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A bluffer's guide to project finance
Bonds An alternative to bank finance which, depending on market conditions and the risks associated with a project, may be cheaper, if less flexible.
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Government gives go-ahead on 'Diane Blood' cases
The government has decided to allow a father's name to be recorded on a child's birth certificate when his sperm has been used after his death and to allow changes to be made retrospectively. This will allow Diane Blood, who fought for the right to use her dead husband's sperm ...
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Specialists call for extra cash to remedy geriatric care's 'failings'
Geriatric care specialists called yesterday for NHS funding for care homes to be doubled to tackle 'haphazard' services.
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Beta interferon appeals flood in
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has received eight appeals against its decision on the use of beta interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Korner data pioneer dies
NHS information pioneer Edith Korner and her husband Professor Stephan Korner have been found dead at their home in Bristol. Police do not regard the deaths as suspicious.
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monitor
Great to hear that even bouncer Milburn's special advisers have a sense of humour! Hard to imagine, though! Still, news in from one of Monitor's special friends to reveal that the day after the NHS plan emerged, the following message was heard on the answerphone at special advisers HQ: 'Our ...
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Less is more
That the NHS plan has so little to say on mental health is actually a sign that the government is pretty much on the ball in this area. Laura Donnelly explains the paradox
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Cut to the chase
The NHS has long been thought of as a soft touch for criminals. But now managers are being given the chance to catch fraudsters. Mark Gould reports
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1066 and all that
When King Harold got it in the eye, there was no anaesthetic, no blood transfusion - not even a pair of spectacles. A new chronology ofmedicine should add a little perspective to those with tension headaches. Lynne Greenwood reports
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Fading from the scene - an unworthy end for HAZs
If this once-cherished initiative is to go, ministers must tell us straight
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It's good for systems to talk
'It looks like we are inventing the wheel again, and it's going to be square'
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WEB WATCH
For an organisation which tends to attract managers at an early age and keep them for life, the NHS has never been that good at maintaining a collective memory. Its tendency to look for scapegoats when things go wrong and willingness to sacrifice whole generations of managers to organisational change ...
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How to be a 'devious cynic' in five easy steps
'Managers still fail to recognise that all this guff about managerial standards and processes is spin doctoring'