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Short cuts BMA wins equal pay victory for part-time doctors
The British Medical Association has claimed a 'major equal pay victory' in a case involving 867 doctors working part-time in mental health. An employment tribunal in Birmingham heard three test cases brought by the BMA, which argued that the refusal to give mental health officer status and benefits to part-time ...
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Building blocks: the future shape of PCTs
Visible integration of primary and community health services at the interface of hospital and community provision.
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Condemnation: conference blasts the bombers
The conference unanimously endorsed a statement condemning the nail bomb attacks in the multi-racial Brick Lane and Brixton areas of London.
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Trust fails to spot postage stamp sale fraud by manager - and NHS Executive picks up the bill
A trust failed to spot that one of its managers was making money by buying and selling stamps - even though it put most of its mail through a franking machine.
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Regulating drug prices and profits: the Health Bill proposals
The bill will give the health secretary the power to either:
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RCN raises concerns and calls for clearer DoH guidance on children in private hospital beds
Clearer guidance is needed on the care of children in private hospital beds, the Commons health select committee has been told.
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Short cuts Bell takes charge at NHS Information Authority
Nigel Bell has been confirmed as chief executive of the NHS Information Authority, formed on 1 April. He was information systems and technology director for drug development with Astra AB, the pharmaceuticals firm that recently announced a merger with Zeneca. Four non-executive members have also been appointed - Rosemary Horwood, ...
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Conservative estimates of attendance figures may have given wrong idea
Just for the record, I am writing following the news focus about my 'Listening to Britain' meeting in Camberwell ('Hammond dregs', 18 March).
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Commissioner sheds light on GP 'anomaly'
Health service commissioner Michael Buckley has highlighted 'an apparent anomaly' in the directions given to health authorities and trusts on their roles in the new NHS complaints system.
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Short cuts London Ambulance Service fails to meet time target
London Ambulance Service trust has recorded a dramatic rise in response times, according to papers due to be discussed at a board meeting this week. LAS has failed to meet Patient's Charter performance standards, which say crews should reach 50 per cent of emergency calls within eight minutes and 95 ...
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Take it from the top The New Health Network is impeccably connected, but is it a political front organisation? Not at all, say its organisers. Mark Crail reports
When prime minister Tony Blair sends a specially recorded video urging people to join your cause and health secretary Frank Dobson rolls up in person to underline the plea, you know you have high-level backing.
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All Right now The new reforms would be unthinkable without the Thatcher years, says Professor Alain Enthoven, architect of the internal market. Mark Crail reports
'Despite the rhetoric, and I can understand that every political party wants to distance itself from the other one, I do see that a lot of what is happening is building on the reforms of the early 1990s,' says Professor Alain Enthoven.
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'Airline ticket' approach to consultations will hit needy
Suddenly we have been told that NHS Direct will go far beyond an advisory telephone service, with every practice connected to it and direct- access services in main streets and shopping malls, though independent investigators are beginning to question the cost-effectiveness of the basic telephone service.
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Foreign exchange: lessons from abroad
While international comparisons are always difficult, some lessons can be gleaned from the experience of other countries with stricter regulation than the UK. Such policies have failed to reduce the national drugs bill.