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In Brief: More press releases
The Department of Health issued 742 press releases in 1999, more than twice as many as were issued in the last year of the Conservative government in 1996, when 366 were published. The DoH issued 406 releases in 1997, and 556 in 1998.
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In Brief: Review due to be complete
The expert scientific review of fluoride and health is expected to be completed 'in the spring', public health minister Yvette Cooper told MPs.
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Going for broke
Tayside is not alone in its financial difficulties - a number of other Scottish trusts are grappling with large deficits. Barbara Millar wonders what has gone wrong
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Cadets on call
16-year-old Helen Cason is among the first in London to take part in a two-year cadet programme to bring new blood into the NHS.
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Fears that quality of patient care is 'at risk' in PCT takeover
A community care trust which is fighting for its survival has expressed fears that patient care might be jeopardised when primary care trusts take over its duties.
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Computing for a career: the chief executive's story
Jillian Evans, chief executive of Surrey Thames PCG, is studying for the MSc in primary healthcare run by UCL.
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Denham raps HAs starving PCGs of cash
Health minister John Denham is set to issue a stern rebuke to health authorities that fail to hand over enough money to primary care groups.
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'You just don't realise how tired you are until you you have a chance to stop running round like a scalded cat'
Leveta Lawson was approaching 50 when she heard that North Bedfordshire Community Trust, where she worked, was to merge with the neighbouring trust.
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Ex-region chair sparks local fury
The former chair of Trent region has triggered anger weeks after taking up a post as shadow chair of Leicester University Hospitals trust, due to start in April following a three-way merger.
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Chief concerns
Devising a leadership programme for NHS chief executives is a challenging undertaking. Barbara Millar finds out what those in the first intake hope to get out of it
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World-class site set to close in shake-up
London regional office has unveiled plans to close both the world-renowned Harefield Hospital and the Royal Brompton Hospital to create a £200m specialist centre at London's Paddington Basin by 2006.
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Image conscious
Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson checks a picture of himself during a visit to launch a public health observatory. The North West observatory is one of eight 'nationwide intelligence gathering centres' set up to monitor health and disease trends as part of the government's bid to break the link ...
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Crisis, what crisis?
The media was determined to get its 'NHS winter crisis', but officially there wasn't one, junior health minister Gisela Stuart told MPs. That didn't entirely get her off the hook, though, Patrick Butler reports
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Give private managers a go, says Cumberlege
The NHS should introduce a pilot experiment in which a number of hospitals are taken over by private management teams 'if only to prove the government can do it better', former Conservative health minister Baroness Cumberlege has urged.
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Cyberschool days
As more and more education providers offer web-based open and distance learning courses, Dolly Chadda looks at the prospects for NHS staff to learn online