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Shadowlands
People living in independent nursing homes are part of a shadow health service that falls outside the remit of CHI and the National Care Standards Commission. We must not ignore their care, says Chris Vellenoweth
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PFI-deal trust 'stretched'
The chief executive of a high-profile trust has admitted that its accident and emergency department was 'stretched to the limit' over the winter.
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monitor
Miracles don't happen overnight - well not without a shot of religious intervention - and despite all the glorious wonga heading towards the NHS, it could be some time before our nation feels the benefit. Which is where Monitor comes in, scooping up short cuts and cheap tips to drag ...
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Scottish nurses 'are still waiting for mobile phones'
Most community nurses in Scotland have yet to receive the mobile phones they were promised 14 months ago by then Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith to improve safety and efficiency. Community staff have been complaining that the phones are either not yet available or that staff have been asked to ...
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Peerage for Sir Leslie Turnberg
Professor Sir Leslie Turnberg (right) has been given a seat in the Lords, where he will sit on the Labour benches. Sir Leslie led the strategic review of London in 1998 that recommended that St Bartholomew's Hospital should remain open, and highlighted the 'woeful' state of primary care in the ...
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'Jury' snub to hospitals shake-up
The ongoing controversy over a £150m shake-up of Leicester's hospitals has taken a new twist, with a 16strong citizens' jury coming out against the health authority's preferred plans.
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A picture of health
artist Alan Flood sketches head of estates Andy Proud as part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust's arts week. The initiative was part of a week-long 'arts extravaganza' to celebrate the relaunch of the trust's arts programme under a new name, Tonic: the arts pick-me-up.
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Milburn pledges new hospital grime-wave
NHS managers will be issued with 'explicit' guidelines on how to clean hospitals following health secretary Alan Milburn's pledge to crack down on grime.
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New GPs outnumbered by retirees
The number of GPs retiring is outstripping the number entering the profession, leading to fears of a growing crisis in primary healthcare.
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First joint meeting of ministerial minds
The first meeting of the joint ministerial committee on health promised by prime minister Tony Blair in his post-Budget speech on modernising the NHS took place this week.
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NHS fights off huge pay-out hike
The NHS has beaten off the threat of a large hike in damages for pain and suffering with the Appeal Court's decision in eight test cases last month to reject a Law Commission recommendation for a rise of 50 to 100 per cent.
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Easy self-Assembly?
The UK's three devolved power bases have had up to 10 months to forge their own identities. Patrick Butler asks key players how they see their progress
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HAs 'should be paid fully for drugs'
Doctors have demanded that the government pay health authorities the full cost of introducing new drugs available on the NHS.
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Don't get mugged in London
Capital's managers need strategy to ensure harmony with the new mayor
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Euro ruling will protect junior doctors - in nine years
Junior doctors are to be brought under the provisions of the European working-time directive - but the move will take at least nine years.