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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
When the Foreign Office barred diplomats from attending beanos and booze-ups sponsored by the tobacco industry earlier this month, noted anti-smoker and health secretary Frank Dobson was naturally on hand to welcome the move as 'yet another example of us translating words into action'.
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Paid cover for union reps has worked for us
We read with interest the news item about paid cover for union reps being considered by the government (page 2, 6 May).
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Coventry plan is sent to Dobson
A £200m private finance initiative scheme to build a new hospital in Coventry has been referred to health secretary Frank Dobson by the community health council.
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What the European Convention on Human Rights says
Article 2: 'Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally...'
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Keeping track - the three different routes for claims
Small claims: for claims up to £5,000 or personal injury claims up to £1,000. Designed to be informal and for the litigant in person. An unlikely forum for clinical negligence claims.
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In the city: London health issues
Detentions under the Mental Health Act in London are nearly twice as high as the national average;
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Mystery as chief resigns
A Birmingham trust chief executive has resigned 'out of the blue' - prompting questions from unions.
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Short cuts Hillingdon chief to head London's millennium work
Philip Brown, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospital trust, has been appointed to co-ordinate work on the year 2000 problem in London by the regional office of the NHS Executive. His appointment coincided with figures showing that 16 NHS organisations were classed as making 'unsatisfactory' progress on year 2000 issues in ...
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Government stops CHI covering private sector
The government has overturned a Lords amendment to the Health Bill which would have allowed the Commission for Health Improvement to regulate both NHS and private hospitals.
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Last chance to resuscitate IHSM
Radical action is only hope institute has of seeing in its 100th birthday
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Lib Dem takes health chair
Kirsty Williams, the Liberal Democrats' Welsh Assembly member for Brecon and Radnorshire, has been appointed chair of its health and social services committee.