All News articles – Page 2010
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Great expectations
Tony Blair is said to be frustrated by the pace of change in the health service, so how must the public feel? Lynn Eaton reports
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Days like this
Royal colleges' challenge to reforms. . . Clarke's 'disregard' slammed. . . Consultant opposition. . .Fears over chaplains. . . New pay structure. . .
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Short Cuts: Murder GP Shipman removed from HA medical list
West Pennine health authority has removed Hyde GP Dr Harold Shipman from its medical list, following his conviction for murder.
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Chair defends list of directorships
A Scottish health board chair has vociferously denied that his involvement with 14 private companies and another public sector body in any way affects his performance in the NHS.
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Trust lifts eviction threat to nurses caught in PFI sell-off
A London trust has apologised for its 'insensitivity' in serving eviction notices on 55 student nurses.
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Lottery cash sparks query on future NHS funding
The Patients Association has called for the government to 'come clean' about the future of NHS funding after pledging new Lottery money to improve home care for cancer patients.
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Tobacco case lawyer criticises HAs' retreat
The lawyer behind failed legal action against the UK tobacco industry has hit out at health authorities for failing to support it.
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Candid camera
A webcam relays images of the construction of a new day procedures unit at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, to the hospital's website.
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MPs opt for hysteria bypass in Shipman debate
Down the years I have formed the general impression that MPs have become more hysterical about less and less. In this regard they have been representing changes in outlook among their constituents, less stoical and more assertive than generations ago, and thus merely doing their jobs as representatives.
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In Brief: First meeting of taskforce
The first meeting of the emergency pressures taskforce set up by Welsh health and social services secretary Jane Hutt has taken place. The taskforce includes a number of NHS chief executives and chairs, nurses' and doctors' representatives - but opposition politicians have boycotted it.
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In Brief: Unaware of deaf children
Deafeating Deafness has claimed that 1,500 families are unaware they have a deaf child because health authorities are unwilling to fund a cheap test that can be used within hours of birth. The charity is calling for the wider adoption of the Otoacoustic Emissions test to replace 'outdated and inefficient ...