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Mediawatch: swine flu... it could be you
We’ve all got guilty pleasures that are bad for our health and this week there is another one to add to the list.
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Andy McKeon: saving £15bn-£20bn will be no summer holiday
This summer senior NHS managers have been set a problem they will still be studying for months ahead - how to save £15bn-£20bn over three years from 2011.
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Sheila Williams on to coach or not to coach
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s 2008 survey of learning and development reported an increase in the use of coaching - not just for senior managers and directors, but for all employees.
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Does my daughter have swine flu?
It’s been a tough month for my 12-year-old; she dislocated an elbow on an activity trip, was involved in a car accident, and then, last Friday, went down with suspected swine flu.
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Helping GPs help patients: NICE's role
There’s more NICE can do to help doctors help patients, writes Simon Fradd
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Clinicians and managers - shedding some light on the dark side
What is it really like for clinicians who become managers in the NHS? Mark Johnston and Yasmin Ahmed-Little take a closer look
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Jon Restell: how to cope
The ever rolling aftermath of the credit crunch – a new angle every day – makes horizon scanning a full time job. For those who only have time for a quick look up from the grindstone, I list the main trouble spots, as I see them, and some suggestions on ...
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Paul Corrigan: the future of foundation trusts
The biggest clash between NHS culture and strategy continues to be found around foundation trusts.
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Michael Jackson brings out the celebrity in all of us
In these digital times, it was interesting to watch the way the news of Michael Jackson’s death broke online and then spread through the more traditional news media.
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Michael White: on Bercow, the Autism Bill and politicians doing good
You must have read some horrid things about John Bercow, newly elected Tory Speaker of the Commons: egotistical and pushy for starters. So let me use a new piece of health-related legislation to try to persuade you to keep an open mind until we can all see how he does.
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John McGowan: the truth about markets
It is an article of faith among former 1980s undergraduates like me, particularly in the pub, that Labour has gone far further than the Tories ever did in imposing business values on the long suffering NHS.
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Nicky Spencer on aspiring to leadership
July brings us a further step forward in the delivery of Inspiring Leaders, the regional leadership plans.
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Giving up clinical practice: the clinical leader’s dilemma
Giving up clinical practice can be the right decision for many clinicians taking on management roles, writes Steve Feast
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Lord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
The NHS’s cup is not running over as the service enters a period of increasing financial pressure, but the vintage laid down last year offers the best hope for everyone’s future
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Mediawatch: Salient advice for health managers
Summer is here. How do we know? Because the newspapers are full of utterly mad health stories.
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Michael White: What happened to the government's Health Bill?
Have we lost track of the government’s Health Bill, which has turned out to be not the promised “flagship” piece of legislation but a “rather small” boat, as Andrew Lansley joked during its Commons second reading?
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Your Humble Servant on the NHS reshuffle
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: NHS reshuffle
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Sophia Christie on NICE and lifesaving myths
Last year, journalist Adam Wishart approached me about taking part in a television documentary, The Price of Life, which aired on BBC2 last week.
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Pete Mason on surviving change
To say that the health service is drastically changing is like pointing out that the sun is warm.
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How to use NHS leadership training to drive performance
A leadership development programme helped Bradford and Airedale PCT reach level three for clinical leadership in the world class commissioning competencies, as Jan Lee explains