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Have a NICE day in Nice - it's time for a winter break
Last week was a NICE week and a Nice week, whereas this week will mainly be a Nice week. All the evidence is that it will not be such a nice one on the NHS front, let alone the European one. But health secretary Alan Milburn has chosen to place ...
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Time to put the brakes on
Is the traffic-light system as unfair as the much-loathed efficiency index?
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Body politic?
NICE chair Professor Sir Michael Rawlins sharply rebutted claims that ministers had influenced its decisions.
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Trust board rejects PFI merger proposal
A controversial private finance initiative scheme has hit renewed trouble, with the board of one of the trusts involved rejecting a crucial merger plan.
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Tangled up in blue
Will the 999 emergency services seek closer co-operation or will the potential pitfalls put them off? Alison Moore reports
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Bleating up the wrong tree
Conventional wisdom and government policy assume that there is a 'shortage' of nurses in the NHS and the remedy for this malaise is that remuneration should be increased. Perhaps this conclusion is a nonsensical mixture of dubious logic and inadequate evidence and nurses are not underpaid.
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Rights article catches NHS on the hop
When the Human Rights Act came into force on 2 October, trusts braced themselves for test cases on a variety of fronts.
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Another fine mesh
A health secretary wrapped in the flag, vehement denials of ministerial interference and more data than the Pentagon - it was all at NICE's second annual conference.Paul Stephenson reports
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We're too old for sticking plaster - and amen to that
But is the new government realism simply pre-election posturing?
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Victim can't be forced to work alongside bully
Bullying claims are the latest growth area at employment tribunals. The bullied even have their own website, Bully OnLine, where they can keep up to date with legal developments.
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Cervical screening at same level as five years ago
The proportion of women in England screened for cervical cancer has remained unchanged since 1995, with a persistent 16 per cent who do not have regular smears, according to the latest report from the cervical cancer screening programme.
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Views sought on organ retention after post-mortem
The Scottish Executive is to seek the views of the public on the retention of organs after post-mortem examinations. A review group, set up by Scottish health minister Susan Deacon and chaired by Professor Sheila McLean, is investigating previous practice in relation to hospital post-mortems and post-mortems required by law. ...
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Winter cash unlikely to avert crisis as PM admits problems
NHS managers got an early taste of winter pressure this week as prime minister Tony Blair admitted that some problems would be 'inevitable' over the coming months.
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Court action looms over DoH anti-flu drug guidance
A company which distributes an anti-flu drug that is a tenth of the price of Relenza is considering legal action against the Department of Health after accusing it of restraint of trade.
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'Battles' inevitable if medical committee is abolished
The medical practices committee is urging the government to reconsider proposals laid out in the NHS plan to abolish it.
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Traffic-light doubts grow as 80% of red-alert HAs appear in North
A preliminary 'traffic light' system ranking English health authorities in terms of performance and effectiveness exposes a sharp North-South divide, with the vast majority of poor-performing 'red light' organisations in the North, this week's HSJ reveals.
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Strategy for HIV remains elusive despite an extra £41m in funding
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced an extra £41m next year to tackle soaring numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS. But there is still no sign of the long-delayed draft sexual health and HIV strategy, which is now not expected until the new year.