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Beds under the Reds
Labour has crossed the ideological divide to embrace joint working with the private sector as a way to free NHS beds. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Deacon blues
The Scottish health minister insists that managers committed to improving patient care have nothing to fear from the 'strings attached' to additional NHS money from government. Colin Wright explains
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In Brief: New PCTs
Three primary care groups in Blackburn, Trafford South and Herefordshire will become primary care trusts in October, junior health minister Lord Hunt has announced. Two PCTs for West Norfolk and Hertsmere have already been given the go ahead.
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In Brief: Two trusts in Lincolnshire merger plans
Two trusts in Lincolnshire have been given permission to launch public consultation on merger plans. Lincoln District Healthcare trust and South Lincolnshire Healthcare trust aim to create a single organisation providing mental health, learning disability and community services next April.
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In Brief: Recruitment figures
Health minister John Denham has announced that almost 3,700 doctors were recruited by the NHS between 1997 and 1999.He said this showed the government was 'making progress' on its plans to employ 7,000 more doctors and 15,000 more nurses.
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In Brief: Correction
Several references to 'CHI' in Marion Witton's letter (page 21, 4 May), responding to our feature 'Shadowlands', should have been to the National Care Standards Commission. We apologise for the error, which occurred during editing.
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In Brief: Correction
Last week's feature on orthopaedic surgeons ('Blade runners', pages 20-23) referred to a British Orthopaedic Association study of 250 consultants' operating patterns. The study was in fact by John Yates and colleagues at the health services management centre, Birmingham University.
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No love lost as bug hits teaching site
The 'lovebug' computer virus forced a major London teaching hospital to shut down everything except 'core critical clinical systems'.
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Short Cuts: Campaign to counter 'shocking' ignorance of STIs
Doctor Patient Partnership has launched a campaign to tackle male ignorance of sexually transmitted infections, which are increasing. The campaign with the Men's Health Forum follows a MORI poll that found 28 per cent of adult men questioned did not know what a genito-urinary medicine clinic was, while 18 per ...
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Ovarian cancer drug will cost HAs millions
Health authorities will have to find millions of pounds to fund cancer drugs after the National Institute for Clinical Excellence backed the use of paclitaxel to treat patients with ovarian cancer.
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Trust orders cardiac services review
A regional review of cardiac services at Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust is under way after an internal inquiry cleared a cardiac surgeon of allegations about his drinking and patient care.
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'Perverse incentives' may force elderly into care
'Perverse incentives' may force elderly people into residential homes prematurely, the Audit Commission has warned.
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'Missing leaders' are urged to drive change
-NHS Confederation chief executive Stephen Thornton has called for the creation of a 'cadre of local leaders' to drive change in the health service.
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Chief of NHS Scotland denies he could leave service soon
The chief executive of the NHS in Scotland has attempted to quash speculation that he is to leave the service soon.
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Short Cuts: Equal pay victory for women speech therapists
Hundreds of NHS speech and language therapists will share £12m in back pay following the resolution of a 15-year 'equal pay' battle. The MSF union launched a claim in 1986 comparing the pay of 351 female speech and language therapists with professions dominated by men. The previous Conservative government fought ...