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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
If you drink, smoke, take drugs or otherwise muck around with your health and are not prepared to give up those bad habits, you would be advised not to fall ill in Andover.
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Should we not congratulate Straw?
The civil liberties response to Jack Straw's announcement has forgotten that for decades we have been sectioning mentally ill people who have not committed any offences. The NHS used to treat psychopathic disorder in a similar way, as evidenced by figures produced by Mr Straw after Michael Stone's trial.
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Common target
The Amsterdam treaty ensures 'health protection' in all policy areas. After bringing down the Commission, MEPs want to go further, reports Tony Sheldon
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OT to trot - keeping in step with clients' needs
I read with interest, Annie Phillips' article 'Out of step' (page 25, 25 February). I agree wholeheartedly that social workers do work in an empowering way, but to say this was 'virtually unheard of in medicine' takes no account of healthcare professionals who do work with clients in an empowering ...
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The costs of change - financial implications of the Fallon recommendations
The costs of change - financial implications of the Fallon recommendations
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PFI is handy smokescreen for opposing change
'Building anxiety' (special report, 4 March) was a good try at summarising the private finance initiative debate.
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Shake-up for Scottish social care
The Scottish Office has outlined plans to improve the inspection of residential and nursing homes as part of a white paper on the modernisation of social services.
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Primary care groups can be local heroes
Anna Coote, in her article 'Local heroes get stuck in' (Think tank, 25 February) highlights the central role communities can play in improving health, but underlines the need to reconcile and harness the dynamics of a locally driven process with the bureaucracy of the statutory and other interested agencies. She ...
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Three calls to get help: patients' views
The community health councils in each of the first-wave pilot areas have reported positive feedback from the public. The Sheffield researchers also asked people what they thought of the service, with varied responses.
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White man's burden Proportion
White man's burden Proportion of awards to ethnic minorities (12.9 per cent of the consultant workforce in England and Wales).This year: 9.6 per cent; 1996 (the most recent year with which comparisons can be made - England only): 6.2 per cent.
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Conservative reforms get Bristol scrutiny
The impact of the Conservative government's NHS reforms will come under the spotlight at the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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in brief
Health secretary Frank Dobson said he had 'sympathy' with people who use accident and emergency departments as 'drop-in centres' when they are 'feeling off-colour'. He said: 'Although that use poses burdens, I believe that the NHS should provide what local people clearly want of their hospitals.' In some areas GPs ...
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Short cuts Smokers are being 'duped' by 'light' cigarette brands
The Health Education Authority has called for a ban on the use of terms such as 'light', 'ultra' and 'mild' in relation to cigarettes, following a survey that found one in five smokers thought they reduced their risk of lung cancer and heart disease. HEA smoking campaign manager Steve Woodward ...
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Consultants are stripped of merit awards
Senior consultants have been stripped of merit awards for the first time by the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards.