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Cancer collaborative slashes waiting times
Major reductions in waiting times have been achieved by the nine cancer centres taking part in the Cancer Services Collaborative, according to a report by the National Patient Access Team.
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Trust chairs fear Appointments Commission will erode their role
Trust chairs fear that the new NHS Appointments Commission may erode their influence in recommending non-executive members of trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities.
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Those answers to HSJ's Christmas quiz in full. . .
1.Tony Blair. According to Andrew Rawnsley's book Servants of the People, the chancellor was furious at the prime minister's commitment to raise spending on healthcare as a proportion of national income to the European average.
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FAGS 'R ' US
As part of a multi-pronged drive against smoking, one health authority is forging partnerships with a wide range of outlets that sell tobacco.John Middleton and Chris Saxon report
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Out for the count
A new way of coding health statistics will reveal a change in mortality rates in England. Alison Moore reports
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A very interesting post-plan new year to all
Pace of implementation must quicken as general election looms
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Power back to the people
If, as Harold Wilson memorably remarked, a week is a long time in politics, what on earth should we think of 10 years? That is the time it will take to bring the NHS plan to completion. What will screw it up, of course, is what another Harold - Macmillan ...
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A song and dance from Deacon as the McPlan leaves England reeling
And a happy new year to you, too. Now that We are all agreed that the new millennium has commenced, let's start on a suitably apocalyptic note. Let's look at Scotland's newly published version of the NHS plan, a 96-page glossy entitled The NHS Plan for Scotland.