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Equal to the task
NEWS FOCUS: The NHS does not have a great record on race relations, but new legislation aims to rectify that by giving patients and staff equal access to services and jobs respectively. Anne Gulland investigates
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Events
Bristol enquiry conference 1 June, Bristol 'The Bristol Royal Infirmary enquiry: implications for the NHS, healthcare professionals and patients' is a one-day Socialist Health Association conference presenting main findings and recommendations, the parents', management and CHC perspective, the consultant's and nurses' role, and Lord Hunt's address on the way forward.
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Take a second look
NEWS FOCUS: It is easy to dismiss Labour's manifesto pledges on health as all too familiar. But beware - they contain more than meets the eye, says Maura Thompson
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MONITOR
Monitor has entered purdah. Oh yes, while the politicians are mounting soapboxes (but enough about their personal lives) Monitor has vowed to keep shtoom and not to say anything at all which could tip the 'delicate political balance' which is the run-up to even more New Labour. So Monitor is ...
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Spaced out
NEWS FOCUS: The shortage of parking spaces at hospitals may not be the most controversial of subjects but it is an issue that arouses resentment and anger, according to Rebecca Evans and Laura Donnelly
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The time, the place
BOOKS: Occupational Health Matters in General Practice ByRuth Chambers, Stephen Moore, Gordon Parker and Andy Slovak Radcliffe Medical Press 208 pages £18. 95
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Negligence claims soar to 10 per cent of NHS budget
Negligence claims against the NHS have soared to £3.9bn - around 10 per cent of its annual budget.Claims actually settled during the last financial year were worth £386m which, according to the National Audit Office, represents a seven-fold increase since 1998. Its report also says that legal costs outstrip the ...
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Scots plan for £300m cash boost
Health services across Scotland are to share almost £300m this year to spend on capital projects.
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Labour 'People have the wrong end of the stick about NHS managers'
Among Labour's hopefuls is Reg Race, a management consultant in the health service who has worked in 102 trusts and health authorities.
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'Sidelined'chief exec to launch legal action
The most financially troubled health trust in Scotland is facing legal action from a former manager who claims he was effectively made redundant when he was passed over for the chief executive's job.
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Liberal Democrats better public service investment' 'We are the only consistent advocates for
Richard Renaut, service manager for general surgery, urology and paediatric surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, is fighting North East Cambridgeshire for the Lib Dems.