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THE WHITE ELEPHANT: SYMBOL OF THE CHAOS IN LONDON'S HEALTH SERVICES
Your report about the closure of St Bartholomew’s (News, page 5, 27 November) hints at a large hospital at Whitechapel under the private finance initiative. But this 1,000-plus bed project would be utterly blind to the health needs of east London and its development.
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US-trained doctor's dispute is test case
A US-trained anaesthetist is fighting for consultant status in Britain in a case that could have implications for medical workforce planning.
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Proposal for first primary care trust
One of the UK's smallest community trusts and its local GPs have set in motion proposals to merge and create one of the first primary care trusts in April 1999.
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Unison calls on Welsh Office to ease HA debt
A union leader has called for Welsh Office support for a health authority facing a pounds13.5m deficit.
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IN BRIEF
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has said she intends to make public health a key part of the UK presidency of the EU. This will include taking forward the tobacco advertising directive and public health issues relating to food law. Ms Jowell is due to chair the EU health council ...
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IN BRIEF
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has announced that a steering group chaired by John Arbuthnott, principal and vice-chancellor of Strathclyde University, is to conduct a 'wide-ranging' review of NHS funding in Scotland. The group will review the 20-year-old SHARE distribution formula to see 'whether the distribution of resources can more ...
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Blissful ignorance
The medical profession of the 1950s gave short shrift to the idea of an informed public. Though many doctors thought that people should know more about health promotion, they felt a detailed knowledge of disease was not desirable.
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Charges 'will not benefit NHS'
There is little economic sense in introducing new charges into the health service, a study from the Office of Health Economics concludes.
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... BECAUSE KING'S CROSS SITE HAS GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS AND ROOM TO GROW
It was not surprising that the chief executive of the UCH and Middlesex Hospitals trust was upset at the prospect of a rival redevelopment proposal in the form of a 'millennium hospital' on the King's Cross goods yard site. My surprise is that this trust is still pursuing the idea ...
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WE ARE SIMPLY ARGUING FOR MORE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION - SO DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER
Mike Waterland accuses me of wanting 'centralist planning with minimum public involvement' (Letters, 11 December).
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'Case of the decade' set to continue until April
The hearing dubbed the General Medical Council's 'case of the decade' must be sending shivers up the spines of health service managers who happen to be doctors.
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Stirring up apathy
Not every set of NHS reforms has excited as much interest as there is today.
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THE NHS WAS WELL SERVED BY ANGELA SEALEY
In the light of the special report form the select committee on public administration relating to North and Mid Hampshire health authority (News, page 4, 4 December), we as members of a women's health authority chairs' network, felt it important to put on public record our views relating to Angela ...
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Consultation delay allows time to talk
Widespread objections to service cuts proposed by a health authority facing a projected pounds18m deficit have forced the postponement of public consultation to allow more time for talks with health professionals and local councillors.
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BY ALASTAIR MASON Running rings round doctors
For over 20 years, surveys have identified much inappropriate use of NHS resources. Whether it's attendances at accident and emergency departments, emergency admissions, ambulance call-outs or GP out-of-hours calls, the evidence shows that a significant proportion of these patient contacts are not needed to deal with the problems presented. A ...
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Former RHA sold off IT agency 'for a fract ion of its potent ial value'
An NHS information technology agency was sold by the former South and West regional health authority for a fraction of its potential value, MPs have concluded.
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Welsh O f fice jumps gun over trust job adver ts
The Welsh Office has come under fire for advertising top posts in an all-Wales ambulance service trust before the end of public consultation on whether one should be set up.
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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS MARK II (OR CAN WE PRESUME THE NHS AS WE KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE?)
Your leader on the white paper (Comment, 11 December) is, perhaps, too generous to this government in its presumption of the continuation of the NHS as we know it.