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Minister rejects Fritchie criticism of political fixing as 'anecdotal'
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has indicated that the government is unwilling to accept a report by the commissioner for public appointments that concluded NHS boards have been 'politicised in a systematic way'.
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Ambulance staff walk out in dispute over back pay
Hull was left with virtually no ambulance cover for nearly three hours in an unofficial walk-out over back pay that 'frightened' union officials. Unison is now preparing to vote on official industrial action in a dispute over back pay, while Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service trust says that ...
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In brief: Alcohol misuse
The Department of Health plans to launch a consultation paper about a national strategy to tackle alcohol misuse 'later this year', said public health minister Yvette Cooper.
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Bill aims to help unjustly suspended doctors
A bill to protect hospital doctors who are unjustly suspended under 'crazy' trust disciplinary systems at a cost to the NHS of millions of pounds has been introduced in the House of Lords.
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Caught in the act
To what extent will the Human Rights Act, which becomes law in October, increase the scope of trusts' and health authorities' liabilities? Daloni Carlisle reports
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Achievement that puts a fresh perspective on local concerns
The eradication of polio shows even the greatest barriers can be crossed
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Primary care to get just £1m
Doubt has been cast on the government's commitment to a primary care in Northern Ireland after it was awarded less than 2 per cent of the extra Budget cash.
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No way out
Government plans to lock up dangerous people with severe personality disorders have met with almost blanket opposition from mental health professionals. So where to now? Laura Donnelly reports
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One question dominates Monitor's every waking hour. Oh, we know that Alan Milburn swaggers about being manly in the way that only a Geordie can - Monitor's maiden aunt still blushes at the thought of Jimmy Nail's stirring performance in Crocodile Shoes - but where does our Al get his ...
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Past masters
A report on workforce planning offers a serious challenge to the way doctors - and their royal colleges - work. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Keeping up with the neighbours
The politics of health in Europe By Richard Freeman Manchester University Press 164 pages £14.99
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Say whatever you like, but keep it strictly to yourself
A mature, open debate on the NHS is impossible if dissent is quashed
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Patients' guarantee is Trojan Horse: Milburn
The Labour and Conservative parties have spent the week exchanging insults over health policy.
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It's good to talk
health minister John Hutton talks to patient Ann Thorpe and clinical lead Margaret Evans during a visit to the new NHS walk-in centre in Liverpool.
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Pay negotiators to reveal slow going
Negotiators who have been locked in talks on a new pay system for the NHS for almost a year will reveal limited progress this week, days after health minister John Denham launched an action plan for involving staff in decision-making.
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NHS Executive 'learned' from previous IT strategy
The Commons public accounts committee has concluded that the NHS Executive 'learned lessons' from its 1992 information technology strategy - even though this was never evaluated.