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Denizens of Grub Street crave a little openness Civil servants should end their defensiveness for the sake of debate
One corner of government activity has remained virtually immune from the initiatives which began with the Citizen's Charter to ensure anyone encountering a public sector organisation is treated in a fair, courteous, prompt and open manner. All too often, Whitehall press offices feel under no obligation to treat the journalists ...
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WEB WATCH
If your access to the wonderful world of communications technology comes from within the NHS, then you are most likely already aware of NHSweb. If not, http://nww.inform.nhsweb. nhs.uk will produce only an annoying insistence on the part of your web browser that the site has no DNS entry.
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Debunking the magic 21bn
A Department of Health press release on 29 July announced the funding of 'assertive outreach teams' to care more efficiently for mentally ill people in the community.
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The evidence on complementary medicine could challenge old beliefs
I was disappointed to read David Crosby's attack on complementary medicine (Letters, 30 July). It is inaccurate to suggest that all complementary therapies are untested or untestable. Therapies that have been extensively researched include acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic approaches, all of which are being increasingly integrated alongside orthodox medicine.
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'Shotgun affair' is a grossly wrong portrayal
David Crosby's provocative letter about your News Focus on integrated healthcare (letters, 4 June), clearly demands a response. I was at the conference referred to. Mr Crosby's representation of Iain Chalmers as 'acting as a catalyst for a shotgun affair' between orthodox and complementary medicine is grossly wrong. Your article ...
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Education and pay policies at the root of professional recruitment crisis
I was interested in your feature on the recurring problem of the nurse shortage ('Your country needs you', pages 22-25, 16 July).
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New Alzheimer's care
Our report on Alzheimer's disease (News, page 4, 9 July) aims to provide a base for thinking about improvements in care.
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Ex-offenders should be included as New Deal trainees in healthcare
I was disappointed to read the comments of some speakers at the conference to debate the New Deal in healthcare (News, page 2, 25 June). If we consider that New Deal participants with a criminal background might not be suitable for NHS jobs, we are contributing to the social exclusion ...
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Paramedics are committed to ensuring interventions are clinically effective
Patrick Butler's reports (News, page 5, 6 August; News Focus, page 10, 13 August) of the Ambulance Service Association's recent conference question the clinical effectiveness of paramedics.
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Patients Association says doctors must explain the reasons...
I was very disappointed by the tone of Steve Ainsworth's article ('Omission to explain', page 27, 30 July) arguing that GPs should not need to give patients reasons for removal from their lists.
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...while others have been campaigning on GP registration for years and want to see the figures
Community health councils have been campaigning about GP registration for 25 years. This year's focus is on information about the number of patients removed from GP lists. The structured publication of the numbers nationally is important.
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The shape of things to come
The NHS regions are being redrawn with effects for the whole of the NHS, and the power of central government.
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Doorstep delivery
A home care service for people with severe mental illness has reduced costs and proved popular with users.
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Monitor
Summer brings so many health risks that Monitor hardly dares get out of bed these days. What with public health and photo-opportunities minister Tessa Jowell's brave crusade against deadly cheeses, and chief medical officer Sir Kenneth Calman's wholly unexpected warning that 'consumers cooking burgers and similar minced meat products should ...
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Voices of dissent
Community health councils keep managers on their toes, says Steve Ainsworth, and should not be resented by health authorities
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Every step of the way
When poliomyelitis struck teenager Gordon Palmer in 1950, the two- year-old NHS was there to see him through, and he remains a loyal supporter
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'Iron law' of wealth
A better state of health A prescription for the NHS By John Willman Profile Books 297 pages 8.99
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Unhealthy fears from the 1950s to the 1990s
Moral panics By Kenneth Thompson Routledge 142 pages 10.99
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Advice on unravelling primary care funding
Practice finance Your questions answered By John Dean Radcliffe 145 pages 16.50