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Screen but not heard
A report on Scotland's cervical screening programme has led to calls for the locally based call/recall service to be made national. Colin Wright reports
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Waiting-list initiative
Even health ministers would say that targeting the length of waiting lists rather than admission waiting times has been a mistake. But it isn't that simple, argues John Appleby
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Silos of the lambs
Fresh-faced managers of the future faced a barrage of similes, buzzwords and farming metaphors when they gathered at an NHS training conference on partnership. Tash Shifrin harvested the crop of wisdom on offer
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Play as you learn
Amanda Jackson (right), programme manager for the Greater Elland Sure Start initiative, chats to some of those making use of the scheme's new playbus. The double-decker has playgroup facilities upstairs, while downstairs it has displays on health, parenting, diet, literacy and numeracy. The Sure Start initiative in Elland was set ...
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Tea's maid
Steph Clarke, haemotology and blood bank nurse at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, takes a break in its cyber cafe.
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A walk-in? Now you're talkin'
New Labour wants every major city to have an NHS walk-in centre, and a study suggests that they will be extremely popular. But are expectations too high? Alison Chapple and colleagues report
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Over to you
Ready to shape the future of the NHS? The government's 'national' consultation of staff and public has begun, and even those with misgivings are part of it. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Twist to payment saga
The former general manager of a Scottish health board at the centre of a scandal involving over- payments to managers is counter-suing the NHS.
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West side story
A financial crisis in wealthy Los Angeles county was eased by a federal bail-out - a solution which can have drawbacks of its own, writes Howard Berliner
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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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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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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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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.