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Raised hope of health action for N Ireland
Action to change the structure of health and personal social services could be taken within days of the setting up of the proposed new Northern Ireland assembly, health minister Tony Worthington said last week.
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Double duty in mental health
'Health minister Paul Boateng faces a dilemma in attempting to balance the first duty of mental health services to their users and the public protection which any government must ensure'
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Joint approach
The government's anti-drugs initiative aims at prevention, targeting the young and working with education and health authorities. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Turf wars at the grass roots
As work gathers pace to develop primary care groups, tribalism is rife, says health minister Alan Milburn, who talks to Peter Davies