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Framework 'signals end of ageism'
The national service framework for elderly people, due to be published within weeks, will require the NHS to offer equal access to treatments and drugs regardless of age.
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Consultant at abuse scandal hospital in new probe
A consultant psychiatrist criticised for his 'passive' role in the Garlands Hospital patient abuse scandal in North Cumbria has been suspended from his management post.
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Great Scot! Trust abolition could put NHS out of kilter
Enormous upheaval will be watched carefully by English managers
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Scottish NHS plan will abolish trusts
Scotland's 28 hospital and primary care trusts are to be brought under health board control in a radical reorganisation at the heart of the Scottish health plan launched today. The move will end the purchaser-provider split in the Scottish NHS.
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Extra £1bn will help fund key NHS objectives
The English health service will have around £1bn of extra cash to implement the NHS plan next year, according to NHS Executive finance director Colin Reeves.
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Stealing the show
Three-quarters of all new hospitals are built through PFI - so why is it that the public sector's payback costs are clouded in secrecy? John Mair battles for exposure
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Pressure is on
To overcome the shortage of physiotherapists, the UK is increasingly reliant on recruiting from overseas. But can it be done ethically? James Buchan reports
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Virtually perfect
The NHS could soon have an electronic library if a new pilot works out. But will it ever be 'one of the great libraries of the world', wonders Lyn Whitfield
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One in three people will develop cancer. One in four will die from it. But a year after its formation, the Cancer Services Collaborative seems to offer significant hope for faster and better patient care.
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Job-limbo woman sues
A hospital consultant is suing the Scottish health trust that made her redundant after a five-year dispute.
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'Investing for health' plans to lower NI mortality rate
NHS managers will be expected to produce 'health and well-being investment plans' in a bid to rid Northern Ireland of some of the highest mortality and morbidity rates in the world, health minister Bairbre de Brun has announced.
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NICE 'must listen to patients' on schizophrenia guidelines
Campaigners have challenged the National Institute for Clinical Excellence not to ignore the views of people with mental health problems in its forthcoming schizophrenia treatment guidelines and assessment of antipsychotic drugs.
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MPs' group to push for improved maternity services
Julia Drown MP has launched the all-party parliamentary maternity group, set up to campaign for improvements in maternity services. The group, launched last week with the backing of Royal College of Midwives general secretary Karlene Davis, will be pressing the government to set national standards in maternity services to ensure ...
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NICE fertility guidance leaves HAs struggling
Health authorities must be allowed sufficient time to implement new guidance on fertility treatment from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to ensure they can meet the financial and resource implications, according to NHS managers.