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Welsh waiting lists on the rise
Welsh inpatient waiting lists rose by 2.7 per cent to 67,058 in April, a result described as 'disappointing' by Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones.
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monitor
Monitor is grateful to the National Crusade for Medical Privacy and Protection Against Electronic Theft for its warning about the horrors of NHSnet. Leaflets produced by this previously unknown organisation found circulating the NHS ask perceptively: 'Do you really want your bits and pieces discussed on the internet?' Apparently, Tony ...
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A rational system with rationing?
The World Health Organisation has pictured an ideal health system, funded through taxation, free at the point of delivery, protected from the inequities and inefficiencies of the market, and capable of rationing resources according to need (news, page 4, 13 May).
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13th hospital deal signed
A deal giving the go-ahead for a £67m, 347-bed hospital for Bishop Auckland, County Durham, has been signed at 10 Downing Street. It will be the 13th major hospital built under the PFI scheme.
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Rating of IT arrangements (August to October 1998)
Interviewees were asked to rate IT arrangements using a 1-5 scale.
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Only 60 new jobs as counter-fraud unit starts
I read with interest your news story 'Counter-fraud teams bring hundreds of jobs' (news, page 5, 29 April).
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Not as bad as it looks: the accounts
At first sight, the confederation's accounts look disastrous: turnover appears to have plummeted, with management costs soaring as virtually all other activity comes to a halt (see table, below).