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    Medical data consent could cost NHS £400m

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The NHS could face a £400m bill if it seeks 'express consent' from patients for all uses of their medical data, experts have warned.

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    Career chance spurs boom in student nurses

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Improved career opportunities for nurses could be behind the boom in the number of students applying for undergraduate nursing courses.

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    Short cuts

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Highest number of new HIV cases since 1985 There were 3,425 new cases of HIV last year according to the Public Health Laboratory Service - a rise of 14 per cent compared with 1999 and the highest number of newly diagnosed cases in one year since testing became widely available ...

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    Cancer screening surge follows soap

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Anecdotal reports from cervical screening centres around the UK suggest a dramatic surge in uptake of screening following a Coronation Street storyline in which character Alma Halliwell is diagnosed with terminal cancer, having missed a smear test.

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    Organ retention fallout may run into millions as workload soars

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Trusts are facing escalating bills and huge workforce pressures as they try to deal with the fallout from the organ retention scandal.

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    Climbie inquiry to focus on partnership-working

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    One of the most comprehensive and wide-ranging investigations ever into health and social services failures began last week with the opening of the public inquiry into the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie in February last year.

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    Big guns in battle for care homes cash

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Independent care home owners in Scotland have enlisted heavyweight help to convince local authorities that they are not being paid enough.

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    Public health risk of foot and mouth is monitored

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    A multi-agency group is being established to monitor potential risks to public health from the foot and mouth disease outbreak.

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    Days like this

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Poverty link ignored. . .Local government 'take-over'. . .Staff uphold standards. . .Improving communications. . .Labour cash boost slammed

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    Second helpings

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Election

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    Theme and variations

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Theme and variations: putting Scotland and Wales in the picture The pictures in Labour's Welsh and Scottish manifestos may be the same as those in the English ones - but there are subtle differences in the text.

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    Quiz Test of faith

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    So there you are, trotting along as a modern and dependable manager.Thanks to the wonders of deed poll, reform is now your middle name.And suddenly, it turns out that there are alternatives to the one true faith.

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    Return of the saint

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Health minister Gisela Stuart, who first went to Parliament on St Gisela's day four years ago, is hoping she can hold on to her seat for a second term.Tash Shifrin met her on the campaign trail Been making plans for Friday 8 June? Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has no ...

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    Election

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Signs of the times: Gisela Stuart meets voters in Edgbaston.

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    Off message

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The departure of the DoH's communications director has led to accusations of ministerial control-freakery over media relations.Could this be a sign of things to come, asks Laura Donnelly It is almost exactly a month since Tony Blair said today would be polling day. In one fell swoop, the civil service ...

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    A week in PR

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    As news about Helen McCallum's departure made headlines, another PR story was about to break.

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    Off the stump and on with the work

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

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    A kick in the ballots

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    What should one write on the day of a general election?

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    THE PERSUADERS

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Our weekly guide to healthcare's most influential people