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Thirst for regulation leaves bodies all over the place
Holding public services to account is fine, but we need to do it efficiently
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The Barnett formula: fair shares for all?
There are a number of possible post-devolution tensions. As always, money is likely to be an issue. Total funding for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is determined by the Barnett formula, which was intended to bring about a gradual convergence in per capita funding of public services in the different ...
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Evening all
Public health; Setting targets to reduce health inequalities is a considerable challenge. And the public still needs convincing that local action can make any difference at all.
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Pulling out all the stops
Health matters Sociology of illness, prevention and care Edited by Alan Peterson and Charles Waddell Open University Press 384 pages £16.99
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BMA emphasises retraining after Milburn's performance warning
The British Medical Association has reacted stiffly to warnings from health minister Alan Milburn that professional self-regulation is 'under test' in the wake of well publicised scandals.
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NHS legal advice of 'varied' quality
The quality of legal advice offered to health authorities and trusts dealing with medical negligence claims is 'varied', according to Steve Walker, chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority.
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Adding clarity to the picture of deprivation
It was good to see the prominent and helpful coverage you gave to the issue of deprivation and ill health in Scotland, based around our recent publication ('Poor health', News Focus, 22 October).
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Acheson report demands action on inequalities
Former chief medical officer Sir Donald Acheson was today due to call for action across government departments to reduce health inequalities.
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Access route
Waiting-list buster Peter Homa is keen to point out that tackling waiting lists is only part of a wider endeavour to improve access to high- quality care. Kaye McIntosh listened in on an HSJ masterclass
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Guidance brings in 48-hour week as exempt junior doctors fight on
Guidance on how the European working-time directive will affect the NHS was published last week amid a growing row about plans to extend the rules to junior doctors.
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2000 bug compliance work sparks IT crash
A major teaching hospital was forced to implement its 'internal disaster plan' after work to tackle the year 2000 computer problem caused a telecommunications crash.
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26 November 1948
When re-planning the hospital feeding service, staff should not be forgotten. It is often inadequate to their requirements, as many of them are still growing.
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£155m hospital for Bromley
Contracts have been signed for the ninth major hospital to be built under the private finance initiative. Building work on a £155m hospital for Bromley will start shortly.
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In tune with the times
With health promotion high on the national agenda specialists find themselves in a positive stategic environment although much will depends on creative resource allocation. Barbara Millar looks at their expanding role
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monitor
More this week on secret plans for PCGs (that's the patient consultative groups revealed here last week). As you will recall, all patients are to be grouped into PCGs of roughly 500 people each. Our secret source reveals that practice budgets will be devolved to each PCG, whose duties will ...