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Year 2000 IT bug fixing bill may be three times more than first estimates
The year 2000 computer bug may cost some acute trusts three times more than their estimates because they cannot get advice from their medical imaging equipment suppliers.
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WEB WATCH
You can't face the British Medical Journal, the Lancet is a real slog, and the New England Journal of Medicine brings you out in a cold sweat. So how are you going to impress all those high-powered consultants with your handy knowledge and easy grasp of the latest cutting-edge scientific ...
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The unequal struggle
Tessa Jowell still has doubts about setting targets on health inequalities, as she told a Manchester conference. Mark Crail joined her on a trip to the North-West frontier
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Paving the way
Care pathways are a tool to standardise care. Kathryn Riley reports on a survey which found they are commonly being used in acute trusts and private hospitals
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The nuclear option
Is 'contestability' any better than competition at improving patient care? Mark Crail reports
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The mystery of where recently departed University College London Hospitals chief executive Charles Marshall has gone has been solved. Despite wild rumours he was to replace North Thames regional director Ron Kerr, it turns out Mr Marshall is to join the ranks of exNHS managers turned management consultants.
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List targets: sanctions loom
Managers were preparing this week to hear precisely what 'sanctions' they face if they fail to hit tough new waiting list targets ordered by health secretary Frank Dobson.
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This time it's for real
Joint working has been on the health policy agenda for decades. Now, at last, it is being put into practice. Barbara Millar reports
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Hansard
The estimated total start-up cost of implementing the Putting Patients First white paper health reforms for Wales is £10m, with recurring costs of £7m a year. But they will provide savings of up to £50m over the next five years, said Welsh health minister Win Griffiths. (4 March, col 675)
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Sheepish grins
Holly Wharton, 12, poses for the cameras alongside actress Jenny Agutter, who carries the cystic fibrosis gene, in a jumper made from the wool of Dolly, the cloned sheep. Research into Dolly may provide a key to a cure for cystic fibrosis. Holly, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, won a national competition ...
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Economics guru urges Labour to scrap PFI
New Labour economics guru and Observer editor Will Hutton has urged the government to scrap the private finance initiative.
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Don't tell a soul
IT staff will have their work cut out tightening up patient confidentiality measures. Peter Mitchell reports
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GMC finds fatal heart op doctor guilty
A consultant who carried out a fatal heart procedure on a six-year-old girl has been found guilty of serious professional misconduct for acting without her parents' consent.