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MPs opt for hysteria bypass in Shipman debate
Down the years I have formed the general impression that MPs have become more hysterical about less and less. In this regard they have been representing changes in outlook among their constituents, less stoical and more assertive than generations ago, and thus merely doing their jobs as representatives.
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In Brief: First meeting of taskforce
The first meeting of the emergency pressures taskforce set up by Welsh health and social services secretary Jane Hutt has taken place. The taskforce includes a number of NHS chief executives and chairs, nurses' and doctors' representatives - but opposition politicians have boycotted it.
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In Brief: Unaware of deaf children
Deafeating Deafness has claimed that 1,500 families are unaware they have a deaf child because health authorities are unwilling to fund a cheap test that can be used within hours of birth. The charity is calling for the wider adoption of the Otoacoustic Emissions test to replace 'outdated and inefficient ...
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In Brief: Call for smoking to be treated as hard drug
A medical royal college has called for smoking to be taken as seriously as the use of heroin or cocaine, with treatment routinely available on the NHS. In a hard-hitting report, the Royal College of Physicians of England calls for a radical new approach to tobacco use, recognising it as ...
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BMA to fight Shipman 'contempt'
The British Medical Association will 'vigorously' defend itself to the attorney general, who has been asked to investigate whether it was in contempt of court for releasing a briefing document about GP Harold Shipman before he was found guilty of 15 murders.
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A touch of the blues
Tony Blair paints public service workers as resistant to change in order to denigrate the idea of public service, according to Mick McKeown and Dave Mercer
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In Brief: Patients blamed for financial position
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trust has blamed the cost of treating a 'record' number of patients over Christmas and the new year for a worsening financial position.
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Best practice makes perfect
Transforming supervision in health care By Don Mason Cassell 186 pages £14.99
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Resist temptation to be a wet blanket on beds inquiry
Milburn must seize opportunity to 'reverse' 40-year numbers decline
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Milburn wins plaudits for 'more beds' move
Health secretary Alan Milburn's promise of more NHS beds and a fresh focus on care for elderly people appears to have won the backing of key health service interest groups, boosting his attempts to sustain the momentum of his embattled reforms.
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Let battle commence
Clinical governance in primary care Edited by Tim Van Zwanenberg and Jamie Harrison Radcliffe Medical Press 224 pages £21.50
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Council launches legal battle
A council has launched a legal battle against venture capitalists trying to close an elderly people's home sold off by the council before the general election.
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In Brief: Charter marks awarded
NHS organisations have been awarded 171 charter marks this year. Health minister John Hutton said this was a 'tribute to the hard work, dedication and team effort put in by NHS staff'.
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Shipman: not fair to ask doctors or managers to inquire
As a retired detective chief inspector who has spent 10 years investigating within the health sector, I have a deep affinity for healthcare professionals.
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The art of Gentle Persuasion
The government's NHS reforms depend heavily on GPs. But they should be offered positive incentives to take part, argues Bob Royce