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Appeal Court ruling on screening case will not hit national scheme
An Appeal Court decision that three women with cervical cancer should be compensated after the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital missed abnormal smears is unlikely to have a major impact on the national screening programme, as previously feared.
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Apart at the seams
Political pressure for mergers may be irresistible, but a clear way forward and more support are needed to prevent them causing more problems than they solve, argues John McClenahan
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The big worries for ambulance services
The morning after, and the night after that Reports of high prices, transport problems and venue closures have led many people to plan a quiet millennium evening - and save their pennies for a night out on 1 January.
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Short Cuts: Law brings Food Standards Agency a step nearer
Legislation paving the way for the new Food Standards Agency received royal assent last week.
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Private health row after OFT probe
A row over private medical insurance network schemes has flared up again following an Office of Fair Trading investigation that cleared BUPA and PPP Healthcare of anti-competitive behaviour.
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In Brief: Multimillion pound package to fight AIDS in Africa
Prime minister Tony Blair unveiled a multimillion pound package to fight AIDS in Africa at the Commonwealth heads of government conference in Durban. The move was welcomed by the National AIDS Trust, which says 16,000 people are infected with HIV every day, 70 per cent of them in Africa, while ...
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Short Cuts: New panel will advise ministers on drug advertising
An independent panel has been created to advise the Medicines Control Agency on drug advertising. Junior health minister Lord Hunt said the three-member panel would advise ministers when drug companies challenged MCA decisions, and provide the industry with a mechanism for obtaining 'transparent and independent' reviews of such decisions. It ...
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In Brief: Reporting adverse reactions to drugs
The 'yellow card' scheme for reporting adverse reactions to drugs to the Medicines Control Agency has been extended to community pharmacists. Junior health minister Lord Hunt said pilot projects had shown that reports submitted by community pharmacists were as good as those submitted by GPs and the extension would strengthen ...
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Split over future funding as £200m deficit looms
Managers' and doctors' leaders have split over the need for a fundamental re-think of NHS funding in the face of a £200m-plus deficit.
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£20m blow forces recovery plan on HA and six PCGs
A London health authority, six primary care groups and two hospitals have been forced to draw up a recovery plan to cope with deficits and a loss of funding totalling £20m.
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WEB WATCH
With brand new medical schools springing up at Keele, Warwick and Durham, the Open University hammering on the door to demand admission and promises of thousands of new doctors, these are exciting times for medical education. If only those who run it could be bothered to communicate some of that ...
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Slow, slow, quick quick slow
Plans to speed up IT procurement may be hampered by the diversity of trusts that are expected to work together, writes Michael Cross
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Nowhere plans for nobody?
Consultation on PCGs' bids for trust status ends this month. But will PCTs generate the public interest their predecessors have lacked? Mark Gould reports