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When funding is a Lottery
Bethlem and Maudsley trust chief executive Eric Byers attacked bidding systems used to distribute modernisation funds as 'modelled on the National Lottery'.
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Probe reveals ambulance trust 'overstated' 999 response times
An ambulance trust 'overstated' emergency response times, an investigation has found.
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NHS lost millions in London site sale
The NHS lost millions of pounds on the disposal of a key London site in a deal with 'lessons' for the NHS Executive, according to a National Audit Office report.
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NAO expresses concern over Welsh finances
The head of the National Audit Office has expressed 'concern' about the worsening financial performance of health authorities and trusts in Wales.
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Brown promises £500m extra for NHS
Chancellor Gordon Brown saved the announcement of an extra £500m for the NHS until the dying minutes of his Budget speech on Tuesday.
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Do it yourself:
patient Kevin Groves (left) helps to do up his own hospital with help from chargehand Nigel Carley.
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in brief
The British Medical Association has warned that 'a growing workforce crisis' could leave 350 obstetricians and gynaecologists without NHS contracts in 2001. The BMA's junior doctors committee has asked the Department of Health to fund new consultant posts and wants a 12-month extension on current contracts.
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Consultants warn of Leeds mental 'crisis'
Consultant psychiatrists in Leeds have claimed that mental health services have reached a 'critical position' following the withdrawal of £8m regional funding.
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Call for 'third way' NHS management
The government needs to find a 'third way' in health management if its reforms are to succeed, a leading think tank has argued.
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Nurses gain prescribing powers
Nurses and other health professionals will be given wider powers to prescribe under proposals from the second Crown report into the supply and administration of medicines.
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'Fragmented' genetic services commissioning is 'wasting cash'
Specialist commissioning of genetic services could save lives and money, a report has claimed.