All News articles – Page 2217

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    Campaigners claim ageing is an 'achievement'

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Britain's ageing population should not be viewed as a problem but as 'one of the major achievements of the 20th century', says a report from the Continuing Care Conference.

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    New ACHCEW director sets out her stall with 'adapt or die' ultimatum

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    The incoming director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has issued an ultimatum to CHCs: adapt or die.

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    Cornish rescue plan demands 4m savings

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Managers have been told to come up with new initiatives to save 4m as a result of health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to save four Cornish community hospitals.

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    36.6% applying to medicine are ethnic minorities

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    The number of ethnic minority candidates trying to become doctors and dentists is greater than their proportion in the community, statistics released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service last week show.

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    Debunking the magic 21bn

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    A Department of Health press release on 29 July announced the funding of 'assertive outreach teams' to care more efficiently for mentally ill people in the community.

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    Unhealthy fears from the 1950s to the 1990s

    1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Moral panics By Kenneth Thompson Routledge 142 pages 10.99

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    WEB WATCH

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The truth is out there. But trawling through what passes for healthcare advice on the Internet, you wouldn't know it. In a week that sees the advent of the International Trepanation Advocacy Group online, you may well feel that you need more of it like you need a hole in ...

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    WEB WATCH

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The truth is out there. But trawling through what passes for healthcare advice on the Internet, you wouldn't know it. In a week that sees the advent of the International Trepanation Advocacy Group online, you may well feel that you need more of it like you need a hole in ...

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    Sure thing

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Several Midlands community schemes to help poor families are potential models for the government's pre-school Sure Start scheme. Pat Healy examines their impact

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    Sure thing

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Several Midlands community schemes to help poor families are potential models for the government's pre-school Sure Start scheme. Pat Healy examines their impact

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    Side by side

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    A specialist mental health worker liaising with general practices can reduce pressure on children's services. Edmundo Neira-Munoz and Derek Ward report on a pilot study

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    Side by side

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    A specialist mental health worker liaising with general practices can reduce pressure on children's services. Edmundo Neira-Munoz and Derek Ward report on a pilot study

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    Shop talk

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    With pharmacists in short supply, one trust solved its recruitment problems in a ground-breaking partnership with the local supermarket. Ailsa Granne and Louise Wallace explain

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    Shop talk

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    With pharmacists in short supply, one trust solved its recruitment problems in a ground-breaking partnership with the local supermarket. Ailsa Granne and Louise Wallace explain

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    As seen on TV

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Hospitals are often approached by television programme-makers, eager for news footage, a good film location or a subject for a major documentary. Patrick Butler looks at the pros and cons of letting the cameras in

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    As seen on TV

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    When Derek Smith agreed to let a Channel Four film crew into King's College Hospital to make the documentary Operation Hospital six years ago, he did not think it would be remembered mainly for its anti-doctor stance and for his choice of car. 'Things do not always go the way ...

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    As seen on TV

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Hospitals are often approached by television programme-makers, eager for news footage, a good film location or a subject for a major documentary. Patrick Butler looks at the pros and cons of letting the cameras in

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    Not such a premium service

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    AMERICAN GRAFFITI HOWARD BERLINER

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    Not such a premium service

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    'It is almost impossible to buy a traditional indemnity health plan in New York. Most of the insurance companies don't offer them any more and those that do are unaffordable for all but Bill Gates'

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    In Person

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Joan Higgins, professor of health policy at Manchester University and deputy director of its health services management unit, has been re-appointed chair of Manchester health authority.