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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has written to public health minster Tessa Jowell calling for regulation or legislation against smoking in public places in the government's 'delayed' white paper on smoking control. BMA chair Sandy Macara said he hoped the paper would also restrict access to cigarettes for young people and ...
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Year 2000 IT bug fixing bill may be three times more than first estimates
The year 2000 computer bug may cost some acute trusts three times more than their estimates because they cannot get advice from their medical imaging equipment suppliers.
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International exchange
Paramedic training officers Brian Glass (far left) and Jim Dickie (right) demonstrate their skills to a group of doctors from Egypt at the Scottish Ambulance College in Eddleston, near Peebles. The college recently secured a contract to train 72 postgraduate doctors from Egypt through Scottish export agency Scottish Trade International. ...
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Clear hint of further funding boost for health
The NHS could be in line for another cash boost following the government's comprehensive spending review, health secretary Frank Dobson said this week.
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Key role for NHS in welfare reform
Managers' leaders reacted cautiously last week to the government's plans for welfare reform.
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Centre to track GP commissioning
The 40 national GP commissioning pilots, which go live this week, will come under close scrutiny to assess their impact.
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Future doctors
Future doctors could qualify with BA degrees as part of a drive to promote the role of the arts in medicine. Health minister Baroness Jay is to meet the Nuffield Trust to discuss the introduction of the arts into medical education after Nuffield research showed that studying the arts helped ...
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New surgeons' training hit by emergencies
The scale of emergency medical work faced by hospitals is having a 'serious impact' on the training of young surgeons, a royal college has warned.
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Unions opt to turn down phased pay offer for non-review body staff
Health unions last week rejected a pay offer for non-review body staff that would give them the same deal as nurses and professions allied to medicine - 2 per cent from 1 April and another 1.8 per cent in December.
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Left a bit. . .
David Hall, chair of United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, helps pose health secretary Frank Dobson in front of a £90m extension to Leeds General Infirmary. Mr Dobson officially opened the Jubilee Building extension last week, before visiting a medical and scientific fair hosted by the trust.
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Plea to health secretary in Lighthouse row
Health secretary Frank Dobson is likely to be asked to intervene over the proposed sale of London Lighthouse's purpose-built centre for people with HIV/AIDS after the local health authority rejected calls for public consultation over the issue.
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Waiting list cash attacked
The government's new waiting list initiative received a strong thumbs down at a national conference on day surgery last week.
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High road
Consultants Roger Rand (left) and David Dawson hike across moors near Bradford to prepare for a nine-day, 100km trek across Iceland. The doctors, who work for Bradford Hospitals trust, are taking part in an Icelandic Challenge organised by charity Whizz Kidz to raise money for wheelchairs, trikes and walking aids ...
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Record queues in Dobson's patch
Hospital waiting lists have reached a record high in health secretary Frank Dobson's own constituency.
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In Brief: Western General Hospitals trust
Western General Hospitals trust, Edinburgh, has announced that contracts have been signed with Miller Construction for a £40m building programme at Western General Hospital. The scheme, which includes new wards and theatres, is the largest exchequer-funded NHS building project in Scotland at the moment, and forms part of a wider ...
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In Brief: Drug abusers
The number of drug abusers seeking help has risen by 7 per cent according to the latest Drug Misuse Statistics bulletin issued by the Department of Health. The bulletin, which covers the six months ending 30 September 1996, shows that more than half were in their early 20s and 12 ...
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In Brief: Lincolnshire health authority
A new strategy developed by Lincolnshire health authority and Lincolnshire county council for people with learning disabilities will lead to the closure of Mulberry trust, Sleaford, next year. Contracts for services provided by the trust will be given to a number of alternative providers if the move is agreed after ...
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In Brief: Bedfordshire health authority
A coalition of health and voluntary groups this week launched a campaign to fight £6m of cuts proposed by Bedfordshire health authority over the next three years. The coalition includes local branches of Unison, the Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association, the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association ...
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Power of London
If Londoners vote 'yes' to a mayor, the capital's NHS may be finally united. Mark Crail reports