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Audit report hits out at equipment supplies' 'recipe for inefficiency'
The organisation of equipment services for elderly and disabled people is 'a recipe for inequality and inefficiency', the Audit Commission has found.
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Left holding the baby
Boadcaster Michael Palin meets Kirsty Thew and her daughter at the Sheffield hospital where he had his tonsils removed, and admires a new wall painting in the neonatal ward.Mr Palin was visit ing Sheff ield Children's Hospital to unveil the painting, commissioned in an arts for health programme funded by ...
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Private care could face tough new era
Private hospitals and clinics will come under an unprecedented level of scrutiny if plans set out by the Department of Health last week are implemented.
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Power to ban doctors for life moves closer
Life bans for criminal or bad doctors came a step closer last week with a government consultation document proposing a radical shake-up of the way the General Medical Council works.
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PCTs' mental health role doubted by MPs
Primary care trusts lack the 'depth of expertise'needed to take responsibility for mental health services, according to Commons health select committee members.
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Hospital grievance tally drops
Complaints about hospitals have fallen for only the second time since the new NHS complaints system was introduced four years ago.
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Days like this
Demands to evaluate reforms. . .Call for managers' pay body. . .Warning over HAs. . .'No growth' predicted. . .Cautionary note on taxation
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Who wants to be a billionaire?
The NHS has been given extra funding beyond its wildest dreams, but how will it be used to force through New Labour's modernisation crusade? Lyn Whitfield investigates
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Otherwise engaged
In the light of the Fritchie report, the health secretary has proposed changes to the appointments system that will fundamentally alter the relationship between HAs and trusts. Paul Stephenson reports
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Hit and run
The closure of the Rover plant at Longbridge will cause widespread health problems, but the NHS could rev things up. James Garnett reports
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Growing, growing, gone
While the government builds up NHSnet, the race is on to find its replacement.Mick Williams reports from the Healthcare Computing 2000 conference
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'The devastation will be unbelievable'
General paint operator John Smith (not his real name), 49, has worked at Longbridge for the past 27 years.He has been on sick leave since December 1999 suffering from depression, is on regular medication and is being counselled by his GP.Two weeks ago, before BMW's decision was revealed, he felt ...
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Bonny and Clyde
An ambitious £400m capital programme aims to revolutionise Glasgow's hospital services.But can the health board convince the public, asks Barbara Millar
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We've seen the carrot, but what shape is the stick?
comment Cheap jibes at 'bureaucrats' won't win the improvements everyone seeks