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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.
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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).