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Race inequalities study pushes development plans
A study of race inequalities in the NHS has called for the creation of personal development plans for GPs and professional development plans for all general practice staff. The plans would review whether practices are meeting the needs of patients, including those from black and ethnic minority communities. The study ...
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Pharmacists set up NHS Direct support network
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has established an NHS Direct pharmacy support network to help pharmacists involved with the telephone helpline. Christine Gray, head of practice at the society, said pharmacists had not been 'sufficiently involved' with NHS Direct as it launched, but 'all NHS Direct sites should ...
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'Trust me, I'm a doctor'
The conviction of Harold Shipman makes him one of the UK's biggest serial killers. But there is a long history of doctors accused of killing their patients or others. Bernadette Friend reports
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The paramedic poisoner: Dr Michael Swango
This year, Dr Michael Swango, in jail in the US for falsifying his professional record to obtain work, will be eligible to be released to a prison halfway house.
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Inquiry into treatment of man who killed at eclipse
An independent inquiry is to be set up into the healthcare received by Kevin Hewitt - dubbed the 'eclipse killer' by local media.
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NHS funding
Throwing more money at the NHS in a bid to match health spending in other countries will only create a self-defeating cycle of higher and higher expectations, writes John Appleby
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Game for a scarf
Ruth Glentworth, a volunteer from charity Headstart, helps Vera Scott learn to use a headscarf and hair fringe to mask hair loss at Manchester's Christie Hospital.
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Terry Hanafin: 'That job's got my name on it'
Terry Hanafin joined the Audit Commission in October from Croydon health authority, where he was chief executive.
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How the scheme will work
'We believe that we shall have some patients placed in the community soon, although the transfer will be incremental rather than a large number transferring at once, ' says Sue Newton, development manager with charity PSS.
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Milburn looks to policy implications of Shipman
Health secretary Alan Milburn has moved to defend the family doctor service after the Shipman murder trial.
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Variable interest
Given a government obsessed, some would say, with inspection in the NHS, what will the Audit Commission's future role in healthcare be? Lyn Whitfield reports
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Lawyers in row over mediation
Lawyers have clashed over why government-funded research into the use of mediation to stem a rising tide of NHS litigation failed to attract a significant number of cases.
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List target strategy is 'misconceived'
The government has come under renewed fire from the King's Fund for its 'misconceived' strategy on waiting lists.
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Time is money
A trust which audited the contribution of its volunteers found it was worth thousands. Paddy Browne reports
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Moving story
An adult placement scheme for residents of a long-stay hospital that is due to close has provoked controversy, writes Colin Wright