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In Brief: Reporting adverse reactions to drugs
The 'yellow card' scheme for reporting adverse reactions to drugs to the Medicines Control Agency has been extended to community pharmacists. Junior health minister Lord Hunt said pilot projects had shown that reports submitted by community pharmacists were as good as those submitted by GPs and the extension would strengthen ...
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Short Cuts: New panel will advise ministers on drug advertising
An independent panel has been created to advise the Medicines Control Agency on drug advertising. Junior health minister Lord Hunt said the three-member panel would advise ministers when drug companies challenged MCA decisions, and provide the industry with a mechanism for obtaining 'transparent and independent' reviews of such decisions. It ...
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In Brief: Multimillion pound package to fight AIDS in Africa
Prime minister Tony Blair unveiled a multimillion pound package to fight AIDS in Africa at the Commonwealth heads of government conference in Durban. The move was welcomed by the National AIDS Trust, which says 16,000 people are infected with HIV every day, 70 per cent of them in Africa, while ...
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Private health row after OFT probe
A row over private medical insurance network schemes has flared up again following an Office of Fair Trading investigation that cleared BUPA and PPP Healthcare of anti-competitive behaviour.
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Short Cuts: Law brings Food Standards Agency a step nearer
Legislation paving the way for the new Food Standards Agency received royal assent last week.
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The big worries for ambulance services
The morning after, and the night after that Reports of high prices, transport problems and venue closures have led many people to plan a quiet millennium evening - and save their pennies for a night out on 1 January.
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Apart at the seams
Political pressure for mergers may be irresistible, but a clear way forward and more support are needed to prevent them causing more problems than they solve, argues John McClenahan
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Appeal Court ruling on screening case will not hit national scheme
An Appeal Court decision that three women with cervical cancer should be compensated after the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital missed abnormal smears is unlikely to have a major impact on the national screening programme, as previously feared.
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Outpatient appointments stretch to four years
Latest research by the College of Health says patients are being forced to wait as long as four years for an outpatient appointment.
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In Brief: Sure Start approval
The first 15 schemes to be given full Sure Start approval have been announced by public health minister Yvette Cooper and education secretary David Blunkett. Twelve have been asked to build on ideas to help disadvantaged children for a second wave of approvals. A further 69 areas have been invited ...
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Short Cuts: Stroke Association warning coincides with inquiry
The Stroke Association is planning to highlight the link between smoking and stroke as the Commons health select committee starts its inquiry into the tobacco industry and the health risks of smoking today. The Stroke Association says stroke costs the NHS and social services £2.3bn a year, with about a ...
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Short Cuts: BMA describes plans for asylum seekers as 'failure'
The British Medical Association has added its voice to criticism of the government's plans to disperse asylum seekers across the country. It says that although the plans could be implemented as early as next month, health authorities in the proposed cluster areas have not been consulted, informed or helped to ...
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In Brief: Audit Scotland
A new agency, Audit Scotland, is being set up under the Public Finance and Accountancy (Scotland) Bill to assist the Scottish Parliament and its audit committee in holding the Scottish Executive, local government and public bodies to account.
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Winning ways on show at HSJ awards night
Betty Boothroyd, speaker of the House of Commons, plays to the camera with David Low (left) and Bryan Knight of Sandwell Healthcare trust at HSJ 's health management awards presentation.
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Life's a beach
Eweka Azubuike tries out a sandpit at the New River Green Early Years Centre on the Marquess Estate in Islington, north London, watched by health minister John Hutton, her father Chieda Azubuike, and centre management committee chair Sandra Lawrence.