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Exposed to poisonous pleasure
Martin Ball has overlooked the strong evidence linking passive smoking with coronary heart disease, bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, conjunctivitis and the myriad of other respiratory, inflammatory and allergic conditions that bring so much pain, suffering, misery and cost to the unwary, uninformed or simply vulnerable individuals who are exposed to the ...
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A fitting start
In the first of an occasional series on a health action zone in the making, Laura Donnelly looks at the challenges of linking up with other agencies
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Give and take
There are about 65 transplant co-ordinators in the UK, but funding is uneven - even though trusts gain financially from doing transplants.
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Wider Lib-Lab remit hints at joint health policy
Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown's decision to widen the remit of the co-operation between their two parties has given rise to speculation that Labour and the Liberal Democrats might at some stage work together on health policy.
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We'll take the high road
Women healthcare managers embarking on their careers have formed a networking initiative. It's just as well, when of the 25 chief executives appointed to head Scotland's new trusts only one is a woman.
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Key points
Devolution will bring health policy under the democratic control of the directly elected Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.
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London region must 'work as one NHS'
London's health organisations will need to 'work as one NHS' to meet the 'challenge' of dealing with the Greater London Assembly and a directly elected mayor, managers have been told.
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Monitor
Monitor always suspected it, but now the truth emerges - the Department of Health press office is indeed a branch of the British fiction industry. Baffled by the fact that the DoH web site's otherwise excellent press release database had enormous gaps - about one in five of the sequentially ...
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Separate ways
Will devolution mean an end to a truly national health service? Paul Jervis and Robert Hazell examine the possibilities
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'Record' £2.2bn capital deal has strings
The government has announced that it will be investing 'a record' £2.2bn in hospital buildings and equipment next year.
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Milburn puts up £226m for PCGs
Health minister Alan Milburn has given primary care groups a £226m cash boost.
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Longer waits at three in four A&E departments compared to 1996
Waiting times have risen in nearly three-quarters of England's accident and emergency departments, according to a survey by the Audit Commission.
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No disciplinary action for consultant who provided 'inappropriate care'
Patients treated by a Scottish medical director suspended in July received 'inappropriate' and 'sub optimal care', an independent inquiry reported this week.
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Short cuts NHS acts to defuse GP telephone advice fees row
The NHS Executive has issued guidance to resolve a row with GPs over payment for telephone advice. Health authorities were told not to pay for telephone consultations in February, prompting anger among GPs in areas with large numbers of temporary residents. The new guidance says fees should be paid and ...