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Dissolution of NI Assembly brings reform schedule juddering to halt
Major reforms of Northern Ireland's health service have been put on ice following the return to direct rule from Westminster.
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Mental health PFI plan agreed at last
Plans to replace 'abysmal' buildings housing mental health services in Leeds have finally got the go-ahead almost a decade after the closure of the sites was first proposed. The £47m deal is the largest ever private finance initiative for mental health services.
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High-dependency units lacking
An audit of Scotland's high-dependency units has produced a list of the seven hospitals with the worst facilities.
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The long-term race to win nation's hearts and minds
Is there enough money to bring cardiac services up to European levels?
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Toned up, but in a tricky corner
Discreet relaxation of guidance on use of private facilities may be on its way
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Facing hard truths
A day of visits to assess care for detained, mentally ill black and ethnic-minority patients found worrying gaps in meeting their cultural, religious and communication needs, write Lesley Warner and colleagues
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Beacons need proper input more than propaganda
It is the frontline staff, not politicians, who can boost sites' low profiles
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Sounds of shackles loosening
Blair's statement is just one sign that managers may win more freedom
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Troubled GP intranet project to lose top man and deputy
The project struggling to link GP and NHS computer networks is to lose both its head and deputy this month.
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BMA warns of 'charging'option
The NHS must consider charging patients, the British Medical Association has warned in a consultation document being sent to every GP in the country.
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Days like this
Managers back performance pay. . .Latest ambulance strike offer. . .Clarke censure fails. . .New offices for NHSE. . . St Thomas' trust anger
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Point of departure
Is Alan Milburn going to seize the opportunity presented by Sir Alan Langlands' resignation to bring frontline managers to the very top of the NHS? The policy rumours have been flying thick and fast this week, reports Lyn Whitfield
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In, out, shake it all about
Who will fill Sir Alan's shoes? Will the NHS keep it in the family, or could an outsider be brought in?
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No arms done?
Trusts and charities thrive on their caring image. So why are they investing in companies connected with the arms trade? Mark Gould reports
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Knock knock
Presenting mental health in a good light is an uphill struggle to combat negative press coverage. Laura Donnelly reports
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'You can't please all the people. . .'
Plans for a three-way trust merger have roused local opposition even before consultation has begun. Caroline White explains
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Heart of darkness
A shake-up of transplant services may outlaw racist conditions, but will it do anything to address the shortfall in available organs, asks Barbara Millar
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Whitewash: the demands of a bereaved family
In July 1998, a man was admitted to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital in a critical condition. Following brain-stem testing and confirmation that he was dead, the hospital's transplant co-ordinator discussed organ donation with the patient's family.
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Power with responsibility
Harold Shipman has now spent the first four weeks of the rest of his life in prison. The NHS, meanwhile, will have to grapple for some time to come with the issues his case has raised.
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WEB WATCH
Five years have passed since the then Conservative government asked the Clinical Standards Advisory Group to review services for children with cleft lip and palate, and two years have gone by since it reported back. But progress to date on putting its sweeping proposals for consolidation and reform into practice ...