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    Fight club

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The threat of violence towards GPs has led South Essex health organisations to set up a special allocation scheme. Carolyn Larsen and colleagues explain GPs have had the right since 1999 to remove a patient immediately from their list for actual or threatened violence or aggression.

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    Fight club

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The threat of violence towards GPs has led South Essex health organisations to set up a special allocation scheme. Carolyn Larsen and colleagues explain GPs have had the right since 1999 to remove a patient immediately from their list for actual or threatened violence or aggression.

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    Trust clinches PFI deal for medical equipment

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    A trust which opened a new private finance initiative-funded hospital earlier this year has now signed the first major separate PFI deal to provide medical equipment.

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    Trust clinches PFI deal for medical equipment

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    A trust which opened a new private finance initiative-funded hospital earlier this year has now signed the first major separate PFI deal to provide medical equipment.

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    Hobson's choice

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    enovation: Watch out for 'Big Brother'government, says Lyn Whitfield

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    Hobson's choice

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    enovation: Watch out for 'Big Brother'government, says Lyn Whitfield

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    Climate of change delays free nursing

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The organisational changes currently underway in the health service were a key factor in the government's decision to delay full implementation of free nursing care paid for by the NHS.

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    Climate of change delays free nursing

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The organisational changes currently underway in the health service were a key factor in the government's decision to delay full implementation of free nursing care paid for by the NHS.

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    Cause and effect

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    How do chief executives feel about the latest NHS reorganisation? A survey of reactions to Shifting the Balance revealed some disturbing findings.

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    Cause and effect

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    How do chief executives feel about the latest NHS reorganisation? A survey of reactions to Shifting the Balance revealed some disturbing findings.

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    Catch phase

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The crisis in managing communicable disease will deepen as the NHS reorganisation moves consultants in the specialty into primary care trusts, says Surinder Bakhshi

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    Catch phase

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The crisis in managing communicable disease will deepen as the NHS reorganisation moves consultants in the specialty into primary care trusts, says Surinder Bakhshi

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    Welsh cardiac patients to transfer to Hammersmith

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Hundreds of cardiac patients in Wales are to be transferred to Hammersmith Hospital in a bid to cut surgery waiting lists in the principality.Arrangements have been made with St John Ambulance for return transport to the trust, and accommodation for relatives will also be available for the duration of admissions.The ...

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    Welsh cardiac patients to transfer to Hammersmith

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Hundreds of cardiac patients in Wales are to be transferred to Hammersmith Hospital in a bid to cut surgery waiting lists in the principality.Arrangements have been made with St John Ambulance for return transport to the trust, and accommodation for relatives will also be available for the duration of admissions.The ...

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    card sharp

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Could ID cards open up health records to patients, or are they an infringement of civil liberties, asks Lyn Whitfield Swindon - officially the most 'average' place in the country - was briefly a hotbed of smartcard technology.

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    card sharp

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Could ID cards open up health records to patients, or are they an infringement of civil liberties, asks Lyn Whitfield Swindon - officially the most 'average' place in the country - was briefly a hotbed of smartcard technology.

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    Capital's health divide widens

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report.

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    Capital's health divide widens

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report.