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Three chairs for democracy
HSJ invited the four leading London mayoral hopefuls to debate health. Three couldn't stop agreeing with one another - but the fourth was a trifle late in putting his argument. Lyn Whitfield reports
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The coffin they carry you off in
Diane Charlton of the conservation workshop at Bradford Industrial Museum completes the restoration of a hand-drawn hearse that doubled as an ambulance when the glass top was removed. The vehicle was built in 1908 and used in the Yorkshire Dales village of Burneston.
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In brief: Pharmaceutical industry
A taskforce to investigate how to maintain the competitiveness of the UK as a base for the pharmaceutical industry has been announced, chaired by junior health minister Lord Hunt and Dr Tom McKilop, chief executive of AstraZeneca. The taskforce will report to the prime minister.
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In brief: Performance management framework
A new performance management framework for the NHS in Wales has been published. Deputy health and social services secretary Alun Pugh said this fulfilled 'a key pledge' in the Putting Patients First white paper.
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In brief: Dyfed Powys
A clinical futures group has been set up in Dyfed Powys, chaired by former trust chief executive Dr Norman Mills, to review clinical services and draw up options for change to be implemented in 2000-01.
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has announced the publication of guidance by the Hospital Caterers Association and NHS Estates on reducing the estimated £45m of food wasted annually in the NHS.
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Trusts braced for surge in injury claims
This month sees big changes in the funding of personal injury litigation.
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Over our dead body
The demise of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group begs questions of how different its successor's approach will be. Lynn Eaton reports
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MPs turn tables on Fritchie over bias claims
The row over political bias in the appointment of non-executive directors to trust and health authority boards flared up again this week, with an attack on commissioner for public appointments Dame Rennie Fritchie.
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Behind closed doors
The selection process for non-executives can be far from fair - and it is easy for the outspoken to find their applications unsuccessful, Madhun Foolchand found
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When trust becomes a must
One of the most annoying precepts that gets bandied about in the partnership debate is the need to form 'trusting relationships'. Unlike some of the more tangible aspects of joint working, such as new structures and strategic statements, trust is elusive both as a concept and a working tool. So, ...
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Bad relations 'put city HAZ at threat'
An independent review has found that Leicestershire health authority's relationship with Leicester's social services department was so poor that the city's health action zone risked going 'completely off the rails'.
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In brief: Health Education Authority
Members of the former Health Education Authority's mental health programme have set up a new organisation to support the promotion of mental health. Mentality will seek to help health authorities meet standard one of the national service framework, requiring them to promote mental health and combat discrimination.
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Overdose attack man sent to jail
A drug overdose victim who lashed out at hospital staff who had just saved his life has been jailed for a year.
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In brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association in Northern Ireland has called for an end to 'healthcare policy inertia', with vice-chair of the BMA's consultants and specialists commitee Kanwar Panesar claiming the province was 'almost three years behind the rest of the UK in terms of health service reforms' - a situation that ...
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MP appeals to government over free nursing care
Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow has urged the government to introduce free nursing care for all, following a hint by health secretary Alan Milburn to the Royal College of Nursing's annual congress that the government may be considering such a move. 'It is now three years since the government promised ...
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In brief: Employment Appeal Tribunal
A race, sex or disability discrimination claim can go ahead after the applicant's death, the Court of Appeal has ruled, reversing a decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The ruling allows the daughter of a secretary who brought a race discrimination claim against Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health trust to ...
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Anti-abortion group pickets family planning centres
Anti-abortion group Precious Life has committed itself to picketing four new family planning centres funded by the Scottish Executive. Scottish health minister Susan Deacon announced that £150,000 would be provided to Brook Advisory Group for new centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling. Jim Dowson, Precious Life spokesman, described the ...