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Puff daddies
David Hinchliffe was in his usual forthright mood as he faced five of the tobacco industrys biggest players across committee room 15 of the Commons last week.
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Days like this
Scores of GP practices have formally registered an interest in fundholding, due to begin next year. Regional health authorities say they have typically received 20 to 40 expressions of interest. One regional co-ordinator commented: It ay be they just don't want to miss the boat and it might all fizzle ...
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MSP's dither in health debate
The Scottish Parliaments health committee met for the first time this year last week and carried on in pre millennium vein by failing to make any decisions, other than to appoint Malcolm Chisholm as deputy convenor .
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Decline and Fall
Decline and fall Despite recruitment drives, figures show the numbers of nurses, midwives and health visitors are still falling. And they're getting older, writes Barbara Millar
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Research and destroy
The cancer research industry is under fire, described as wasteful and driven by rivalry. Now MPs are launching a root and branch investigation. Patrick Butler reports
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Out in front
Out in front Just 13 primary care trusts will be launched in the first wave, but guidance only increases speculation over who will control whom.
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Patchy service in old-age mental health
Mental health services for elderly people are patchy and inconsistent, with many areas continuing to sink resources into hospital and residential care while failing to deliver joint working, according to the Audit Commission.
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Vaccine and not heard
Some claim the shortage of childhood vaccines is due to the drug companies monopoly. The real reason is lack of political priority
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NHS to take over MoD hospital
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority is planning to take over the site of a military hospital at the centre of heated debate among local people angered at Ministry of Defence plans to close it down.
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Room for improvement
Patients treated in good surroundings rate their treatment and staff more highly than those seen in old buidlings. Bryan Lawson and Michael Phiri report
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Managers warn that pay rise could leave NHS struggling
The governments decision to award most health service staff an above inflation pay rise could leave the NHS struggling to meet the cost of other demands, health service managers have warned.
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Top of the shops
The latest push to revitalise local shopping services has been accused of focusing exclusively on commercial issues, writes Alison Forbes
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Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety
The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.