it's time to give it another go, its champion tells Lyn Whitfield
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The bane of Fife
Top-level departures from the board, hundreds storming public meetings, ministerial intervention - what's gone wrong in Fife? Colin Wright finds out
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Educating neater
The health secretary wants to reform nurse education - and integrate it with changes to professional roles and the pay system. Barbara Millar reports
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Gene and tonic?
Testing embryos can identify genetic disorders. But is this the best way forward? Now the public can debate the ethical issues involved, writes Barbara Millar
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WEB WATCH
'I've heard that it is dangerous to take Prozac, and smoke marijuana, or take other illegal drugs. Does anyone know if that is true?' asks Sara. According to RxList, which bills itself as 'the internet drug index', the anti-depressant is the fifth most commonly prescribed drug in the US - ...