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Waiting-list target hit a month ahead of schedule
The government's pledge to cut waiting lists to pre-election levels has been achieved a month early in England.
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Careering ahead:
Bharpur Singh Mudhuadia (left), Mandeep Singh and Jasmeet Saahney (right), from Hounslow Manor School, west London, read a careers pamphlet on medical physics at a Hounslow and Spelthorne Community and Mental Health trust careers day.
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Trusts disappear across UK
More than 100 trusts are affected by mergers taking place across the UK today.
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Short cuts Acheson praises government action on inequalities
The government has done 'far more than we ever dreamed of' to tackle inequalities in health, Sir Donald Acheson told HSJ this week. Sir Donald said he was 'amazed at how much work' the government had done in response to his Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, published six months ...
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Commissioner for public appointments Did Sir Len ask the chairs about manipulation?
I was fascinated to read that Dame Rennie Fritchie has been appointed as commissioner for public appointments (news focus, page 14, 4 March).
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Medical devices in users' homes fall through year 2000 loophole
Thousands of medical devices in patients' houses and nursing homes have slipped through a hole in the NHS Executive's year 2000 programme, it emerged last week.
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Vroom with a view
Look out at the car park adjoining the admin block of a typical trust and it should be possible to tell which car belongs to which manager. A VW Passat or Landrover Freelander - that will be the chief executive's. BMW 300 Series or Rover 620 - it must be ...
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telephone services
'It seemed a bit robotic, but you pick up vibes from the caller and use your clinical judgement'
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REFERENCES
1 Evaluation of NHS Direct First-wave Sites. First interim report to the Department of Health. School of health and related research, Sheffield University, 1998.
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NHSnet 'is not millennium-compliant'
A key part of the NHS information strategy is not millennium-proof even though it was built less than five years ago, according to a report for the NHS Executive.
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Some winners, some losers, some still waiting
The distribution of a £60m 'award' for GPs has been agreed by health ministers and the British Medical Association.
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Light touch
Light touch: baby Zainab Bharwani and link worker Bimla Karra experience a multi-sensory room at Birmingham Community Children's Centre, while Zainab's mother, Shahnez Miah, looks on. The centre includes a clinic, therapy room, soft play area and facilities for local children and children with special needs.