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ORYA game of two halves
What would happen if individual football players were rewarded only according to the number of goals they scored? They would stop cooperating with other members of the team - possibly reducing the total number of goals scored - and they would forget defence, probably preventing the team from winning.
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The impossible dream
The World Health Organisation s goal of health for all by 2000 has clearly failed. Will its strategy for the 21st century fare any better, wonders Wendy Moore
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Diverted traffic
Acute, self-limiting health problems - such as cough, indigestion or diarrhoea - represent a considerable workload for general practice. It is widely reported, albeit anecdotally, that GPs consider a substantial proportion of their time is wasted by seeing patients who they think are consulting inappropriately or unnecessarily with problems of ...
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No sign of fare play in insurance payout debate
I had an unusual experience as the old century ended. I made an insurance claim which was paid in full without quibble by an insurance company .
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Days like this
Managers will have access to medical audit results, health secretary Kenneth Clarke pledged when he announced £31m to develop the system in hospitals and general practice. I have yet to hear a convincing argument why someone managing a hospital should not have access to the general results of clinical audit, ...
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Managers commitment to NHS marked in millennium honours
Two prominent NHS managers were recognised in the new year honours list.
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Science fiction fantasies come down to earth
The year 2000 has arrived, but the World Health Organisation s aspiration that it should be accompanied by health for all throughout the globe remains blatantly unfulfilled. The last 20 years have seen the advent of 30 new diseases, including HIV/AIDS, which alone has claimed 16 million lives.
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Still going strong: a century and not out
With 70,000 US centenarians today and some 800,000 predicted by 2050, it is no surprise that one of the most comprehensive research programmes into what makes a centenarian is being carried out in the US. The New England centenarian study is following the fortunes of centenarians living in eastern Massachusetts ...
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Milburn makes early case for funds boost
Health secretary Alan Milburn has started bargaining for more money for the NHS ahead of this year s government-wide review of spending - but warned that any funds will be closely tied to performance targets.
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A millennium pat on the back
HSJ would like to start the new century by highlighting its part in a modest victory for the NHS, scored as the old century drew to a close. We refer to the government s announcement of an extra £90m allocated to the service for the remainder of the financial year ...
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GPs alienated by fast roll-out of NHS Direct
The rapid implementation of NHS Direct has alienated many GPs and may hinder its future development, according to a study of London s first two schemes.
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Cell out: the science of ageing
According to leading British gerontologist Professor Tom Kirkwood, ageing is probably due to the gradual and progressive accumulation of damage in the cells and tissues of our bodies - as opposed to a pre-programmed formula still preferred by some ageing specialists.
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Run that by me again: what you may have missed during the festive break
Health secretary Alan Milburn thanked NHS staff for being brilliant over the Christmas and millennium holidays. London Ambulance Service took 2,300 calls in the first six hours of the new year . Greater Manchester Ambulance Service said it had its busiest night ever , taking 1,200 calls in the 12 ...
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Probe rules on injection accident
An independent inquiry has blamed a misunderstanding between Brighton Health Care trust and BUP A theatre nurses for an incident in which 19 patients were injected with a potentially blinding solution.