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Stroke Association calls on food industry to cut salt
The Stroke Association has asked manufacturers to cut the amount of salt in foods because of the 'strong link' between salt and high blood pressure, a major risk factor for stroke. Hypertension 'can affect people of all ages', said a spokesperson. 'More than 80 per cent of our salt intake ...
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WEBWATCH
Do you sometimes sit in meetings wondering what your colleagues are droning on about? Do you ever wonder what on earth you're talking about? 'The SAFF, JIPs and PCIPs are interdependent elements in the planning process and are an integral part of producing the HImP.' In all honesty, does that ...
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MPs opt for hysteria bypass in Shipman debate
Down the years I have formed the general impression that MPs have become more hysterical about less and less. In this regard they have been representing changes in outlook among their constituents, less stoical and more assertive than generations ago, and thus merely doing their jobs as representatives.
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Pie in the sky
The government plans to use the national resource allocation formula to calculate funding for primary care groups. But is this the best method? Richard Cannock and Paul Miller look at how it applies to smaller bodies
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Great expectations
Tony Blair is said to be frustrated by the pace of change in the health service, so how must the public feel? Lynn Eaton reports
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Moving story
An adult placement scheme for residents of a long-stay hospital that is due to close has provoked controversy, writes Colin Wright
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News focus
Just like film star Meryl Streep, able to adapt to many different roles, and carry them off with aplomb. That's the model for the Commission for Health Improvement. Kaye McIntosh reports
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It's a small world
A new campaign aims to highlight and tackle the increasing globalisation of health problems.
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Tobacco case lawyer criticises HAs' retreat
The lawyer behind failed legal action against the UK tobacco industry has hit out at health authorities for failing to support it.
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Chair defends list of directorships
A Scottish health board chair has vociferously denied that his involvement with 14 private companies and another public sector body in any way affects his performance in the NHS.
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Scottish NHS sees leap in agency staff
The number of agency nurses used by the NHS in Scotland has more than doubled in five years, according to a Scottish Accounts Commission report that calls for trusts to reduce dependency on temporary staff through better planning.
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Trust lifts eviction threat to nurses caught in PFI sell-off
A London trust has apologised for its 'insensitivity' in serving eviction notices on 55 student nurses.
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Candid camera
A webcam relays images of the construction of a new day procedures unit at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, to the hospital's website.
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Short Cuts: Murder GP Shipman removed from HA medical list
West Pennine health authority has removed Hyde GP Dr Harold Shipman from its medical list, following his conviction for murder.
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Short Cuts: Sheffield acute trusts announce plans for merger
Sheffield's two acute trusts have announced merger plans. Central Sheffield University Hospitals trust and Northern General Hospital trust will forward a joint recommendation for merger from 1 April to health secretary Alan Milburn. A joint statement said this was the 'natural way forward' for the two trusts and would allow ...
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Short Cuts: Cooper announces funding for back pain pilots
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced that 19 pilot projects will receive funding for initiatives to reduce back pain in the workplace, as part of the 'back in work' scheme. Results from the pilots, which will receive a total of £700,000 from the Department of Health and the Health ...
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Short Cuts: FPA highlights medical abortion access problems
The Family Planning Association has claimed medical abortion in England is 'over-medicalised and unnecessarily bureaucratic', forcing women to have surgical terminations. A report launched this week says fewer than one in five women having an early abortion on the NHS will receive a medical termination. There are also regional variations. ...