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Analysts predict PCTs will have to pool resources
Primary care trusts will have to come up with innovative solutions to management and administration if they are to survive on limited management funding, analysts have warned. 'The complexity of the tasks they face is unlikely to be matched by the costs they can afford to bear, ' says Newchurch ...
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Critics pour cold water on plan for 'fair' distribution of Scots funding
A radical plan to redistribute health funding in Scotland has met a mixed response.
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Case stokes up row on long-term care
The question of who pays for long term care was thrown into chaos last week by the Court of Appeal judgement in the 'Coughlan' case.
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Jail for supply-theft man
A former commercial manager who stole £42,000 from Wirral Hospital trust has been jailed for 21 months.
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Dobson fires shot at opportunist lawyers
The only place for lawyers in a hospital 'is on the operating table' - health secretary Frank Dobson told MPs last week.
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19 walk-in centres in first wave
Health secretary Frank Dobson has approved just one in five of the bids for NHS walk-in centres.
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Days like this
Care fears allayed. . . General Synod's market concern. . . Cook calls for £200m. . . Unlikely sponsorships. . . Ambulance complaints rise. . .
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Unknown quantity
What exactly will a nurse consultant do? Pat Healy reports on plans for a pilot scheme to develop the role
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Twinned with Byzantium
Real results may be some time coming for Plymouth health action zone, despite copious sub-committees. Laura Donnelly continues our occasional series
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Mind the gap
Fluoridation campaigners believe they have won the argument, but the detail remains to be resolved. Mark Crail reports
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'People power' halts PFI projects
Local campaign groups have claimed that the failure of two major hospital projects to win private finance initiative approval as a victory for 'people power'.
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No extra cash to fund Blair's nurse posts
Trusts will not be given additional funding to pay for the 'nurse consultant' posts outlined by the government last week.
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Trust chief blasted for £25,000 office spend
The new chief executive of one of London's highest-profile trusts has come under fire for spending £25,000 redecorating his offices.
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Scottish funds rethink will be based on need
Glasgow and rural Scotland are to be the main beneficiaries of a shake-up in the way funds are allocated to the health service by the Scottish Parliament.
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Bring me sunshine
Prime minister Tony Blair and health secretary Frank Dobson tour Queen Elizabeth Hospital, under construction in Woolwich, south-east London. The visit coincided with government approval for a third wave of major NHS private finance initiative schemes (see left) and Mr Blair's attack on the British Medical Association's opposition to PFI ...
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In Brief: Rodney Bickerstaffe
Unison general secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe will not seek re-election at the end of his current term on 31 December 2000. He was previously general secretary of one of Unison's three predecessor unions, NUPE, and will have been the longest-serving general secretary in Britain.
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In Brief: Alun Michael
Welsh Assembly first secretary Alun Michael has announced a review of how people are appointed to the top jobs in health authorities and trusts in Wales. It will be led by health and social services secretary Jane Hutt and involve spokespeople from three other political parties. It will report by ...
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In Brief: Call for research into the interaction of CS spray with antipsychotic drugs
Mental health charity Mind has backed a Police Complaints Authority call for research into the interaction of CS spray with antipsychotic drugs. The PCA's annual report also urges improved mental health training and research into any 'causal connection' between CS spray and death due to positional asphyxia.
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In Brief: Head for your Pharmacy campaign
Doctor Patient Partnership is to distribute a million leaflets about pharmacists' services in a Head for your Pharmacy campaign. It will encourage people to consult pharmacists about minor ailments and explore how GPs and pharmacists can work together.
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In Brief: South East Institute of Public Health
The South East Institute of Public Health is to become a fully integrated part of King's College, London. It was formerly part of the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, which merged with King's last August. SEIPH provides expert advice, conducts research and runs educational ...