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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
No fashionable organisation is complete these days without a website to call its own. So it is with the positively Blairite New Health Network, which, though not yet in cyberspace, certainly has something trundling towards the launch pad.
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Tuberculosis: still a serious public health issue
Having some family experience of tuberculosis, your article 'King's Evil reigns again' (news focus, page 14, 29 April) made chilling reading.
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Two-week waiting target depends on numbers thought to have cancer, not just those who do
We recently surveyed GP referrals to secondary care with a differential diagnosis of cancer. We grossed up the number of referrals to annual levels for the whole of Buckinghamshire and compared them to actual annual cancer registration.
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Ensuring the disadvantaged aren't bottom of the heap
It is a pity that Donald Coid and Desmond Ryan ('Historical novel', page 28-29, 15 April) presented their important comment on the challenge of de-industrialisation in such a gratuitously negative way, and arguably several years behind events.
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A stand on ceremony
I was surprised that your article on royal visits ('Why roll out the red carpet...' cover feature, 8 April) made no reference to a guide to hospital visits called Ceremonial Occasions, produced by North West Thames regional health authority and widely used by trusts. Your own publication included a feature ...
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Child abuse drink link?
Reducing the incidence of child abuse must be a top priority as the NSPCC insists (news, page 6, 25 March). But it will not be reduced significantly until our understanding of the role of parental alcohol and drug abuse in the suffering of children is improved. Real support must be ...
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A rough ride ahead for PCGs being pushed through the precarious NHS
I concur with the sentiments and analysis of primary care groups made by Dr Michael Dixon of the NHS PCG Alliance (letters, 6 May).
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Looking forward: possible future roles for CHCs
To scrutinise the commissioning and provision of health and personal social services in the interests of the public.
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Triage in practice
Receptionists diverted appropriate calls to the triage nurse, while identifying any very urgent cases who could not wait in a queue.
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Key points
The introduction of nurse telephone triage for patients requesting same- day attention in a GP practice has reduced the number of appointments and home visits for these patients. Patients welcome the opportunity to speak to a health professional when they telephone.
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Costs of the triage scheme
TAS nurse triage software: installation, training and full support and upgrades £9,400