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Over my dead body
NEWS FOCUS: One of CHI's first reviews deals with the bodies-in-the-chapel 'scandal'. The man who paid the price, Ken Williams, talked exclusively to Laura Donnelly
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Take aim. . .
NEWS FOCUS: At the end of Labour's last term it at last shrugged off its prudent tendencies and boosted public service spending. But, asks Steve Mathieson, will the Treasury's fondness for multiple centralised targets stifle true progress for the NHS?
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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.