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Drug habits in the dock
A recent Appeal Court case has essentially destroyed the Department of Health's self-awarded monopoly on medical data. Peter Mitchell explains
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Days like this
Party bias 'rife' in appointments. . . Eric Caines is personnel director. . . Scottish Office sends in team of six. . . Priority services 'underfunded'. . .
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Public health experts fear hidden R&D cuts
Experts in public health have expressed fears that the health secretary's vow to 'take public health out of the ghetto' is a 'cover' for short-term cuts in research and education.
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Short Cuts: Patient self-management investigation demanded
The Mental Health Foundation has produced a report calling for a three-year investigation of how people with mental health problems manage their own health.Strategies for Living calls on the government to set up an expert patients taskforce to establish a nation-wide programme of self-management. Director Ruth Leserge said the report ...
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Short Cuts: UKCC welcomes DoH poor performance proposals
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has welcomed the Department of Health's proposals on poor clinical performance. But the response to Supporting Doctors, Protecting Patients questions how proposed assessment and support centres would work in practice, and particularly how they would link with current regulatory processes. ...
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The cream of the crop?
Health minister John Hutton meets James Barton (left), founder of Liverpool night club Cream, and Eddie Lundon of 1980s band China Crisis (right) at the launch of a Merseyside anti-suicide helpline.
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Fritchie 'must spell out' councillors' role
A highly critical report on political appointments must spell out the roles and responsibilities of councillors who sit on trust, health authority and primary care group boards, NHS leaders have demanded.
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Conflict of interest
The armed forces medical service faces the same staffing problems as the NHS - and the two are even competing for the same people, writes Patrick Butler
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Sticky concoction
The first 17 PCTs - due to start in a fortnight - are putting together their plans, while ministers firm up accountability arrangements.But doesn't it all taste a little of fudge, wonders Lynn Eaton
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Push for mobile computing
US-based AvantGo is launching its Enterprise Interactive software to support mobile computing users in the UK.
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Lay members of PCGs in key community role
Lay members of primary care group boards play a crucial role in ensuring that the views of local communities are taken into account, even though they are not community representatives, a Doctor Patient Partnership conference heard last week.
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The comfort of small things
Patients and relatives value the non-clinical, as well as clinical, aspects of care, as Sarah Carr learned when her baby son fell seriously ill
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Clinicians seek 'radical overhaul' of Scots NHS
The 'crisis' in the NHS in Scotland is worsening and will not be stopped without a 'radical overhaul' of healthcare delivery, senior clinicians warned this week.
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Going round in circulars
The move towards a standard form of PFI contract for IT projects can make procurement simpler and cheaper, but commercial flexibility should not be forgotten, say Colin Lynch and Paul Webster
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Surgeons devise knee-care CD
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital trust has developed an interactive CD aimed at helping GPs diagnose musculoskeletal disorders of the knee, such as osteoarthritis.