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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.
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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 ...