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Diverted traffic
Acute, self-limiting health problems - such as cough, indigestion or diarrhoea - represent a considerable workload for general practice. It is widely reported, albeit anecdotally, that GPs consider a substantial proportion of their time is wasted by seeing patients who they think are consulting inappropriately or unnecessarily with problems of ...
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Abroad minded
The NHS will remain dependent on overseas nurses for many years and hospitals must ensure effective recruitment and retention. James Buchan explains
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Costs of overseas recruitment, 1998-99
Recruitment from Australia costs approximately £3,200 per nurse (where 40 nurses arrive). This includes the air fare of £800, which is paid for by the nurse but reimbursed by the trust if the nurse stays to the end of the contract. The agency fee includes a percentage of the salary.
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The long goodbye
Reaching a 100th birthday will soon become a commonplace event. But the centenarians of the new millennium will not be the chronic sick and long-stayers of managers worst nightmares, writes Jenny Bryan
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Cell out: the science of ageing
According to leading British gerontologist Professor Tom Kirkwood, ageing is probably due to the gradual and progressive accumulation of damage in the cells and tissues of our bodies - as opposed to a pre-programmed formula still preferred by some ageing specialists.
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Still going strong: a century and not out
With 70,000 US centenarians today and some 800,000 predicted by 2050, it is no surprise that one of the most comprehensive research programmes into what makes a centenarian is being carried out in the US. The New England centenarian study is following the fortunes of centenarians living in eastern Massachusetts ...
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And the winner is plague!
No other disease has been responsible for so much social upheaval, ranging from a crusade, to the discovery that the medical profession is seldom as competent as it claims
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No sign of fare play in insurance payout debate
I had an unusual experience as the old century ended. I made an insurance claim which was paid in full without quibble by an insurance company .
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Science fiction fantasies come down to earth
The year 2000 has arrived, but the World Health Organisation s aspiration that it should be accompanied by health for all throughout the globe remains blatantly unfulfilled. The last 20 years have seen the advent of 30 new diseases, including HIV/AIDS, which alone has claimed 16 million lives.
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A millennium pat on the back
HSJ would like to start the new century by highlighting its part in a modest victory for the NHS, scored as the old century drew to a close. We refer to the government s announcement of an extra £90m allocated to the service for the remainder of the financial year ...
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Hitting the roof
An expected £17m saving turned out to be £5m, Sir Alan Langlands was forced to admit, as MPs quizzed him on a key PFI project. Lyn Whitfield was there
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Monitor
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Monitor has always found other people a fairly safe bet. This week begins with a minions say the funniest things special - starting with the cute and curious world of public relations. Take the partnership between the prison service ...