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Blair said little about a healthier society
Your report of my comments on Tony Blair's speech at the NHS 50th anniversary conference (page 10, 9 July) was not correct.
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Evidence-based research and practice must be focused on achieving effective outcomes for patients
There is a connection between evidence-based practice, local clinicians' research work and the NHS research and development strategy but they are not all the same thing, nor are they consistently implemented across the country. It is too easy to put them all under one banner (Slow-acting remedy, page 24-25, 21 ...
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Support those people with mental illness plus drug or alcohol problems
There is an apparent belief that more emphasis on and investment in crisis response services, assertive outreach teams and 24-hour staffed accommodation will reduce the number of homicides committed by people with a serious mental illness. There is some merit in this belief, and the injection of new resources will ...
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Two issues for 2000
Medical device companies are not collectively refusing to sign the NHS Supplies Year 2000 deed (News, page 7, 2 July). The Association of British Health-Care Industries has advised its members that an alternative declaration should be submitted.
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in brief
The Lord Chancellor's Department is expected to launch a code of practice today aimed at cutting the time and cost involved in clinical negligence cases. The pre-action protocol has been drawn up by Clinical Disputes Forum, which represents lawyers, doctors and victims of medical accidents.
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Social services checks find one in four 'failing'
A quarter of the social services departments scrutinised by the Audit Commission and Social Services Inspectorate are failing and show little prospect of improving, says a report published this week.
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National Audit Office report shows trusts miss their financial targets
Four trusts missed all three financial targets last year, the National Audit Office has revealed.
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Angry GPs' leaders divide along fundholding faultline in debate over future direction of PCGs
GP leaders from across the old fundholding divide have clashed over the future direction of primary care groups.
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Ministers claim reform schedule is 'realistic'
Ministers this week outlined what they called a 'demanding' but 'realistic' timetable for implementing the next stages of their health service reforms.
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Monitor
Monitor's aura is positively shimmering with dismay at having missed last week's conference in Lancaster on 'faith in healing and healthcare provision', with its sessions on shamanism, circle and cross dances and 'angelic influences', whatever they might be. University College of St Martin, which organised the event, is clearly displaying ...
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Reality cheque
So pounds21bn sounds like a lot of money, but how much of it is really headed your way?
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How other departments fare
On top of the boost for health service funding, the NHS will be hoping public health benefits will stem indirectly from other initiatives announced in the comprehensive spending review.
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Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland: modernising on a more modest scale
Secretary of state for Scotland Donald Dewar announced an investment programme of pounds1.8bn over three years to create the 'most modern health service in Europe' while tackling waiting lists and rising demand.
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Doctors' orders
Family doctors have regrouped into new professional organisations to meet the challenge of primary care groups. Lyn Whitfield examines their differences
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Staffordshire terrier
The controversial figure of Roger Thayne has been snapping at heels - and not for the first time.
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Gordon Brown's billions fall into perspective
Realism returns after initial excitement over the chancellor's pounds21bn
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An internal war smoulders on for the soul of commissioning
Despite the end of fundholding, old enmities continue
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Why this punishing schedule?
The past eight months have been revolutionary, and the scale of change has taken most of us by surprise. A few months ago it was all quiet on the policy front.
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WEB WATCH
How long before all those nhs-scot.uk website addresses lose their final two letters? As the development of Scottish Health on the Web goes on, so the gap between the NHS north and south of the border becomes ever more apparent. And that's before anyone starts to think about the Scottish ...