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Beware a London power surge Mayor's strong influence highlights need to rethink the regional offices
News that London's powerful new executive mayor will have a considerably stronger role in health matters than was first planned has its down side (see news, pages 2-3). Of course the mayor should be required to consider the health impact of their policies. So should all local authorities. But there ...
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Audit is 'not an excuse' for lack of improvement
Public sector managers should not use their auditors as a convenient excuse for failing to improve services, leading audit organisations have warned.
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'Astonished' MP pushes for cancer register
The government would regularly review NHS cancer care, and publish performance statistics for cancer centres - including survival rates - under a bill proposed by Labour backbencher Paul Marsden.
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Somerset gained widespread support from public and partners for integrated approach
Somerset HA and Somerset social services last year incorporated the community care plan into the first health improvement programme, and did this both in the initial draft published for consultation last September and in the recently produced final HImP.
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Taking aim: the PHGU
To keep abreast of developments in molecular and clinical genetics, and their ethical, legal, social and public health implications.
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Charging ahead: the Welsh experience
The clinical genetics service in Wales is based at the Institute of Medical Genetics at the University of Wales Healthcare trust in Cardiff.
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From blood to the Net: genetic testing comes of age
Genetic testing in some form goes back to 1960 when the first chromosomal tests were carried out on the blood of people with Down's syndrome. Natal chromosome analysis was possible, but it was another 10 years before the first DNA tests were carried out to diagnose a range of blood ...
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Hinchliffe must accept people will vote with their feet
Your article 'I hate the bastards' (news focus, 8 April) arouses remarkably strong feeling among my colleagues and myself in response to health select committee chair David Hinchliffe's comments about the independent sector.
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Croydon stakes its claim to fame - but does Kingston know the first thing about it?
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in person
Laurie Capel, former chief executive of Northumbria Ambulance Service trust, has been appointed acting chief executive of the newly formed North East Ambulance Service trust. Robert Alabaster, former chief executive of Durham County Ambulance Service trust, has become acting director of corporate affairs. Other interim appointments include David Hodge, former ...
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Penny for their thoughts
New taxes. No taxes. There was an option for everyone when the four main parties revealed their plans for the Scottish Parliament. Colin Wright reports