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3 May 01
Harlow District Council in Essex is one of the worst-performing local authorities in the UK, according to the Best Value Inspectorate.
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3 May 01
GPs are angry that much is evident. The actions of those who on May Day closed their surgeries to all but emergency cases led family doctors to be mentioned in the same breath as the militant anti-...
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26 Apr 01
Doctors and managers backed Health Secretary Alan Milburn this week as he announced sweeping reforms to decentralise the NHS and cut at least £100m from the service's administration to plough back...
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19 Apr 01
The Department of Health this week launched an agency to increase patient safety and cut the cost of medical errors and negligence.
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19 Apr 01
The Housing Corporation must be careful not to 'throw away its good work' when its new regulatory framework for housing associations comes into effect, according to the National Audit Office.
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29 Mar 01
A cross-party committee of MPs has demanded urgent talks between the government and dentists' representatives to address the 'long-standing' problem of access to NHS dental services.
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22 Mar 01
The Liberal Democrats are once again relying on a pledge to add 1p to the basic rate of income tax to woo voters, promising to fund improvements in education and bridge the Budget deficit they claim...
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8 Mar 01
Health and education were the big winners in Gordon Brown's Budget as each received an extra £1bn from the £23bn budget surplus he revealed to Parliament on March 7.
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1 Mar 01
The government has been urged to put more resources into primary care in order to improve services to patients and bolster GPs' morale.
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22 Feb 01
Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged that his government will 'power ahead' with its 'fundamental' shake-up of public services if Labour wins a second term in office.
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22 Feb 01
New checks to stop people fraudulently seeking free eye tests and vouchers have been announced by health minister Lord Hunt.
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15 Feb 01
With millions enjoying Valentine's Day blow-outs, February 14 may not have been the perfect day to warn the population about the dangers of obesity.
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15 Feb 01
Sir Michael Bichard, permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Employment, has announced unexpectedly that he will leave Whitehall at the end of May.
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15 Feb 01
Unison has slammed a decision by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to cut 450 jobs as 'unnecessary, incompetent and destructive'.
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1 Feb 01
A last-minute £188m cash injection into this week's local government finance settlement may not be enough to head off mounting pay and service pressures, warn councils.
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1 Feb 01
William Hague has promised that the next Conservative government would 'deregulate' schools and hospitals as part of a drive to boost standards in public services.
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25 Jan 01
According to the Home Office, the UK has a proud tradition of providing a safe haven for 'genuine' asylum seekers.
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25 Jan 01
A new magazine went on sale in British hospitals this week, with the aim of raising an extra £5m to make patients' stays more comfortable. The team behind feelgood hope that sales of their glossy mix...
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11 Jan 01
Local authority and NHS leaders this week called on the government to give district councils the right to scrutinise local health services.
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4 Jan 01
Health Secretary Alan Milburn announced an £87.5m boost for cancer care this week
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4 Jan 01
Andrew Foster has received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours List
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7 Dec 00
The new head of the NHS Executive said this week that he aims to create a single health service, breaking down the barriers between public health, social services and the NHS.
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7 Dec 00
Departing NHS finance director Colin Reeves has urged health authorities to spend the extra cash they have been given in the current financial year as a 'necessary first step in making the NHS Plan a...
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30 Nov 00
Local authorities may be set to receive £44bn in next year's finance settlement, an inflation-busting increase of 6.7% but, with two different funding options on offer, 47 councils are left more in...
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30 Nov 00
On December 11, managers at the London Borough of Hackney will learn whether the current crisis caused by a gaping hole in the budget will be compounded by a mass walkout of council staff.
3 May 01Harlow District Council in Essex is one of the worst-performing local authorities in the UK, according to the Best Value Inspectorate.
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