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Why this punishing schedule?
The past eight months have been revolutionary, and the scale of change has taken most of us by surprise. A few months ago it was all quiet on the policy front.
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Refreshing realism on research strategy
The first edition of this useful book, which appeared in early 1996, was full of optimism about the potential of the NHS research and development strategy introduced in 1991. It was, however, as the editors themselves admit, rather naive about the politics of health service research and the obstacles encountered ...
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Small screen
Small screen, big picture: health secretary Frank Dobson caught on video at the conference of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales last week. He told CHCs that he wanted to keep their role 'in view'.
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Staffordshire terrier
The controversial figure of Roger Thayne has been snapping at heels - and not for the first time.
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WEB WATCH
How long before all those nhs-scot.uk website addresses lose their final two letters? As the development of Scottish Health on the Web goes on, so the gap between the NHS north and south of the border becomes ever more apparent. And that's before anyone starts to think about the Scottish ...
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16 July 1948
The King's Fund's future was raised at its annual genera l meeting by its president, the Duke of Gloucester.
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Dobson weighs up £21bn cash boost
Health secretary Frank Dobson will announce today how the NHS is going to spend chancellor Gordon Brown's unprecedented £21bn give-away.
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Trust chief challenges DoH on 999 call system
A trailblazing trust chief executive has launched an outspoken attack on Department of Health officials over their alleged failure to acknowledge his trust's success in being first to meet a new 999 response-time target.
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Cancer framework 'fails to deliver equal access'
The cancer framework now being used as a model for national standards in other services is failing to deliver equal access to care, according to the MP who chairs the Commons all-party group on cancer.
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Trusts charge patients 'exorbitant' prices for medical record access
Trusts and GPs are imposing 'exorbitant' charges on patients seeking access to their medical records, according to a survey of 95 community health councils.
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Health ministers' statements just ain't what they used to be
Baroness is no Bevanite on cottage hospitals or plain speaking
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In brief: Public Health Alliance
The Public Health Alliance has published a report advocating a 'social model' of health.
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Manchester ambulances booked via Internet
Greater Manchester Ambulance Service trust has become the first in the country to allow GPs to book non-emergency ambulances using NHSNet. The pilot scheme, which runs until October, is aimed at simplifying what the trust admits is a 'complicated and time consuming' system 'involving many telephone calls, booking forms and ...
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Ashworth set to join mainstream mental health service in wake of chief executive's departure
Ashworth special hospital is to be integrated further into mainstream NHS mental health services following the surprise departure last week of chief executive Hilary Hodge.
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In brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has called for 'ultimate responsibility' for health and safety in the NHS to rest with the NHS Executive, rather than trust and health authority boards. The call is part of a 10point charter issued at the BMA's annual representative meeting.
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DoH backs research on homeless people and GPs
The Department of Health is to sponsor research to identify areas where homeless people have persistent trouble getting access to GPs. The initiative forms part of an action programme coming out of the second report of the government's social exclusion unit. It sets a target of reducing the number of ...
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Country protesters go to town in bid to save small hospitals
Westminster was hit by the second countryside protest in six months last week. But this time it wasn't the middle England of hunting, shooting and fishing fame.