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DoH moves to extend role of private sector to pathology
The government is poised to extend the role of the private sector to clinical services from this summer, with a series of publicprivate partnerships in pathology services piloted across the country.
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SHORTCUTS: Grim figures on life expectancy for deprived Scots
Life expectancy is 10 years lower in the most deprived areas of Scotland than in the more affluent areas of South-East England, according to the latest report from National Statistics. The report of life expectancy by local authority for 199597 showed that the highest male life expectancy in Glasgow City ...
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Days like this
HSJ 28February 1991 - NHS Executive shake-up. . . Caines gets Guy's key job. . . Fundholding rethink. . . Cash curb on GPs in hospitals. . . Emergencies clampdown
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Trust goes on defensive over 'damning' report
Stockport trust has defended itself against criticism from local MP Andrew Stunell following a Mental Health Act Commission report, which he described as 'damning, to say the least'.
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Consultants' contract talks grind on
The British Medical Association and the Department of Health are expected to start negotiations soon on the final shape of the new consultants' contract.
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SHORTCUTS: Mental health forum to shake up communication
Views of mental health service users for the National User Forum will see meetings taking a back seat, the forum's first gathering decided. Professor Louis Appleby, national director for mental health, said: 'It ought to be possible to contribute to the forum in different ways, through correspondence and we are ...
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Two hours to clinical focus
Clinical effectiveness A practical guide for the community nurse By Cheryll Adams Community Practitioners'& Health Visitors'Association 84 pages £7. 50 to members of CPHVA, £10 to non-members This practical guide booklet is a wonderfully easy-tofollow text, managing to combine practical procedures or steps with clear explanations of the underlying theoretical ...
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SHORTCUTS: Pensioner claims human rights violation over move
An 89-year-old woman is claiming her local council has violated the Human Rights Act by trying to transfer the old people's home she lives in to a private trust. Flossie Hands, who lives in Birmingham city council's Florence Hammond Elderly Home, has served a writ on the council, backed by ...
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Doctors still 'call the shots'despite Labour rhetoric on patient focus
Despite rhetoric about developing a patient-focused and primary careled NHS, little has changed under New Labour from the typical patient's point of view, according to a report from the King's Fund.
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Shadow boxing
The Conservative opposition is so unlikely to land a hit on health during the election campaign that it has taken to producing only what looks like a policy. Lynn Eaton reports
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Bleak days behind us?
Community care and the law Second edition By Luke Clements Legal Action Group 530 pages £30 Before the year is out, a new set of laws governing community care services will have been approved by Parliament. These changes - concerning charges for nursing care, the creation of care trusts and ...