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card sharp
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
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
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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Patients with dementia given home-living boost
A £60,000 project in Northampton is allowing patients with dementia to live at home for an extra six months by providing them with a range of specialist electronic devices.So far,18 people aged between 50 and 96 have used the scheme, with an interim report finding savings ranged from £900 to ...
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Patients with dementia given home-living boost
A £60,000 project in Northampton is allowing patients with dementia to live at home for an extra six months by providing them with a range of specialist electronic devices.So far,18 people aged between 50 and 96 have used the scheme, with an interim report finding savings ranged from £900 to ...
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Bed-blocking in Birmingham puts NHS plan waiting targets at risk
Bed-blocking in Birmingham is at crisis levels with 'the equivalent of a hospital full' of people awaiting discharge, and work towards achieving NHS plan targets badly hit.
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Bed-blocking in Birmingham puts NHS plan waiting targets at risk
Bed-blocking in Birmingham is at crisis levels with 'the equivalent of a hospital full' of people awaiting discharge, and work towards achieving NHS plan targets badly hit.
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First base: elastic pledges on numbers
Is a pledge still a pledge when it has an elastic deadline?
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First base: elastic pledges on numbers
Is a pledge still a pledge when it has an elastic deadline?
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boom bang a bang
When Big Ben chimed in the year 2000, the technology sector was the 'new economy', an apparent economic miracle. It took just over a year for received wisdom to see it as a disaster.