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Date: 26th February 1993
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 191
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P191 CEEFAX 191 Fri 26 Feb 21:12/11 1/3 DESPATCH Niall Dickson reports on the Health Secretary's move to ensure patients are treated or tested despite i : Virginia Bottomley has acknowledged professional concern that patients who need tests for life-threatenin diseases are being told to wait because hospitals have fulfilled their contracts. Mrs Bottomley has already told NHS managers that they should plan their work evenly over the yea . Summary 1p2 Commons 140Reel 196Home 110World 160Guide 198Politics 130Despatch 190Index 199Next News Home News World Finance
P191 CEEFAX 191 Fri 26 Feb 21:01/53 2/3 DESPATCH Niall Dickson reports on the Health Secretary's move to ensure patients are treated or tested despite financial restrictions: Mrs Bottomley has now made it clear that patients needing urgents tests they come forward at the end of the financial year. By issuing this advice ministers are in effect conceding that the current problems are not entirely confined to non urgent cases. Summary 102Commons 140Reel 196Home 110World 160Guide 198Politics 130Despatch 190Index 199Next News Home News World Finance
P191 CEEFAX 191 Fri 26 Feb 21:11/43 3/3 DESPATCH Niall Dickson reports on the Health Secretary's move to ensure patients are treated or tested despite financial restrictions: The Government believes the current problems in the NHS can be solved by involving hospital doctors in drawing up the contracts. The leaders of the medical royal colleges have agreed to work with officials on new guidance. But critics are adamant that market forces combined with poor funding are bound to favour financial rather than clinical priorities. Next News Home News World Finance