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in brief: Waiting lists
Waiting lists dropped by 30,900 in February to 1,087,800. The latest figures bring the government to within 30,000 of its manifesto commitment to cut waiting lists by 100,000 within this parliament.
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in brief: Unison
Unison has pledged to sue trusts and manufacturers in Scotland if health workers are injured by syringes, in an attempt to force employers to use 'safe' needlesticks.
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in brief: Domestic violence
The NHS should do more to help victims of domestic violence, public health minister Yvette Cooper has said while launching a manual for health professionals.
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in brief: Shaping Tomorrow
Doctors' leaders are to write to every local GP representative in the country asking them for their vision of the future of general practice. British Medical Association GPs' committee chair Dr John Chisholm is to ask local medical committees to arrange meetings to discuss ideas outlined in the committee's book, ...
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in brief: Incorrect issue numbers
Two of the issue numbers published in recent editions of HSJ are incorrect. The issue of 23 March 2000, wrongly identified as no. 5695, is in fact 5697. The issue of 30 March, identified as no. 5696 is, in fact, 5698. This week's edition is no. 5699. We apologise for ...
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HA chair resigns in protest over 'bypass' plans for Budget money
A health authority chair has resigned in protest at the government's claim that Budget money would bypass HAs.
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Senior manager equality targets set out to smash NHS glass ceiling
Health minister John Denham has announced tough new targets to break the 'glass ceiling' in NHS management and ensure that women and ethnic minorities secure more of the top posts.
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More of a common touch needed
Practising evidence-based geriatrics By Sharon Straus and David Sackett Radcliffe Medical Press 165 pages £30
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Cut to the quick
A rapid-response team is offering patients support after leaving hospital - or helping them avoid admission altogether. Kaye McIntosh explains
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Days like this
Paying the price of speaking one's mind. . . Controlling the internal market. . . Cervical cytology tests . . . A new round of HA mergers
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Dear Mel. . .
I am the estates manager of a major London hospital. Throughout the 1980s we undertook several crash programmes to convert our wards for dual-sex use.
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Income distribution
With Labour's Budgets showing evidence of old-style redistribution, perhaps the NHS could set a trend by looking at its own income inequalities, says John Appleby
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Future uncertain as HEA shuts its doors
The future of health education and campaigning was under threat this week as the Health Education Authority closed, with 140 redundancies.
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Down equality street
The NHS may have good intentions on race relations, but it has a long way to go before it achieves equality. Thelma Agnew reports on an HSJ survey
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Patients transferred as GPs wind down PCG
GPs have voted to disband a west London primary care group in the first case of its kind.