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    The net wears thin

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    COMMENT

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    monitor

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Those of you working on the coal-face, so to speak, or near it, or in a rather plush office from which you can almost smell it, may well be cocooned from the deluge of serious issues that hit the NHS daily. And what a mass there is: if only there ...

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    Losing patience over patient participation

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Strike looms as PFI wrangle rumbles on

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The NHS Executive has warned a trust facing strike action over a private finance initiative project that renegotiating the deal would have a 'very considerable service and financial impact' across the NHS.

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    Medical Insurance

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    A comparison of five countries' health payment systems reveals that where private insurance dominates, fewer people get the healthcare they need, says John Appleby

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    Rethink over Shipman inquiry

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Milburn has decided not to appeal against a High Court ruling that he should reconsider his decision to hold the inquiry into mass murderer Dr Harold Shipman behind closed doors.

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    House visit

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    People with multiple sclerosis picket the Department of Health's Richmond House headquarters, wearing gags to protest at the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's refusal to hear their views on MS drugs.

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    Homing in on a new goal

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The national plan may have moved the NHS Information Authority's goalposts again but the organisation is embracing the opportunities it offers and has found its strategic direction, its director of stakeholder relations tells Maura Thompson

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    Visions of the future

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Security issues in the public sector have come into sharp focus as the government has prioritised patient confidentiality. So how secure are personal NHS records, asks Jane Dudman

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    NHS founding principles good for railways

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Think-tank's income fall offset by investments

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The King's Fund saw a further fall in income last year and overspent by almost £2m - but this was offset by another leap in the value of its investments.

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    Events

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Items are entered free for public sector, voluntary and professional organisations, but we need at least six weeks' notice of your event. Please send details to Uli Jaeger, HSJ , Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ. Fax: 020-7874 0254.

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    Joint focus for ERDIP sites

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The second phase of the national electronic records development implementation programme has been set up with an extra £5.85m for 13 demonstrator sites (see below).

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    Easy money?

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The search is on to find a replacement for the NHS payroll system. Many demands mean it is not a simple task, as Wayne Lloyd points out

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    Livingstone heads for fluoride dispute

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Cracks have appeared in the relationship between the Greater London Assembly and London regional office over whether to put fluoride in the capital's water.

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    Managers disciplined

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    A wave of disciplinary action has been taken against the managers of a Carlisle psychiatric hospital where elderly patients received 'appalling treatment'.

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    A grand Utopian vision deserving of success

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

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    High-tech x-rays deal

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    South Buckinghamshire trust is one of the latest to agree a contract with Agfa Medical Imaging for implementation of digital imaging systems. The systems allow x-rays to be captured, stored and transmitted digitally, saving on film costs and time.

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    Days like this

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    NHS waiting times priority. . .Retired admiral becomes chair. . .Public apathy about reforms. . .CHCs campaign. . .Controversy in Birmingham. . .