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    Short Cuts: Half of Britain's wealth held by richest 10 per cent

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Inequalities in wealth in Britain are 'extreme', with 10 per cent of the population owning half of all wealth, according to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It shows that young, single people and lone parents have little wealth, but half of all households in Britain have savings, pensions ...

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    2000 throws up PR nightmares

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Tales of millennium revellers 'vomiting to death' make 'bad PR', a year 2000 communications workshop heard last week.

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    Deficit grows after finance chief quits

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    A London trust that saw the abrupt departure of its finance director at the end of May has admitted that it is facing much 'worse than anticipated' financial problems.

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    Hole world in her hands

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Rebecca Mullen from charity Fight for Sight shows off one of 750,000 'pinhole postcards' being distributed free to discourage people from looking directly at the sun during next month's eclipse. The cards are available at Vision Express and in 200 cinemas. Fight for Sight is concerned that people could damage ...

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    Security review for all three special hospitals

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    The government has announced a review of security at all three special hospitals as part of its response to the Fallon inquiry into Ashworth Special Hospital's personality disorder unit.

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    Dobson praises PFI for early hand-overs

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Frank Dobson returned to his defence of the private finance initiative last week by telling MPs that publicly funded hospitals were still being delivered late while PFI projects were being handed over early.

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    Take it from the top on career development

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Chairs and chief executives should be 'role models and champions of life-long learning', according to government guidance on continuing professional development in the NHS.

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    Days like this

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    GPcontracts row. . . Warning over inner cities. . . Community care cash worry. . . Action on infant mortality. . . Channel Tunnel investigation. . .

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    The sky's the limit

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    The AA's campaign for a national network of air ambulances could mean the service has to raise more cash than ever before, writes Mark Gould

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    Care-free and single?

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    An impressive start by Wales' single ambulance trust has been marred by disputes with staff and complaints about rural cover, writes Lyn Whitfield

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    Balancing act

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Campaigners are launching a CD-ROM and website to help the media provide more balanced coverage of mental health issues. Laura Donnelly reports

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    Shutting up shop

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    The government's mission to head off private walk-in clinics with its own NHS version is being accomplished most efficiently, writes Mark Crail

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    Pally at the Ally

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Teenies' delight Richard Blackwood put some rare glamour into health management at a HImP launch. Kaye McIntosh looked on in disbelief

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    Going the distance

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's 'advanced' new approach to allocating funds will take the remoteness of communities into account for the first time, writes Barbara Millar

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    In the grip of 2000 fantasies

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

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    Crying out for synergy

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

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    WEB WATCH

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Who would have thought the most useful person on the web would turn out to be a butler?