Can Jack's New Pack Deliver?; News Focus: Tough Guys Take Over Top Jobs; Jack Mcconnell's First Reshuffle Since Last Year's Holyrood Election has Been Long Awaited and It's Thrown Up a Few Surprises. But Are the People Being Moved Into the New Jobs Really Up to Them? Political Editor Brian Currie Looks at How They Shape Up; Brian Currie

Evening Times › October 06, 2004

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NEW Health Minister Andy Kerr says he's "very pleased" to take charge of a service in turmoil but one he doesn't believe is in crisis.

With that kind of positive attitude, perhaps it's no wonder he has accepted the poisoned chalice of Scottish politics.

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Can Jack's New Pack Deliver?; News Focus: Tough Guys Take Over Top Jobs; Jack Mcconnell's First Reshuffle Since Last Year's Holyrood Election has Been Long Awaited and It's Thrown Up a Few Surprises. But Are the People Being Moved Into the New Jobs Really Up to Them? Political Editor Brian Currie Looks at How They Shape Up; Brian Currie

Despite spending more per head of population than anywhere else in the UK, Scottish hospital waiting times remain stubbornly high and there are countrywide protests over proposed reforms.

And Mr Kerr su...

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