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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
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Latest drug trials case claims professor's scalp
The General Medical Council has struck off a former research director for serious professional misconduct in the latest in a raft of cases involving allegations of misbehaviour in clinical drug trials.
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Case dropped due to ill-health
A Scottish chief executive suspended from his post over a year ago after allegations of overpayments to senior managers has been allowed to retire and will not now be the subject of a public inquiry.
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'Champion' of nurses is facing UKCC probe
A senior trust manager chosen to lead a regional taskforce to improve nurses' working lives is being investigated by nursing regulatory body the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.
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Managers 'left struggling by pressures of change'
Increasing workload and the pressure of constant change have left London's mental health managers struggling to implement government policy, according to a forthcoming survey.
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Private hospital chief slams insurance 'fix'
Private hospital network schemes have come under attack from rival providers and consultants, who claim medical insurance companies are disguising anti-competitive tactics beneath 'a cloak of unnecessary secrecy'.
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Hearing rejects constructive dismissal claim
A senior health board manager who claimed he was 'turfed out' of his job to make way for a new regime has lost his case for constructive, unfair dismissal.