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London mental health wards turn away patients
A quarter of acute psychiatric wards in London are unable to admit severely disturbed patients, even though extra beds have been made available, according to a survey published this week.
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Sense of authority
In the first of this week's two-part look at NHS board appointments, Pat Healy reports on the influx of councillors with social services backgrounds
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Ashes to ashes
There is a long way to go yet before the EU ban on tobacco advertising becomes a reality. Tony Sheldon reports on the hurdles it still has to jump
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Anti-merger campaigners rat tle Bro Taf HA
The chair of a Welsh health authority has claimed that staff have faced an 'unacceptable amount of lobbying' and 'threats' while drawing up trust reconfiguration plans.
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Anger as green paper falls short on inequalities and funding pledges
Public health and mental health experts have attacked the government's long-awaited public health green paper for not going far enough to tackle problems.
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Something in the air
Noxious car exhaust fumes and diesel smoke are costing the country pounds11bn a year through ill-health and early deaths, according to a report published by the British Lung Foundation this week.
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Taking aim
The government has selected four key targets for 2010 to replace the 27 in The Health of the Nation:
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More ambitious public health agenda for Scotland
Ministers in Scotland have opted to set a wider range of national targets than England's in the battle to improve public health.
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Commissioning must be flexible to achieve targets, research suggests
Ministers may have to adopt a more 'flexible' approach to GP commissioning if they want it to deliver all their objectives for the NHS, research suggests.
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Executive halts ACHCEW legal service tender bids
Health officials have abandoned moves to find new lawyers for a national patients' group.
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Tyne & Wear reveals HAZ potential to save pounds80m
Health and local government leaders predict they can squeeze pounds80m a year more out of existing resources under ambitious plans to pilot new models of care in Tyne & Wear.
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Survivors
Survivors: health secretary Frank Dobson meets Minnie Hodges, aged 107, during a visit to Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham. Mrs Hodges was in hospital after a fall, and was preparing to return home at the time of Mr Dobson's visit. She told reporters afterwards that she believed John Major was Britain's ...
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Stage struck
Doctors can hardly conceal their glee, the unions are furious, and managers have been warned that their pay rises
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There is scope for Powys-like protest
There is scope for Powys-like protest in its decision since the project group reports: 'The one trust option is greatly feared in the north of the country' and there is 'cohesive opposition from the local trust, GPs and local councillors'.
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In person
David Black has been appointed medical director of Queen Mary's Sidcup trust, where he has been a consultant physician and geriatrician for the past 10 years. Dr Black was also previously clinical director of the adult medicine directorate and a part-time operations manager at the trust.