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Great expectations
Tony Blair is said to be frustrated by the pace of change in the health service, so how must the public feel? Lynn Eaton reports
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Tobacco case lawyer criticises HAs' retreat
The lawyer behind failed legal action against the UK tobacco industry has hit out at health authorities for failing to support it.
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Lawyers in row over mediation
Lawyers have clashed over why government-funded research into the use of mediation to stem a rising tide of NHS litigation failed to attract a significant number of cases.
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Standards report seeks further change in appointment process
Dramatic improvements are needed in the way appointments to NHS boards are made, according to the latest report of the committee on standards in public life.
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Guidance brings in 48-hour week as exempt junior doctors fight on
Guidance on how the European working-time directive will affect the NHS was published last week amid a growing row about plans to extend the rules to junior doctors.
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Crackdown on NHS sickness bill begins
NHS human resources managers are to have new guidance on tackling absenteeism in line with chancellor Gordon Brown's bid to cut £6bn from the public sector staff sickness bill.
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Psychiatrists spark anger
A five-year campaign by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness got off to a rocky start this week when aggrieved service users planned a protest march on the day of the launch.
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Hospital's future in doubt in wake of suspension of second doctor
A Scottish hospital at the centre of a row over standards of care has suspended a second consultant after a patient's death.
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'Tick-box' patient survey comes in for criticism over lack of detail
Details of how the first nationwide survey of NHS patients' experiences will be organised have received a sceptical response from managers and consumer groups.
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700,000 bill for test scare
A Welsh hospital in a cervical cancer scare faces a potential damages bill of at least 700,000 from affected women and their families.
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Reel lives
Was an NHS trust right to allow TV cameras onto a psychiatric ward? Lynn Eaton reports on the row
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