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Scottish Office tells trusts to go it alone over millennium pay
The Scottish Office has told trusts they must make their own arrangements for dealing with millennium events in the face of union calls for a Scotland- wide agreement on pay.
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Private finance initiative allows oncology centre to treat patients on most up-to-date equipment
Stephen Evans (Letters, 19 November) argues that the Society of Radiographers has a responsibility to influence choices in the acquisition of high technology.
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Millennium health gains could alleviate local deprivation
Despite its affluent image, Greenwich is the fifth most deprived borough in London and 11th in the country. St Mary's ward, close to the Dome, is London's most deprived. Unemployment and lone-parent households are above London averages, while educational attainment is below the English average.
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A curtain call for the dame The reinvention of Sheila Masters - we are all New Labour now
Few involved in NHS finances will be surprised by the Treasury white paper's £1bn savings target for health service running costs (See News, pages 4-5). The chancellor first announced the figure last July when he set out the results of the comprehensive spending review.
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Fury over 'sectarian' PCG advice to GPs
Serious conflict has arisen between the NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association over a booklet telling GPs how to maximise their gain from primary care groups.
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Short cuts Fresh guidelines will offer advice on egg sharing
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will issue new guidelines on 'the complex issue' of egg sharing in the next edition of its code of conduct. The HFEA decided last week not to stop women donating eggs in return for IVF treatment, concluding they were 'not motivated by money, but ...
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Homeless using A&E due to poor GP access
Homeless people are turning to accident and emergency services because they have difficulty registering with GPs, according to a study by The Big Issue in the North.
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Short cuts Sex discrimination case worker accepts £14,000
A hospital manager has dropped a sex discrimination case against Stockport Healthcare trust after being offered £14,000 compensation. Julie Harratt was made redundant from her £25,000 job as facilities development manager at St Thomas Hospital in May, but applied to an industrial tribunal, alleging unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and victimisation. ...
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WEB WATCH
As chair of the BSE Inquiry, Sir Nicholas Phillips has an illuminating final question he asks every official witness: 'As a result of what you have learned about BSE or CJD,' he inquires, 'have you stopped eating beef?' It may say something about former health ministers that so far none ...
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Reconfiguration to slash Welsh trusts
Welsh secretary Alun Michael has announced that the number of Welsh trusts will be slashed from 26 to 16 on 1 April.
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Quasi for you
A revolution in social policy: quasi-market reforms in the 1990s Edited by Will Bartlett, Jenny Roberts and Julian Le Grand The Policy Press 341 pages £16.95
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Putting it Right: the proposals
12 local hospitals providing day surgery, outpatient and diagnostic services, a local accident unit, telemedicine and GP beds.
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Research warns over PCG size
Primary care groups covering 100,000 patients may be too big to produce the loyalty and cohesion needed for an innovative, locally focused service, a report on a flagship total purchasing project has concluded.
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'A quart in a pint pot': Nucleus reconsidered
On the 1979 Man Alive programme, William Tatton-Brown voiced his opposition to the Nucleus building programme. 'The responsibility of standardising and committing the whole country to a single concept is far too great for anybody to carry,' he said.