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Out of order
The government's promise of £300m for new equipment comes after two decades of under-investment, which have left much life-saving machinery obsolete. Colin Connolly reports
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Counter argument
The NHS plan proposes a much wider role for community pharmacies - and this is long overdue, says Nick Bosanquet
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Local counsel
An enterprising recruitment scheme is tackling the under-representation of people from ethnic minorities in the NHS and social care workforce by nurturing talent on its own doorstep. Janet Snell reports
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in person
Terence Etherton QC, chair of Broadmoor Hospital Authority, has been appointed chair designate ofWest London Mental Health trust. The new organisation will take over the management of health services provided by the authority and Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health trust next April.
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Electronic records on hold in PFI deal
A unique deal to provide a sophisticated electronic patient record system as part of a private finance initiative scheme has been put on hold, less than two years after it was signed.
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Nurses see through dress code
West Country nurses have been warned to choose their underwear with care following the reissue of a trust's uniform policy.
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Fast-track heart teams's spark spin row
The government has named 10 'fast-track' teams which will receive £1m each to tackle heart disease.
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NHS plan faces race allegation
A doctors' leader has referred the NHS plan to the Commission for Racial Equality on the grounds that it may discriminate against ethnic, singlehanded GPs.
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No trouble
Brookside actresses Alexandra Fletcher (left) and Karen Drury join Mersey Regional Ambulance trust technician Kate Hodgers at the launch of a 'zero tolerance zone' campaign highlighting violence against ambulance staff.
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News: Royal Colleges of Physicians
The faculty of public health medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK has issued a chronology detailing key parliamentary acts, inquiries and other events that have been used by central and local government to provide or regulate medical care, public health and welfare services since 1066. It ...
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News: Jane Hutt
Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has announced £1m of funding over two years for research into community health development. Seven projects will be funded as part of SHARP (Sustainable Health Action Research Programme).
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News: Dental action plan
Scotland has decided to spend part of its share of the additional money raised by increased tobacco taxes on a three-year programme to provide free toothbrushes and toothpaste for infants in deprived areas. The initiative is part of a dental action plan announced this week. One target is that 60 ...
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News: Department of Health
The Department of Health has allocated £5m for 'highly specialised' child and adolescent mental health in-patient services, as part of a £90m three-year package announced last year.The money will provide at least 20 extra beds, regional and sub-regional arrangements for emergency admission and assessment, and increases in specialised intensive outreach ...
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News: Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Multiple Sclerosis Society is creating a national resource centre as part of its move to north London. The society has kept its freephone helpline number, 0808 800 8000, and its website, www.mssociety.org.uk
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Backlog of tests after donor plea
A family's appeal for a bone marrow donor has left the National Blood Authority struggling with a backlog of 3,000 unchecked blood samples.
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SNP challenges Executive over transfer of equipment funding
The Scottish National Party has accused the Scottish Executive of colluding with NHS trusts over the transfer of money meant for capital purchases into debt reduction.
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Scots Conservatives won't push private care
The Scottish Conservative Party is likely to take a softer line on expanding the private healthcare sector than its English counterpart.