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Left to chance
CANCER SERVICES: Primary care groups/trusts have a key role to play in addressing inequitable distribution of cancer services. But a survey shows that commissioning cancer services is being given low priority. Cathy Shipman and colleagues report.
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My mum, my dad, my daughter and the NHS
FIRST PERSON: Caring for her mother, father and profoundly disturbed daughter has left Isobel Allan in no doubt about what carers want from the NHS
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Reach out and join up
MENTAL HEALTH: By 2003 there should be 220 specialist assertive outreach teams for people with serious mental illness. It is vital they are incorporated into the existing spectrum of care services, say Iain Ryrie and Angela Greatley
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Learning the hard way
INTERNATION RECRUITMENT: Overseas nurses are an essential component of the NHS workforce. But some are being exploited. Fiona Johnson and Maggie Oldham report on a programme to address the issue.
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Dear Mel. . .
Just before the election the Kings Fund claimed that the government had been misleading the electorate in its claim to have saved £1bn in bureaucracy by getting rid of GP fundholding. Is this true?
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Leading health figures rear political heads
The decision of two leading health service figures to speak at a Labour Party news conference, two days before the election has been criticised as conflicting with NHS Executive guidance on remaining impartial during the election.
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Waiting-list figures dim hope of agenda move
Waiting-list figures published before the election showed that Scotland had fallen significantly below the 84,000 that Labour inherited in 1997, but the 81,968 people waiting for treatment at the end of March fell far short of the party's 1997 pledge to reduce lists to 75,000.
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Sighs of relief as waiting times replace numbers as target priority
Health service managers may be able to celebrate this week as Labour's long-discredited waiting-list target looks set to bite the dust.
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Managers defend 'excessive' rises
Health service managers in Northern Ireland have vigorously defended themselves following a report from the public accounts committee attacking their 'excessive' pay rises, benefits and redundancy payments.
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IN BRIEF
The British Medical Association is warning of a recruitment crisis among medical academics, with 79 medical professorial posts,145 senior lecturer and 177 lecturer jobs vacant.Academics face 'irreconcilable demands'to treat patients, conduct research and teach, the organisation says, and the shortage of staff casts doubt on whether the expansion in doctor ...
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GP ballot fails to win ground on national negotiating rights
The British Medical Association is still set to face major problems in negotiating a new contract for GPs despite last week's ballot result confirming that a majority would be prepared to resign from the NHS if a contract is not in place by next April.