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BY HOWARD BERLINER Premium rate calls
In his State of the Union address last month, President Clinton put forward the idea of allowing the 'near elderly' - those between the ages of 55 and 64 - to buy into Medicare.
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Is Cap'n Dobson set to jump ship to HMS London? BY MICHAEL WHITE
Another turbulent seven days culminating in those weekend reports that, yes, hospital waiting lists are still growing, by 1,000 a week if figures compiled by Lib Dem health spokesman Simon Hughes are to be believed. It is proving just as hard to slow down and reverse the Atlantic liner as ...
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The curse of Yorkshiregate
The curse of Yorkshiregate continues to cast its malign influence over those caught up in the scandal. Former Yorkshire regional general manager Keith McLean, whose hold on high office became untenable amid allegations that the regional health authority handed out dodgy relocation payments and partied at the tax-payers' expense, was ...
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From paper to practice
White paper proposals for primary care groups are evidence of the government coming up with something 'new'. But, asks Andrew Wall, are they really anything more than an uneasy mix of naivety
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Remains of the day
Providers should look at new uses for the day hospital in providing comprehensive elderly care
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REFERENCES
1 National Audit Office. National Health Service Day Hospitals for Elderly People in England. London: HMSO, 1994.
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Get ting to know me
A course on self- development left Gill Bennett questioning everything she believed about herself
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Financial forecasts 'not up to scratch in a third of trusts'
At least a third of trusts need to improve their financial forecasting, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants warned this week.
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HAs to set their own green paper targets
Health authorities will be encouraged to set their own targets to tackle local health problems, public health minister Tessa Jowell told the Journal this week.
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IN BRIEF
Health secretary Frank Dobson said this week he was 'extremely concerned about the increasing tide of litigation besetting the health service' and that it was affecting the way doctors practised. He told the Commons select committee on public administration that he was looking for ways to 'prevent the health service ...
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'Terror team' mastermind was former board manager
A former Scottish health board manager who masterminded a gang which carried out random attacks on strangers was jailed this week for four-and-a-half years.
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Flawed figures claim in Lothian service review
An ambitious plan to reorganise acute services in Lothian faced fresh opposition this week amid renewed claims it is based on ‘flawed’ figures.
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Scottish trust chair 'resigns over cuts'
A Scottish trust chair has resigned, allegedly in protest at planned service cuts.
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pounds1m development cash announced to upgrade top managers' training
Health officials this week unveiled plans to groom a 'cadre' of top managers and hinted at the damage done to training by past NHS reforms.