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boom bang a bang
When Big Ben chimed in the year 2000, the technology sector was the 'new economy', an apparent economic miracle. It took just over a year for received wisdom to see it as a disaster.
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Capital's health divide widens
Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report.
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Trust clinches PFI deal for medical equipment
A trust which opened a new private finance initiative-funded hospital earlier this year has now signed the first major separate PFI deal to provide medical equipment.
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Days like this
Tory pledge endorsed- Jowell predicts 'trolley'election - IT cash row- Consultants unhappy- GPs'ad -Tomlinson to head hospitals inquiry NHS chief executive Duncan Nichol's public endorsement of the Conservative Party's key message on the eve of its annual conference - that the NHS will not be privatised - has divided managers.
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card sharp
Could ID cards open up health records to patients, or are they an infringement of civil liberties, asks Lyn Whitfield Swindon - officially the most 'average' place in the country - was briefly a hotbed of smartcard technology.
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Compensation win for 'grossly dishonoured' nurse
The High Court has awarded compensation of £140,000 for stress and overwork to a nurse employed by Hastings and Rother trust, saying the trust had 'grossly dishonoured' its promise that she could gradually ease back into her ward sister role after having a baby.Trust chief executive Geoff Haynes said initiatives ...
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Inquiry into Bristol medical officer due back 'shortly'
An investigation into the senior medical officer criticised by the Bristol inquiry is due to report back 'shortly', according to the Department of Health.Dr Peter Doyle, a DoH official, has been on extended leave since July when the report was first published.It found that he had placed a dossier of ...
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Welsh cardiac patients to transfer to Hammersmith
Hundreds of cardiac patients in Wales are to be transferred to Hammersmith Hospital in a bid to cut surgery waiting lists in the principality.Arrangements have been made with St John Ambulance for return transport to the trust, and accommodation for relatives will also be available for the duration of admissions.The ...
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SHA configuration 'too diffuse to be effective'
A meeting of senior health, local government and business representatives in the West Midlands last week reached a consensus that the planned configuration of strategic health authorities and regions will be too large and diffuse to engage effectively with trusts, primary care trusts and local authorities.Participants at the meeting of ...
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Patients with dementia given home-living boost
A £60,000 project in Northampton is allowing patients with dementia to live at home for an extra six months by providing them with a range of specialist electronic devices.So far,18 people aged between 50 and 96 have used the scheme, with an interim report finding savings ranged from £900 to ...
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Bed-blocking in Birmingham puts NHS plan waiting targets at risk
Bed-blocking in Birmingham is at crisis levels with 'the equivalent of a hospital full' of people awaiting discharge, and work towards achieving NHS plan targets badly hit.
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Climate of change delays free nursing
The organisational changes currently underway in the health service were a key factor in the government's decision to delay full implementation of free nursing care paid for by the NHS.
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Contract talks gather momentum
The process of negotiating a new national contract for GPs, being led by the NHS Confederation, was formally started last week with the publication of a statement of intent from the confederation and the British Medical Association's GP committee.