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Nurse, the screens
The latest films could soon be showing at a hospital near you under a scheme to bring the silver screen into the health service. Barbara Millar asks what managers would recommend
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Testing out a new set of teeth
'PCGs will want to be sure the means to achieve quality and value for money exist, otherwise many will say they have lost their old teeth and the new set don't bite'
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monitor
Monitor was most impressed by the way the private Grovelands Priory Hospital dealt with our dear friend Augusto Pinochet. After all, not every bed blocker gets a blue-light London ambulance to take them home. But it did make Monitor wonder whether a similar facility was on offer to others in ...
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Why resource 'winners' are really on to a loser
In the irony of resource allocation, apparent 'winners' can be seen in a different perspective to be 'losers'. The News Focus, 'Last seen heading north', (19 November) may deserve to be renamed 'advantage stays in the south'.
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Survey results: homelessness and ill-health
59 per cent of Big Issue vendors surveyed reported 'a long-term illness, health problem or handicap' limiting their daily activities or work. Of these, 31 per cent believed their problem to be drug-related.
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Mayor 'should be strong on health'
The King's Fund has called for London's new mayor to be given a much stronger role in promoting health.
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Prescribing a touch of interdiscipline for GPs
Parliamentary attacks on the medical establishment are not rare these days. But few have the insight to berate the profession for its scientific ignorance as Ian Gibson, Labour MP for Norwich North and resident Commons medical science whizz, has done.
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Fraud inquiry trust sets up hotline
A trust at the centre of a police fraud investigation has set up a confidential phoneline so staff can voice concerns to external auditors.
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By George, your knowledge of the UK is flagging
With reference to your front cover (26 November), the UK minus Scotland and Wales does not leave England with the union flag, but with a St George's cross.
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Head for figures
Visitors to the body zone at the Dome will be able to explore the inside of a giant sculpture of two people embracing (see computer-generated image, left). The reclining figures - of indeterminate sex - will contain images and music focusing on the body. Outside will be an exploration area ...