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There for the asking: who can propose a PCT?
'Any individual or NHS body' can propose a PCT - but only proposals which are supported by either 'at least one of the relevant PCGs', a trust providing community services or the health authority will go to consultation.
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Survival operation:
health secretary Frank Dobson tours a £5m children's accident and emergency department due to open early next year at St Mary's Hospital in west London.
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news in brief
Health secretary Frank Dobson has urged people not to jump to conclusions about about surgery survival rates at Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea. Royal Brompton and Harefield trust launched an investigation after anonymous allegations were sent to the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry and Private Eye magazine.
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Days like this
news: Hospitals take longer to build in the NHS... Lord Trafford gets a job in reshuffle... Doctors launch poster blitz... Setback for Scots trusts...
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Pay for today: the Coughlan case
The Appeal Court judgement in the Coughlan case was that the NHS is not solely responsible for all nursing care. This overturned an earlier High Court decision, which had raised the hopes of thousands of families with relatives in means-tested homes that their fees might be reduced - and raised ...
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NAO blasts 'unacceptable' payouts by Scottish trusts
Spending watchdogs have criticised two Scottish trusts for making 'unacceptable' pay-offs to former executives.