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Condemnation: conference blasts the bombers
The conference unanimously endorsed a statement condemning the nail bomb attacks in the multi-racial Brick Lane and Brixton areas of London.
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OBITUARY: HOWARD GOODMAN
Hospital architect Howard Goodman died on 22 April after a period of illness. He was 71. Ray Moss recalls his life
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There's no grace in this saving Unison members are treating meanness with the contempt it deserves
The second anniversary of Labour's coming to power passed just days after Unison members had voted by three to one to ballot on a strike over the millennium weekend in protest at the government's refusal to agree a national pay bonus for staff who work during the holiday.
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
Medical charities clocked up a £399m investment in university research during 1997-98, and are thought to have put in a further £471m in the past year.
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'Airline ticket' approach to consultations will hit needy
Suddenly we have been told that NHS Direct will go far beyond an advisory telephone service, with every practice connected to it and direct- access services in main streets and shopping malls, though independent investigators are beginning to question the cost-effectiveness of the basic telephone service.
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It's the times that are a changin' job titles - not senior managers' egos
Steve Ainsworth's article on job titles (Yorkshire terrier, 8 April) seems to be based on an assumption that senior NHS managers have for years been on some sort of power trip, succumbing to craving more and more impressive- sounding titles which would 'truly reflect and encapsulate their worth and importance'.
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Conservative estimates of attendance figures may have given wrong idea
Just for the record, I am writing following the news focus about my 'Listening to Britain' meeting in Camberwell ('Hammond dregs', 18 March).
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Royal visits Patron has proved a loyal friend since 1965
I know that your list 'who does what' of royal patronage was not intended to be exhaustive ('Roll out the red carpet', 8 April), but I should point out that Princess Alexandra has been associated with our hospital since its opening in 1965 and agreed last year to continue as ...
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Putting Princess Diana in the (correct) picture
Your article 'Why roll out the red carpet' was a useful and informative report, but the picture of Princess Diana was not taken at the Deaf Association, but dates from January 1989 when she visited the Service for Hearing Impaired Children, Kingston.
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Prescription wastage and loopholes see millions of pounds going down the drain each year
Popular myth has it that Aneurin Bevan resigned as health minister in response to chancellor Hugh Gaitskell introducing a prescription charge of 1 shilling per item. In truth, his 1951 resignation speech suggests his departure probably owed more to his fierce opposition to NATO's planned rearmament programme.
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Parliamentary question from Dr Stephen Ladyman
( bottom right), Labour MP for South Thanet (whose constituency includes a Pfizer plant ). House of Commons, 13 April.
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Key points
The government has proposed a statutory scheme to regulate prices and profits on the sale of drugs to the NHS.