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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
Why climb Everest? Even George Mallory could only suggest, 'Because it is there.' The Everest Extreme Expedition has a better reason: it says the mountain presents 'a unique laboratory setting', offering 'new insights on the human body and its implications for other environments or disease states'.
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Touch of class
hospital information; Was philanthropy ever really an effective way of funding healthcare before the NHS? New research suggests not. Wendy Moore reports
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The choice is yours
conference focus: As debate about the new NHS moved from 'what' to 'how', health authority and trust leaders at the NHS Confederation's conference heard chief executive Sir Alan Langlands tell them to use their own judgement
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Langlands told millennium nursing shortage may be 'catastrophic'
The 10-day millennium holiday break will be 'catastrophic for patient care', Professor George Alberti, president of the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
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Key role for the NHS and social services in challenging racism in the wake of the Lawrence case
The aftermath of the Lawrence inquiry leads us to ask how the NHS and social services can work together to overcome racism and promote racially 'healthy neighbourhoods'. We should all take responsibility for addressing race equality issues.