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No sign of fare play in insurance payout debate
I had an unusual experience as the old century ended. I made an insurance claim which was paid in full without quibble by an insurance company .
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Science fiction fantasies come down to earth
The year 2000 has arrived, but the World Health Organisation s aspiration that it should be accompanied by health for all throughout the globe remains blatantly unfulfilled. The last 20 years have seen the advent of 30 new diseases, including HIV/AIDS, which alone has claimed 16 million lives.
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A millennium pat on the back
HSJ would like to start the new century by highlighting its part in a modest victory for the NHS, scored as the old century drew to a close. We refer to the government s announcement of an extra £90m allocated to the service for the remainder of the financial year ...
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Hitting the roof
An expected £17m saving turned out to be £5m, Sir Alan Langlands was forced to admit, as MPs quizzed him on a key PFI project. Lyn Whitfield was there
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Monitor
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Monitor has always found other people a fairly safe bet. This week begins with a minions say the funniest things special - starting with the cute and curious world of public relations. Take the partnership between the prison service ...
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ORYA game of two halves
What would happen if individual football players were rewarded only according to the number of goals they scored? They would stop cooperating with other members of the team - possibly reducing the total number of goals scored - and they would forget defence, probably preventing the team from winning.
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'Tis the season to be jolly.com
Calculate your life expectancy, watch a facelift - live -and learn about the after-life. And all for virtually nothing. Michael Cross suggests some seasonal diversions
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'Tis the season to be jolly, and the good folks of Thameside Community Healthcare trust are putting a brave front on the public health perils of charred turkey, intimacy between blood relations and Only Fools and Horses. The feisty communications team flags up the health benefits of 'traditional British Christmas ...
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GADFLY
The coven was meeting in Rosie Broomstick's office. Rosie herself had faced the possibility of the hessian container so often she was immune to worrying about it. Miss Twix, of course, being a nurse, was entirely fireproof, as was Professor Cruster. But Ardent was finding out what they didn't tell ...
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Upping the anti
Anti-abortionists in Scotland are on the march, threatening the security of those working in family planning clinics. Colin Wright reports
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If EU know what's good for you. . .
Public health is once again climbing up the agenda of the European Union as new people step into two key posts, writes Tony Sheldon
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Swift work: from Irish idyll to the chaos of Europe
One of the favourite books of David Byrne, the new European commissioner for health and consumer protection, is reputed to be Gulliver's Travels by fellow Irishman Jonathan Swift.
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Byrne under fire: Jackson on the attack
One of Conservative MEP Dr Caroline Jackson's first acts on becoming chair of the European Parliament's environment, public health and consumer protection committee was to put European commissioner David Byrne on the ropes.
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A sense of perspective
The winner of the competition to create a new £50m children's hospital for Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital trust had a brief to design 'a hospital that does not feel like a hospital'. Children, parents and local people were invited to have a say in selecting the shortlisted designs.
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It's more of the same at the end of the century
But we can be sure that the future will not match anyone's predictions
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Carrying on with continuity
Is 'continuity of care' an outmoded concept? While we still extol its virtues, the current reforms seem to threaten the whole idea. Whether the discussion is about GPs' out-of-hours co-operatives, walk-in centres, junior doctors and their shift systems, booked admissions or NHS Direct, all have an impact on continuity. Can ...
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Patients' Net gain, but docs need their wiring chequed
We had glandular fever, the student illness, in our house recently. Or, rather, we had it when the little chap came home to recuperate. So when I logged on to the NHS Direct Online website, as Tony Blair had instructed us all to do, I went hunting for it.
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
As you contemplate the prospect of a Christmas and new year debauched like no other in history, pause a moment and consider the effect of your over-indulgence on the government's health targets. Consider, too, the effect on public health minister Yvette Cooper's blossoming career, and vow moderation in all things.