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    Lenient sentence for man who stole ambulance sparks anger

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Cumbria Ambulance Service trust has described a 29-month driving ban and £400 fine for a man who stole one of its ambulances as particularly lenient.

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    Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.

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    Trusts defend themselves against expensive ranking in index

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Trusts divided sharply in their response to the new schedule of reference costs, depending on whether they were ranked among the cheapest or most expensive in the country .

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    Its not about the money

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Easing Glasgow s health problems is more than a case of redistributing wealth, say critics of a recent report on inequalities, writes Barbara Millar

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    £23 a year per head: the cost of workplace well-being

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The workplace well-being team is staffed by a clinical psychologist and two accredited workplace counsellors, an administrator or receptionist and a research assistant, all working part-time.

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    Edgware Community Hospital gets £21.8m revamp

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Barnet Healthcare trust has announced that London regional office has approved £21.8m plans to redevelop Edgware Community Hospital. Chief executive Murray Duncanson said it was delighted that modern, integrated services for the local population would be in place within the foreseeable future. One of the first walk-in centres will be ...

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    Lucky 13 will be first-wave PCT pioneers

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Just 13 primary care trusts have been chosen to spearhead the governments revolution in primary care in April.

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    £12m overspend trust may axe surgical beds

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Waiting times could be allowed to rise and up to 110 surgical beds could be cut in a bid to save money at a cash strapped Scottish trust.

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    £1m to reduce pressure on junior doctors in Wales

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Welsh trusts are being given £1m to assist them with reducing the intensity of work faced by junior doctors. The money will be used to ensure junior doctors have a reasonable expectation of six to eight hours rest when on call continuously, if possible. British Medical Association Welsh secretary Bob ...

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    Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety

    2000-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.

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    WEB WATCH

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Tarantino slumped in his steel and smoked-glass chair and sighed.

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    And the winner is plague!

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    No other disease has been responsible for so much social upheaval, ranging from a crusade, to the discovery that the medical profession is seldom as competent as it claims

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    in person

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Bridget Wilkinson has joined the board of Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare trust as director of planning. She has been promoted from within the trust and was previously head of planning and development.

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    Monitor

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Monitor has always found other people a fairly safe bet. This week begins with a minions say the funniest things special - starting with the cute and curious world of public relations. Take the partnership between the prison service ...

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    Hitting the roof

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    An expected £17m saving turned out to be £5m, Sir Alan Langlands was forced to admit, as MPs quizzed him on a key PFI project. Lyn Whitfield was there

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    Telling it like it is for a healthier NHS

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Take a long, hard look

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    A film recording peoples experiences of mental health services through the 20th century makes grim, and sometimes shocking, viewing. And its long - but not in the context of participants lives, writes Laura Donnelly

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    The long goodbye

    2000-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Reaching a 100th birthday will soon become a commonplace event. But the centenarians of the new millennium will not be the chronic sick and long-stayers of managers worst nightmares, writes Jenny Bryan