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Hit and run
The closure of the Rover plant at Longbridge will cause widespread health problems, but the NHS could rev things up. James Garnett reports
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Growing, growing, gone
While the government builds up NHSnet, the race is on to find its replacement.Mick Williams reports from the Healthcare Computing 2000 conference
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'The devastation will be unbelievable'
General paint operator John Smith (not his real name), 49, has worked at Longbridge for the past 27 years.He has been on sick leave since December 1999 suffering from depression, is on regular medication and is being counselled by his GP.Two weeks ago, before BMW's decision was revealed, he felt ...
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Bonny and Clyde
An ambitious £400m capital programme aims to revolutionise Glasgow's hospital services.But can the health board convince the public, asks Barbara Millar
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We've seen the carrot, but what shape is the stick?
comment Cheap jibes at 'bureaucrats' won't win the improvements everyone seeks
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Inadmissible evidence
Refusing to admit a patient to intensive care is guaranteed to generate media hype about bed provision.But little research has been done on optimum ICU bed numbers. Klim McPherson and Alison Metcalfe report
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Barrier grief
PCTs have ambitions to achieve a wholesale shift in resources to primary care. But how will they succeed where health authorities have failed? The obstacles to change should not be underestimated, argues Nigel Edwards
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Swings and roundabouts
It has been an up-anddown ride for one wouldbe PCT, with planning interrupted by a simulation exercise - and awkward questions in the school playground. Julia Squire reports