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Lying in the wolf's mouth: an exile of terror
Bedrije Heta fled to the UK from Kosovo when the police threatened to kill her husband. For the past year the couple and their three daughters have found sanctuary in London. But she fears for her relatives back home in Pristina. 'In our language we say they are lying in ...
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Value-added facts
opinion; Dr Jonathan Shapiro is a senior fellow at Birmingham University's health services management centre.
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Thornton gives finance warning
The NHS is facing its most difficult financial year for some time, warned confederation chief executive Stephen Thornton, and it was 'folly' to expect trusts to make yearly cash-releasing savings.
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Flight paths
refugee care: Health services have been gearing up to help refugees from Kosovo - and are learning from experience how best to support often traumatised people. Bernadette Friend reports
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Global inequalities
data briefing: The UK may be one of the healthiest countries in the world, but it faces the same rationing dilemma as the poorest nations, writes John Appleby
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Postcode rationing must go, says Rawlins
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence will 'end post-code prescribing', its chair, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins pledged.
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Going public
news focus: Tessa Jowell has stalled, explained and given ministerial excuses for the continuing absence of the long-delayed public health white paper. But a draft seen by HSJ offers a sneak preview of the government's plans. Wendy Moore reports
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Public health jobs shake-up
The much-anticipated public health white paper will include a shake- up of the role of public health professionals, public health minister Tessa Jowell revealed.
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Targets toughened in public health revamp
A radical shake-up of the public health infrastructure, backed by a £96m development fund, is outlined in a draft of the government's long-awaited white paper on public health.