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PFI 'milestone' for Edinburgh
Contracts have been signed for Scotland's flagship private finance initiative hospital building project - a 180m replacement for Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary, City Hospital and Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital.
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Transfers to NHS from jail 'too slow'
The chief inspector of prisons has alerted home secretary Jack Straw to 'totally unacceptable' delays in transferring mentally ill prisoners from Long Lartin jail to the NHS.
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Mis-sold pensions settled 'speedily'
Unions have welcomed the 'pretty speedy' progress finally being made in resolving the personal pensions mis-selling scandal that hit tens of thousands of NHS staff in the 1980s.
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Health board and union in clash over closure
Greater Glasgow health board has recommended the closure of a hospital for 300 patients with learning difficulties.
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Cornwall GPs to claim back fees for phone advice given to tourists
GPs in Cornwall are hoping to claim thousands of pounds in a dispute with the government over fees for telephone consultations with tourists and other temporary residents.
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Tight timing for PCG start
Health authorities have been given a tight timetable for getting the first piece of the primary care group funding jigsaw in place.
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Arson probe after hospital fires
Managers have stepped up security at a Manchester hospital hit by two major fires in two weeks.
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After the bomb
As the first casualties of Northern Ireland's worst terrorist bombing began to arrive at Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh, health services swung into a co-ordinated response that confirmed the strength of
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Communicating flaws
The London Ambulance Service is linking up with a telephone interpreting line in a bid to improve its work with ethnic minorities. Anna Minton reports
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One step beyond
An experiment in the Netherlands could point to the future for cross-border healthcare following a landmark EU ruling. But the Department of Health may challenge it. Tony Sheldon reports from Utrecht
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All quiet on the western front?
A car with a drunken passenger almost falling out of the window veered into a parked taxi. The passenger's head hit the taxi twice.
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Winning the day
Scotland has improved its day surgery performance, and even convinced sceptical GPs. Barbara Millar reports
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MPs 'appalled' by slow response to IT bug danger
An influential Commons committee has said it was 'astonished' and 'appalled' by the health service's response to the year 2000 computer software problem.
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Divide opens over PCG governance
Doctors' and managers' leaders divided sharply this week in their response to official guidance setting out governance arrangements for primary care groups.
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Welcome for 'clearing houses'
Managers' leaders have warmly welcomed plans to establish 'clearing houses' for NHS staff affected by the government's reforms.
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Omagh blast puts disaster strategy to ultimate test
A casualty of the Omagh bombing (right) is rushed to a helicopter to be airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
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'Tick-box' patient survey comes in for criticism over lack of detail
Details of how the first nationwide survey of NHS patients' experiences will be organised have received a sceptical response from managers and consumer groups.