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In with the new
THE NHS PLAN An essay of good intentions that could go wrong or the start of a new relationship with the private sector? Two health policy experts give their views
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Patients are doing it for themselves
The NHS plan says bye bye CHCs, hello patient advocates - but one community group is ahead of the pack.Tash Shifrin reports
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Trading places
The idea that nurses could retrain to be doctors might have been unthinkable at one time. But the national plan includes provision for nurses to retrain mid-career without starting from scratch. Some have already made the switch. Janet Snell reports
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This is your pilot speaking
The national plan envisages that a third of all GPs will be on personal medical services contracts by 2002.But a study of pilot schemes reveals that not all are using the freedoms and flexibilities offered by the legislation. June Hunt ington and colleagu
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Medical Insurance
A comparison of five countries' health payment systems reveals that where private insurance dominates, fewer people get the healthcare they need, says John Appleby