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Plans to halve number of Welsh trusts
Controversial plans to halve the number of trusts in Wales were announced this week by Welsh health minister Win Griffiths.
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On the rocks
The proposed closure of London Lighthouse has sent alarm bells ringing throughout the hospice and palliative care movement. Neil Small explains
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An elusive equality
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: A POLITICAL HISTORY By Charles Webster Oxford University Press 254 pages £9.99
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Bending and shaping
THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE HEALTH SERVICE By Brian Salter Macmillan 257pages £14.99
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Controversy over 'macho' management at Ashworth
Troubled Ashworth Special Hospital was embroiled in more controversy this week amid claims that its new management regime is alienating staff with a 'macho' style.
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Ex-manager faces charges of corruption
A former estates manager is to appear in court on corruption charges in connection with an alleged £1m contracts scandal.
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Cottage hospital closes despite Labour pledge
The first closure of a cottage hospital under the present government went ahead this week, just months after ministers said community hospitals would no longer be sidelined.
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In Brief: Warwickshire health authority
A review of 17,451 smear tests ordered by Warwickshire health authority has sounded the all-clear for the original results. The review exercise was ordered after a smaller review of 500 slides suggested there might be problems with a screening service in Rugby.
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In Brief: Alan Milburn
Health minister Alan Milburn has unveiled a £10m package of measures to 'tackle oral health inequalities'. The money will be used to increase dentists' fees for seeing children under six in deprived areas, and for fitting full dentures.
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In Brief: Care services
Care services 'routinely' ignore the views of disabled children and 'too often' separate them from their families, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Who Cares? Trust. The report says the views of youngsters with little or no speech are particularly likely to be ignored.
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In Brief: King's Fund report
The government would find it more difficult to develop a fair system of healthcare if decisions were handed to elected bodies, says a King's Fund report.
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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has written to public health minster Tessa Jowell calling for regulation or legislation against smoking in public places in the government's 'delayed' white paper on smoking control. BMA chair Sandy Macara said he hoped the paper would also restrict access to cigarettes for young people and ...
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Year 2000 IT bug fixing bill may be three times more than first estimates
The year 2000 computer bug may cost some acute trusts three times more than their estimates because they cannot get advice from their medical imaging equipment suppliers.
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International exchange
Paramedic training officers Brian Glass (far left) and Jim Dickie (right) demonstrate their skills to a group of doctors from Egypt at the Scottish Ambulance College in Eddleston, near Peebles. The college recently secured a contract to train 72 postgraduate doctors from Egypt through Scottish export agency Scottish Trade International. ...
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Clear hint of further funding boost for health
The NHS could be in line for another cash boost following the government's comprehensive spending review, health secretary Frank Dobson said this week.
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Key role for NHS in welfare reform
Managers' leaders reacted cautiously last week to the government's plans for welfare reform.
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Centre to track GP commissioning
The 40 national GP commissioning pilots, which go live this week, will come under close scrutiny to assess their impact.