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Executive appeals for partnership
Every part of the NHS must take steps to work in partnership 'with all parts of the local community', not just the groups with which they have traditional links, the NHS Executive has said.
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Enthusiasm bypass: Wales goes it alone
An alternative to primary care trusts is likely to be developed in Wales, following a consultation exercise that 'did not suggest there is widespread enthusiasm' for PCTs.
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In Brief: Alder Hey Hospital
An investigation has been launched into the retention of organs following inquiries at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool which found other organs as well as hearts had been kept from children who had undergone post-mortems. The investigation conducted by chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson will look at the retention ...
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Anti-smoking campaigners hit out at delay to tobacco ad ban
A government delay on implementing elements of its tobacco advertising ban has been condemned as 'pointless appeasement' by anti smoking campaigners.
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'Creme de la creme' projects win action zone cash
Health minister John Denham has named 59 projects in the first wave to win grants from the health action zones innovation fund. 'These innovative schemes are the creme de la creme of the many schemes being produced across the country to improve healthcare and modernise services, ' he said. 'They ...
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Nurse wins £30,000 for arrest over 'armed robbery'
London psychiatric nurse Lorette McQueen has won more than £30,000 from the Metropolitan Police. She was arrested by an armed police officer who suspected she was part of a gang about to rob a bank after she stopped to talk to two homeless patients while off-duty. Although Ms McQueen, who ...
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WEB WATCH
Are health action zones really at the cutting edge of public health as ministers intend? Or have they, as a leading Blairite think-tanker recently suggested, degenerated into test-beds for daft ideas dreamed up by civil servants and imposed on local people with the aid of endless central directives, rules and ...
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Who said that?
Pharmaceutical firms are aligning themselves with patient groups in a bid to put pressure on the NHS. But will such a move empower or exploit the public, asks Barbara Millar
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Planning permission
A practice taking part in a personal medical services pilot has launched care plans for patients with chronic diseases and streamlined dealings with its health board. Dawn Whiteside reports
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Running out of puff
The UK government and medical establishment have been warned they will face flak if they do not consult more widely on public health targets, reports Peter Pallot
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Monitor is relieved to report that health minister John Denham escaped with his life from yesterday's topping-out ceremony at Wythenshawe Hospital's new acute block. But what can the poor man have made of the explanatory notes on topping out provided by builders and service operators South Manchester Healthcare Limited? In ...
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A marriage made in. . . Southport
After a long courtship, the IHSM and the AMGP sealed the knot last week amid scenes of faded seaside glamour. Laura Donnelly wonders how long it will be before Relate's services are required
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Home truths
Away from the Conservative conference at Blackpool, the town's homeless people are being offered help at a community trust roadshow. Tash Shifrin reports