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A cat among the pigeons
A proposal that NICE should evaluate the cost-effectiveness of expensive medicines before the NHS prescribes them is ruffling feathers. Lynn Eaton reports
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Say whatever you like, but keep it strictly to yourself
A mature, open debate on the NHS is impossible if dissent is quashed
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The drawing board beckons
Mental health policy must not be led by the hysteria of the tabloid press
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Co-operation without politics
With less than a month before the London mayoral election, most voters are none the wiser about which candidate is most likely to work effectively in the interests of Londoners' health.
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How Tone's tunnel vision was diagnosed on spec
We should have spotted how enthusiastic - and how calculating - Tony Blair was going to get over health politics when he hosted that 'joint ministerial committee'on health matters in Cardiff the other Friday.
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The directors' cut
The medical director wields great influence and is better paid than some chief executives. But reconciling the demands of management and medicine can be tricky. Barbara Millar reports
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Pay negotiators to reveal slow going
Negotiators who have been locked in talks on a new pay system for the NHS for almost a year will reveal limited progress this week, days after health minister John Denham launched an action plan for involving staff in decision-making.
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BMA launches review of funding
The British Medical Association is pushing ahead with its review of healthcare funding in the UK, announced in December as the winter crisis took hold.
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Think-tank's book calls for binding constitution
An independent think-tank set up to consider accountability in the NHS has expressed 'alarm' over the government's 'centralised' plans for modernisation and improvement.
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Patients' guarantee is Trojan Horse: Milburn
The Labour and Conservative parties have spent the week exchanging insults over health policy.