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Brighton rock
In an impassioned debate, words such as 'dignity', 'pride', 'body and soul' rang out across the floor of conference.
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In Brief
Leaders of four national organisations representing GPs have warned the government it must 'fully engage' the GP workforce as it implements the NHS plan. The chairs of the British Medical Association, National Association of Primary Care, NHS Alliance and Royal College of General Practitioners met last week to decide on ...
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Deacon rejects free personal care but boosts home-based support
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon is expected to announce today that the recommendations of the Sutherland report on longterm care will not be implemented in full.
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Blanket opposition to team bonus schemes
NHS unions and employers may have clashed over the scale of this year's pay settlement, but they appear united in their lack of enthusiasm for the team bonuses due to be piloted next year.
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A bitter pill
GPs are reluctant to prescribe methadone for fear of attracting too many drugaddicted patients or the drug being sold on. A new shared-care scheme aims to alter attitudes, says Alison Moore
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Milburn owns up to CCT failures and announces a tougher regime
Trusts will have to measure support services against a central 'best-value' database, following the abolition of compulsory competitive tendering.
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NI's health is 'among the worst in Europe', says de Brun in cash bid
Northern Ireland's health minister, Bairbre de Brun, has joined a ministerial scramble for cash with a bid for a £274m increase in her department's funding.
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We'll meet again
Given the observation that up to 16 per cent of medical re-admissions are potentially preventable, it is not surprising that the proportion of emergency re-admissions within 28 days has been adopted as a quality and performance indicator by the UK government.
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CHI adds trust to next review
A trust whose cardiology department was the target of a call for a Commission for Health Improvement investigation has been included in CHI's next review round.
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HIV charities in merger to address changing needs
Two of the UK's largest HIV charities have come together in one of the largest single mergers in the voluntary sector. The Terrence Higgins Trust and London Lighthouse have merged to create the Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse, which will have a turnover of more than £8m. Grainne Morby, acting chief ...
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Milburn rejects CHCs'call for cash to oppose their abolition
Health secretary Alan Milburn has refused health watchdogs' calls to fund a judicial review of his decision to abolish them.
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Community cancer care nets £23m lottery funding
The new opportunities fund has awarded £23m in lottery funding to community cancer care projects, focusing on particularly vulnerable communities. The 91 projects receiving funding will benefit people who are socially disadvantaged, isolated or hard-to-reach, including ethnic-minority communities, young patients and carers, and elderly people. Cancer awareness initiatives, 'hospice-at-home'schemes and ...
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'160 children may have been failed' by Bristol
The final clinical case review by the Bristol inquiry has suggested that more than 160 babies and young children may have been damaged or died as a result of poor standards of care between 1984 and 1995.
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Standards hazardous to health lead to £12,000 fine for hospital
Leicester Royal Infirmary has been fined £12,000 for breaching health and safety regulations.
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in person
Will Evans has been appointed director of Harrow's Unified Mental Health Services, which will bring health and social services together to provide integrated care from next April. Since 1998, he has been director of nursing, quality and mental health for Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare trust.
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Minus sign
The NHS plan envisages autonomy for primary care trusts and multiagency providers. But is the data available adequate for monitoring whether these agencies are operating according to the plan's principles for providing a public service?