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In Brief: Northern Ireland health minister approves move
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has approved Southern health and social services board plans to remove acute inpatient general medical services from South Tyrone Hospital. Services will move temporarily to Craigavon Area Hospital.
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MPs to have reduced role in a appointments
Ministers have come close to admitting that asking MPs to recommend people to sit on hospital or health authority boards can 'politicise' the NHS.
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Generics price cap announced
The government has announced price caps to 'reverse the effect' of spiralling generic drug costs within a year.
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Angels with dirty faces
Unison student nurses descending on the Angel of the North statue in Newcastle upon Tyne as part of their campaign to restore student salaries. The nurses, from the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, want to restore their employee status, lost in 1989.
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In Brief: TB Alert
Charity TB Alert has called for more to be done to prevent tuberculosis 'reaching crisis levels'. The charity issued a report last week saying that more TB nurses should be employed and the BCG vaccination programme should be restarted.
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Agricultural matters
A visitor to the Lincolnshire show is offered a healthy snack on an NHS stand organised by trusts and health authorities in Lincoln-shire. GPs, nurses and therapists offered healthchecks, advice on healthy living and diet. The local primary care trust also took the opportunity to tell the public about itself.
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Let's party like we did in '97
It's never too early to set out your agenda. As election fever begins to take grip, Lyn Whitfield looks at who's backing who and at what could be in store for the health service
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£5m found to cut NI waiting
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has found £5m to tackle waiting times while formally approving spending plans for the £53m found for Northern Ireland's health service in the Budget.
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Chair calls it a day at £6m overspend trust
The chair of Greenwich Healthcare trust has resigned as it struggles to cope with a £6m overspend on its £94m annual budget.
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Public to speak on £300m plan
Proposals to shift heart and lung services from the famous Harefield Hospital to a £300m development in west London's Paddington basin went to public consultation today.
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Stepping stones
Co-operation between health and social services in one area has created a successful intermediate care structure for elderly people, explains Barbara Hitchins
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Swings and roundabouts in Scotland
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon (below) announced an £8.4m boost for the NHS in Scotland which, she said, would fund an additional 110 medical and 210 nursing posts. Half of the 100 junior doctor posts will be for staff working in flexible posts. But the announcement was overshadowed by the ...
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Safety report restricted
An independent report into allegations of poor management and risks to patient safety at a leading radiology department will not be published in full.
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Quite unheard of
Therapy staff, asked for their opinions in the consultation on the national plan, said they felt stretched to capacity, ignored and hard done by compared with doctors and nurses. Enid Feather reports
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Many people in this country will remember the first summer of the millennium for just one thing: Euro 2000 - hopes of glory dashed by relentless post-match analysis of the society we live in. But some of us are set apart. Beyond the grubbiness, the squabbles and the face-painting. For ...