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Listless feeling
The NHS has been told to pilot booking systems to replace waiting lists. Ruth Kipping visited New Zealand, where the change is being attempted nationwide
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Generous to a fault? What the experts say
King's Fund economists Sean Boyle and Anthony Harrison said: 'An extra £18bn in England over the next three years will bring total spending in the NHS to £46bn by March 2002.
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Siemens dumps system
Siemens Healthcare Services has dumped the OpenPAS patient administration system inherited from its takeover of ICL in 1996.
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Labour's first year: not what the doctors ordered
Laurence Buckman, GP negotiator 'They have promised much and done little. You do not build policy in a vacuum - you start from where people are - so it is not surprising a lot of their ideas have built on Conservative policy. But at times it has been difficult to ...
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Union fury at trust's 'cynical' outsourcing
Unions at University College London Hospitals trust have protested at its 'contemptible and cynical' outsourcing of information technology systems to market-leading health computing company HBOC. The £2m contract is part of UCLH's preparations for building a new hospital under a £160m private finance initiative deal.
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Your country needs you
Why can't the UK solve its nursing shortage? James Buchan examines the pattern of problems and solutions
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A matter for complaint
The health service commissioner does not deal with staff whistleblowers, and only a fraction of complaints from the public concern clinical judgement. Could he really help prevent a recurrence of the Bristol tragedy? Mark Gould finds out
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Troubled trust chief is suspended
The chief executive of Central Scotland Healthcare trust has been suspended on full pay pending an independent inquiry into allegations of overpayments to a small group of senior managers.
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Estates manager faces corruption charges
Former Frenchay Hospital estates manager David Smart has been sent for trial at Bristol Crown Court on corruption charges following an investigation of the way £1m of contracts were awarded.
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Why making some noise may keep the cash coming
While the public stay committed to the NHS, the government must listen
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Be sceptical of the capitalists
Resale price maintenance is a remarkable device for ensuring that the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of over-the counter drugs are kept in the style to which they are accustomed. The consumer can go to Asda and buy Anadin, a branded aspirin product protected by RPM, for about £1.80.
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Region rejects calls for inquiry into mental health deaths
Anglia and Oxford region has rejected a call for an independent inquiry into its handling of mental health services following a series of deaths blamed by campaigners on 'incompetence and mismanagement'.
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Senior managers broke NHS pay rules
Senior health service managers repeatedly broke NHS pay regulations to award themselves and colleagues thousands of pounds to which they were not entitled, an inquiry has found.
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In brief: Scotland's NHS
Scotland's NHS is to spend £6m on the next phase of a plan to connect the country's 370 hospitals and health boards to its 1,075 GP surgeries. The first phase provided £7m to equip GP practices with Windows NT machines and ISDN connections to a private BT network. The second ...