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Damning with faint praise
Nurses may have grudgingly voted to accept the pay award, but the government has its work cut out if the profession is to get 'on-message'. Pat Healy caught the mood at the RCN congress
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Hot under the collar over lukewarm response to royal commission
Nurses showed that they were furious with the government for its lukewarm response to the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care.
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Racism: a tough act to follow
Delegates voted overwhelmingly that, in the light of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence, 'issues related to the institutional racism within the RCN and the healthcare systems of the UK' should be properly addressed. But this came only after widespread anger among delegates at the defeat of ...
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Matron does the rounds
Shadow health secretary Ann Widdecombe was in fine form at the Tories' spring forum and put PCGs on notice. Patrick Butler listened in
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Once bitten...
The Food Standards Agency's HQ was announced on the first anniversary of the BSE inquiry. But will it win public confidence? Mark Crail reports
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When funding is a Lottery
Bethlem and Maudsley trust chief executive Eric Byers attacked bidding systems used to distribute modernisation funds as 'modelled on the National Lottery'.
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Probe reveals ambulance trust 'overstated' 999 response times
An ambulance trust 'overstated' emergency response times, an investigation has found.
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NHS lost millions in London site sale
The NHS lost millions of pounds on the disposal of a key London site in a deal with 'lessons' for the NHS Executive, according to a National Audit Office report.
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NAO expresses concern over Welsh finances
The head of the National Audit Office has expressed 'concern' about the worsening financial performance of health authorities and trusts in Wales.
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Brown promises £500m extra for NHS
Chancellor Gordon Brown saved the announcement of an extra £500m for the NHS until the dying minutes of his Budget speech on Tuesday.