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Hammersmith audit reveals six more breast-screening errors
At least six errors have been uncovered during an investigation into the breast-screening unit at Hammersmith Hospital's trust, and chief executive John Cooper has sought advice from the Commission for Health Improvement.
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NICE to assess cancer and heart treatments next
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence's next work programme will consider of treatments for cancer and heart disease. Thrombolytic drugs for heart attacks, caelyx for ovarian cancer and STI-571 for chronic myeloid leukaemia will be appraised. Other treatments NICE will consider in the next wave will include surgical procedures for ...
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Why are finance directors so ashamed of their pasts?
When John Bacon tries to shrug off almost three decades spent in finance, one begins to wonder what the dirty secret is.
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Analysis of Lib Dem health plans got the good news right - and the bad news wrong
Paul Stephenson's 'Election 2001' news focus ('Spot the difference', pages 12-13, 8 March) gave welcome coverage to Liberal Democrat plans for more training places for doctors, nurses and therapists; more beds; more scanners; pay rises for low-paid NHS professionals;
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Aggrieved GPs hit out at reel lives, but genial Dr Tone has got time to chat
Days before Tony Blair took it upon himself to address the Royal College of General Practitioners on the sensitive subject of frontline services, I was talking to one of Alan Milburn's advisers about the morale of doctors.
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The knock-on effects are high if GPs want to engage in the new mental health agenda
Ann Richards and her colleagues (letters, 1 March) have finally let their guard slip and revealed the real reasons for their polemical stance ('Eye off the ball', page 27, 25 January).
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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Disgruntled GPs will not be bought off with £100m. . .
. . . but government's long-awaited focus on primary care is welcome
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£10m private bid to run pathology labs
A consortium has presented a £10m private sector proposal to run pathology laboratories in Greater Manchester to four trusts in the area.
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wobbly at the top
Online access to government services - from paying taxes and bills to renewing library books - has become the norm in some countries. Steve Mathieson asks why progress in the UK is so slow and looks at the implications for e-citizens
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Talk of the toon
Managers are proud of their part in creating a single Newcastle city-wide PCT and reshaping mental health. But the battle is not over yet, says Paul Stephenson
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That was PCGs, that was
COMMENT : Cause for disquiet as lifespan of new organisations gets ever shorter
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Women quitting unequal NHS
Education on gender equality should be included in NHS staff contracts and performance review, deputy ombudsman Hilary Scott said last week.
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news round-up
A pilot version of the National Electronic Library for Health was launched at the NHS Information Authority's first conference in Birmingham, with three floors of virtual information including national guidelines, the full Cochrane Library and virtual libraries on specific conditions. A fourth floor for patients was originally envisaged, but this ...
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Remembering the people who matter
BOOKS : 'I need to be me' By Elizabeth Barnett Jessica Kingsley 224 pages £14. 95
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To the letter
Internet messaging has taken off, but the NHS faces problems with the pace of change. Jane Dudman explains the differences between old and new systems