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Glasgow seeks to up its SHARE
The chief executive of Greater Glasgow health board has called for more money from a proposed shake-up of Scottish health service funding, under which it would already be a major beneficiary.
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modernisation fund
The much-touted modernisation fund owes more to smoke and mirrors than a desire to dish out significant extra cash, says John Appleby
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Service framework 'needs more money'
Four in five managers charged with implementing the national service framework for mental health are not convinced it can be done without extra money, according to a survey of health authorities and trusts.
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Payout may open negligence floodgates
The Medical Defence Union last month threw in its hand on the second day of a nine-day High Court trial and agreed to pay £1.57m to Richard Sheppard, who collapsed in the street minutes after leaving his GP's surgery and suffered brain damage. He had gone to see his doctor ...
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Equal to the occasion
Health secretary Alan Milburn is keen to assure social services that they are equal partners with the NHS. But he warned that means signing up to a similar strict regime of regulation. Pat Healy reports
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Shelter urges government to firm up housing duties
Shelter has warned that 'many vulnerable people' are 'giving up asking for help' because they face an insurmountable battle trying to access housing and care. It has urged the government to use its forthcoming housing policy green paper to firm up local authority duties to provide comprehensive housing and care ...
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Profits of doom
A spectacular slump in the profits of HMOs is jeopardising the future of health insurance in the US. But, asks Howard Berliner, where is the alternative?
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As you don't like it
Acute services absorb two-thirds of the mental health budget, yet provision is unpopular with both users and staff. The time is right to do something about it, writes Richard Ford
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Discipline review is 'urgently needed'
A consultant suspended from his job for more than a year has called on health ministers to release a review of disciplinary procedures, ordered a year ago.
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Days like this
Bottomley replaces Mellor. . . internal market 'projects'. . . plea for £1bn extra. . . managers' performance pay frozen. . . HA merger row
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A jab in the dark
How would the NHS cope with a quarter of the population ill or dying from flu? Mark Gould reports on the Department of Health's contingency plan for the next flu pandemic, which experts believe is on its way shortly
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Days are numbered for national GP contract as pilots prosper
The days of a single national contract for all GPs 'must now be considered to be in doubt', according to a King's Fund study.
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Consultants seek region control of development
Consultants have called for health secretary Alan Milburn to restore regional responsibility for shaping hospital developments.
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The French connection
While trade relations between Britain and France nose-dived, a meeting of minds on health highlighted much common ground, writes Barbara Millar