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Fraud busters
Fraud busters: Pippa Farrington (right), chief pharmacist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, looks at a new leaflet issued as part of a government crackdown on prescription fraud with colleague Caroline Fletcher.
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Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry public hearings begin
Queues formed outside the offices of the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry as public hearings started on Tuesday morning.
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'I musn't ever minimise what I am asking people to do'
Over a quarter of the 450 patients at Rampton high-security hospital have no visitors. In July 1997 the Hospital League of Friends patient befriending scheme began, and now has 24 volunteers - all very special people, according to co-ordinator Janet Phillips.
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'Seeing people really grateful because they had a chair made me angry, but also kind of good because I was making a difference'
Nineteen-year-old Neil Higley is planning to study performing arts at university. He first became involved with the League of Friends of Reading Hospitals by taking to the catwalk in a fundraising fashion show.
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Boosted NHS role in jails 'will be costly'
Proposals to increase NHS responsibility for prison healthcare could have 'high-cost implications' for the health service, prison reformers have warned.
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'Act now on our long-term care findings' chair urges ministers
The chair of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care has urged ministers to act swiftly on his team's recommendations.
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Partnership duty will apply equally, says DoH
The Department of Health has moved to reassure health service managers that the duty of partnership set out in the Health Bill will apply equally to the NHS and local government.
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Group set to tackle big seven
Baroness Hayman was speaking on the eve of the first meeting of the external reference group that will draw up a national service framework for older people, focusing on NHS services.
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Pay anger brewing as talks begin
Talks open today on the government's proposed new pay system for the NHS, as signs of trouble are emerging over low pay offers to non-pay review body staff.
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Temperamental e-mail puts plan to link GPs with NHSnet on hold
Moves to put all GPs on to the NHS's national communications network are being delayed amid a flood of complaints about the unreliability of its electronic mail service.
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MPs unhappy over food agency's role
MPs have criticised ministers for refusing to give health promotion responsibilities to an independent food standards agency.
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Trusts 'saving on nurses'
Trusts must stop trying to save money by employing fewer senior nurses, Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock demanded last week.