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Four warned
NEWS FOCUS: The new directors of health and social care in England have a pivotal role in the latest NHS upheaval as the regional offices disappear.They know what is being demanded of them, but can they deliver? Alison Moore reports
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Sweeping the board
NEWS FOCUS: A centralising return to the past or a thoroughly modern idea to suit a unique set of circumstances? The new unified boards are Scotland's biggest structural deviation from the NHS in England, as Jennifer Trueland reports
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Days like this - HSJ 26 September 1991
NEWS: Guy's building project in trouble. . . HA queries cost of ECR. . . Labour pledge on trusts. . . Bart's in IVF row. . . Secret aid for private hospital
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Gently does it
NEWS FOCUS: Forget traffic lights: the new performance ratings are about spreading learning and improvement - and sensitivity, writes NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp
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Whole systems approach
BOOKS - Dr Jonathan Shapiro Senior fellow, health services management centre, Birmingham University
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From bad to worse
BOOKS - Kieran Walshe Senior research fellow, health services management centre, Birmingham University
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The book I am reading now
BOOKS: Sandra Gidley Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey, speaks for the party on health issues and is a member of the Commons health select committee
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Independent thought
THE SECTOR: IN PROFILE The independent sector is bigger than many imagine. Now changes are afoot that might also open the doors to European healthcare providers. Jeremy Davies reports
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Acute need
ACUTE HOSPITAL SERVICES The NHS is commissioning more work from the independent acute sector, but long-term contracts are slow to emerge. Alison Moore reports
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Who provides what, where: acute hospitals
ACUTE HOSPITALS GUIDE - A guide to the main acute independent hospitals in England by health region. The list refers to mainstream services and does not cover many specialised and niche providers
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Hand in hand
PROFILE: MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR The concordat may not have included mental health but business between the NHS and the independent sector is booming. Alison Moore reports on future prospects
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Who provides what, where: mental health
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES GUIDE - A guide to the main independent mental health service hospitals and units in England by health region
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Home truths
LONG-TERM CARE: Private providers of long-term care do not only cater for elderly people. Alison Moore reports on this diverse sector and the role it could play in intermediate care
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For better, for worse
PARTNERSHIP WORKING: What makes for a successful marriage with the private sector and - as with all relationships - can it last? Alison Moore looks at some likely couples
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The tender touch
PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE: Capacity is limited in the building sector to meet demand for health service private finance initiatives. Seamus Ward reports on how the market is gearing up