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in brief: Andrew Hobart
Andrew Hobart, chair of the British Medical Association's junior doctors committee, has warned that 'the threat of industrial action will not be removed' until an agreement over pay and hours has been agreed with the government. In a letter to all juniors, he described a Department of Health claim that ...
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Where angels fear to tread
Labour leaders singled out doctors' conservatism at last week's party conference. But while Frank Dobson skirted around the issue, Tony Blair went for the jugular. Patrick Butler was there
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in brief: Employment Appeal Tribunal
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has taken the rare step of branding as 'perverse' a finding by an employment tribunal that a dismissal was fair. A perverse decision has been defined in cases as one which is 'irrational', 'fundamentally wrong', or which 'offends reason' or 'flies in the fact of properly ...
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CHC appeals to health secretary over cuts
North Staffordshire community health council is to refer plans to reconfigure local services to health secretary Frank Dobson, despite a health authority undertaking to submit a revised proposal for consultation next month. CHC members took the step in protest at North Staffordshire HA's proposal to cut elderly continuing care beds ...
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Bristol inquiry hears cardiac unit was 'rumbling appendix'
Bristol Royal Infirmary's cardiac unit was like a 'rumbling appendix' in the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to the former head of South Western regional health authority.
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More apple pie?
Conference 'overwhelmingly' passed Labour's new health policy, which had been pieced together from two years of consultation managed by the party's health policy forum.
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Transfer arrangements inadequate, report finds
A report into the continuing transfer of learning disability patients from Lennox Castle Hospital in Glasgow has criticised the 'planning and delivery of services to children and adolescents'. Lennox Castle, run by Greater Glasgow Primary Care trust, is due to close by March 2002, with its 323 patients discharged into ...
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Third HA plan follows Assembly pressure
Cash-strapped Dyfed Powys health authority has issued its third set of proposals for dealing with its situation in three years.
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Countdown begins for HSJ award nominees
Eighteen entries in this year's HSJ Health Management Awards have reached the shortlist. Health secretary Frank Dobson will announce the winners and present the prizes on 11 November.
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Relenza provides baptism of fire for fledgling institute
But NICE must reassure patients that it acts in their interests, too
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Shouldering the blame
An unnecessarily painful end to the life of her elderly mother left Mary Rosenberg with a sense of injustice
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Waiver pays for cancer boost
A VAT waiver lay behind health secretary Frank Dobson's announcement of a further boost to cancer services at the Labour Party conference.
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in brief: Jack Straw
Home secretary Jack Straw has announced the start of a £23.5m support service for prisoners with drug problems. The multiagency Counselling, Assessment, Referal, Advice and Throughcare will aim to identify drug users, support them in prison and coordinate support after their release. It will be available to all prisoners by ...
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in brief: primary care groups
A key responsibility of primary care groups in London will be to improve the quality of primary care itself, according to a new book from the King's Fund. It also argues that the issue of redistributing resources 'must be faced squarely if the new NHS is to make a real ...
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in brief: Doncaster Healthcare trust
Doncaster Healthcare trust and Scunthorpe Community Health Care trust were given ministerial approval to merge on 1 October.
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in brief: Brighton Health Care trust
Brighton Health Care trust will offer surgical patients the chance of having their own blood reinfused, following donation of a Cellsaver machine by Jehovah's Witnesses.
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A bug's life
Forget year 2000 compliance. What you should be worrying about is year 2000 computer viruses - both real and hoax. Michael Cross reports