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As not seen on TV
Downing Street is keen, trials have suggested it's popular with the public and it could be the future of consultations. So why is telemedicine such an under-achiever, asks Michael Cross
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Give and let live
Changes in the rules for organ transplant in the US have raised important issues about which patients should get priority. Howard Berliner reports
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Facing hard truths
A day of visits to assess care for detained, mentally ill black and ethnic-minority patients found worrying gaps in meeting their cultural, religious and communication needs, write Lesley Warner and colleagues
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On the case
A green paper reviewing the 1983 Mental Health Act proposes the abolition of managers' power to discharge patients. Patricia Gregory urges the government to retain this valuable local safeguard to patient rights
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Calling the shots
The search for health needs Research for health visiting practice Edited by Jane V Appleton and Sarah Cowley Macmillan Press Ltd 206 pages £14.99
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Tips from over there for over here
The corporate practice of medicine Competition and innovation in healthcare By James C Robinson University of California Press 261 pages £11. 95
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A lot of knowledge is a good thing
Health management information systems A handbook for decision makers By Jack Smith Open University Press 345 pages £22. 50
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Floodgates open for increased damages
As compensation awards for clinical negligence soar, an almost unnoticed High Court judgement delivered at Newcastle upon Tyne could open the floodgates for even bigger damages.
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Trusts braced for impact of act
How will the Human Rights Act impact on the NHS when it comes into force next October?
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Disability criteria under scrutiny
An intensive care nurse has won £800,000 in an out-of-court settlement over two workplace back injuries, which have made him unemployable.
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In brief: Public Concern at Work
The charity Public Concern at Work, which advises whistle-blowers, is bringing a High Court challenge to the policy of employment tribunals not to make public the details of cases filed.
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Obituary: David Castell
David Castell has died at the age of 64 after spending his entire career in the NHS. A psychology graduate of Manchester University, he worked at the Maudsley Hospital in London and in Norfolk before becoming strategic adviser for mental health services to Pembrokeshire NHS. He was also a mental ...
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GMC rejects calls for central register
The General Medical Council has rejected calls for it to develop a central register of doctors under suspicion of professional misconduct or involvement in criminal investigations.
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Out-of-hours GP review launched
Health minister John Denham has launched a review of out-of-hours GP services examining the possible future role of the NHS Direct helpline as a first port of call for access to primary care.
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Blair line on beds is 'contradictory'
The prime minister's 'U-turn' on NHS spending in the private sector has pitched the health service into confusion, it has been claimed.
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Selection of surgeons for inquiries probed after kidney row
The Royal College of Surgeons is to review its procedures for appointing surgeons to independent inquiries, following the revelation that the lead consultant who investigated the removal of a healthy kidney from a patient in Llanelli was himself the subject of legal action over a similar case, and had selected ...
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In brief: whole-time nurse equivalents
The number of whole-time nurse equivalents has risen by 3,000 over the past 12-month period, according to estimates from the government statistical service. The figures to September 1999 show an increase of 4,500 nurses in NHS hospital and community health services in England.
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In brief: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare trust
Health ministers have accepted Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare trust's proposals to take over the running of Andover District Community Services trust from April until a primary care trust is formed. But Andover District Community Services trust expressed 'disappointment' that it had not been possible to hand responsibility to a new ...