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White paper reconfiguration could leave Scotland with just 27 trusts
Detailed proposals to make a radical reduction in the number of Scottish trusts have been issued by health boards.
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Jowell drawn into row over HIV/AIDS centre
Public health minister Tessa Jowell is fighting Treasury resistance to a financial rescue plan drawn up for a leading HIV/AIDS centre.
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Light fantastic
Professor Marc Clement, dean of applied design and engineering at Swansea Institute of Higher Education, demonstrates a new laser treatment to restore the elasticity of burned skin. The treatment, developed in collaboration with Ruth Waters, a plastic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, warms collagen fibres, freeing scar tissue. ...
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Psychiatry unit relocation plan a 'retrograde step'
A London health authority has been accused of planning to 'rebuild an asylum' by proposing to move a psychiatry unit from an acute to a community hospital.
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Service options go out to public consultation
A health authority accused last year of trying to undermine a trust has put proposals for relocating its services out to public consultation.
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Dyfed Powys aims to wipe out £20m deficit
A Welsh health authority has launched a recovery plan to tackle a £20m deficit in funding for the local health service.
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Easter treat
Biker Dean Ashton hands over some of the hundreds of Easter eggs donated to the patients of Hull Royal Infirmary's paediatric ward after fundraising by a local bikers' club.
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Trust slams HA 'high-risk disruption' and unveils own rescue plan on Net
A trust which is using the Internet to fight for survival is pinning its hopes on a 'radical' new plan to preserve acute services at three hospitals.
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Ashworth opens board to public
A total of 100 complaints and 1,013 incidents were recorded at Ashworth Hospital in the quarter ending December 1997.
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Ancillary staff could walk out over bonuses
Up to 200 ancillary staff at a Scottish hospital may walk out if managers fail to agree to incorporate bonus payments into basic wages.
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Mixed welcome for radical Welsh trust cuts proposals
Radical proposals to halve the number of trusts in Wales have been given a mixed reception by campaign groups.
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Tomorrow's world
Schoolgirls Emma Giles (left) and Nichola Mason try their hand on a keyhole surgery simulator at the research and development showcase held at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
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In Brief: Win Griffiths
Welsh health minister Win Griffiths has announced that £10.6m will be spent on research and development in Wales in 1998-99. A further £670,000 will be spent on providing six units to give advice, training and specialist support to researchers.
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In Brief: Manifesto commitment
The government has fulfilled its manifesto commitment to transfer responsibility for nurseries, child minders and other forms of day care for children under eight from the Department of Health to the Department for Education and Employment.
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In Brief: Borders General Hospital trust
Borders General Hospital trust has become the first Scottish trust to sell its staff accommodation to a housing association. It has struck a £2m deal with Eildon housing association that will allow it to nominate tenants to 39 of the 52 residential units involved for 30 years.
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In Brief: Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare trust
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare trust has transferred its residential accommodation to Kensington housing trust under a 99-year lease.
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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has told a group of Wall Street analysts, who are visiting Britain to assess the impact of litigation on the tobacco industry, that it supports the exploration of 'all legal avenues' to put manufacturers in the dock.
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Paved with good intentions
The foundations of health action zones are set. It's now time to build local policies and structures. Lyn Whitfield reports
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King's new reign
The King's Fund is undergoing a massive shake-up as well as something of a slimming exercise. Pat Healy looks at the organisation that is emerging
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A sense of security
Ashworth Hospital's top managers insist it has a future beyond its current problems. Dolly Chadda reports