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Days like this
Leak reveals government 'panic'. . . Group backs reforms. . . 'Dirty tricks' accusation at DoH. . .HEA shake-up anger. . . BMA scrutinises contract. . .
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Dangerous estate
The NHS is Europe's richest landowner but often sells itself short when disposing of unwanted property. Seamus Ward reports
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Short Cuts: Warning over 'grim reality' of NI funding shortfall
Robert Toland, chair of Western health and social services board, has warned that funding problems in Northern Ireland's health and social services will increase unless the government 'faces up to' the 'grim reality' of a gap between 'the funding we require for essential service development and the resources made available'. ...
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Short Cuts: Perry to oversee setting up of UKCC replacement
Claire Perry, chief executive of Bromley health authority, has been appointed project director responsible for overseeing the establishment of a new UK regulatory body for nurses, midwives and health visitors. A Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Council will replace the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and ...
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Short Cuts: Watchdog seeks MP to plug GP retirement loophole
The Consumers' Association has called for one of the MPs who were successful in the private members ballot last week to present a bill closing a 'loophole' that allows GPs to 'officially retire' from the NHS ahead of an investigation by the ombudsman, while still practising as a locum or ...
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Do the oaky cokey
Alice Hipwell helps Calderdale Healthcare trust collect acorns to celebrate national tree week, in a joint project with Calderdale council. The acorns will be planted in a 'millennium wood' on land near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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Coe in limbo as prison job goes to outsider
One of London's best-known chief executives appears to have been left in limbo after a secondment to lead the prison service's healthcare taskforce was cut short and his post at East London and the City health authority filled.
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Managers and public are 'forces of conservatism' stifling change
NHS managers and the public are as guilty of stifling change as prime minister Tony Blair's 'forces of conservatism' in the medical profession, according to a leading supporter of the latest reforms.
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Milburn calls for new outpatient efficiency
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told trusts they must implement a new programme to improve the management of outpatient services and cut waiting times.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
NHS employers have been told that they should only consider international recruitment 'when its professional and service value can be clearly demonstrated' and 'it will have no adverse effects upon the recruit's home healthcare system'.
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'Widening gap' is blow to public health policy
The government's public health programme has come under fire after research found the 'biggest health gap' ever measured between the richest and poorest households.
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In Brief: NHS 'beacon' sites
A website has been launched giving details of the 290 NHS 'beacon' sites to help spread best practice. The sites are funded with £10m a year from the New Opportunities Fund.
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The bane of Fife
Top-level departures from the board, hundreds storming public meetings, ministerial intervention - what's gone wrong in Fife? Colin Wright finds out
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Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.
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Plan to cut back independent inquiries into killings floated
Independent inquiries into killings by mentally ill people would cease to be mandatory under draft proposals commissioned by the Department of Health.
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In Brief: East Kent health authority
East Kent health authority has decided not to challenge court rulings that the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital was negligent in not detecting cell changes in three women who developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Last weekend HA chair Francis Stewart wrote to the women apologising for ...