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Phoney wars
A landmark ruling in GPs' long battle to be paid for telephone advice could cost health authorities thousands of pounds. But the claims should never have been made, argues Steve Ainsworth
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Delivering the goods
Community maternity units have played an important role for women but primary care groups are casting doubt on their future. Elisabeth Baxter and colleagues look at a survey of mothers' and midwives' wishes and at GPs' reactions
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Heading for Reading
Alison Hyde has had enough. After 20 years reporting or working for the NHS, she's moving out of health altogether and, she insists, she has no regrets
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Messages from the frontline
While primary care groups have a lot of support in principle, worries that practices will be reluctant to co-operate with each other remain. Michael Place and Andrew Street analyse the results of a series of workshops
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monitor
Save-our-hospital types giving you a tough time? Just point 'em in Monitor's direction. The Save Bart's campaigners were so incensed by an item about their attempt to bag a bit of free publicity during the NHS 50th anniversary Songs of Praise programme that they took HSJ to the Press Complaints ...
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15 October 1948
The divorce between hospitals and the authorities concerned with public and social medicine has already been noticed and deplored. The issue now is to organise practical means of bridging the gap. There is great opportunity for closely integrating local authorities' preventive, after-care and social medicine services within the structure of ...
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Guidance gives the go-ahead for Welsh local health groups
Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has given the green light to local health groups by issuing detailed guidance on their role, structure and funding.
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HA 'underestimates' PFI plan costs
The cost of replacing two acute hospital sites with one private finance initiative scheme may have been 'significantly underestimated' according to a report commissioned by the health authority behind the proposals.
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Record compensation sparks maternity review
A hospital which has agreed Britain's largest medical compensation settlement is to hold an independent review of its maternity services.
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Pay row as review bodies defy Blair limit
Government hopes of limiting next year's health service pay awards have been dented as pay review bodies resist pressure to keep within departmental spending limits.
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Winning idea
Punters in a Wolverhampton betting shop cast an eye over an display provided by Wolverhampton Health Care trust to mark world mental health day. The trust put information up in Ladbroke's shops and Banks's pubs, and hopes to target factories in future.
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In brief: NHS dentistry
The government has launched 13 pilot sites to improve NHS dentistry under the Primary Care Act 1997. The pilots will share a £600,000 grant for preparatory costs.
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In brief: Prince Edward
Prince Edward was due to officially open a new accident centre at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey today. The £8m building will be called the Prince Edward Wing.
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In brief: Hope Hospital
An £8.5m scheme to develop a centre for clinical neurosciences at Hope Hospital in Salford has been approved. The centre will bring neurosurgery, neurology and diagnostic and clinical support services for Greater Manchester together on a single site.
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In brief: Helen McCallum
Helen McCallum has been appointed to the new post of director of communications at the Department of Health. She is currently head of communications at the NHS Executive, and managed the celebrations for the NHS 50th anniversary.
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In brief: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation has launched an international year of older persons by urging policy makers to take steps to develop 'active ageing' policies to deal with the social and public health challenges of ageing populations. There are 580 million people aged over 60 in the world, but by 2020 ...
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In brief: Drink and drug misuse
Drink and drug misuse is costing UK employers an estimated £3bn a year, delegates to a conference hosted by the TUC, Alcohol Concern and the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence were told this week. They called for effective workplace policies that 'ensure employees are supported, not punished'.
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In brief: Institute of Health Services Management
Institute of Health Services Management members have voted in favour of a merger with the Association of Members in General Practice at an extraordinary meeting. AMGP members will vote on the merger plans at their annual meeting tomorrow.