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Spaced out
NEWS FOCUS: The shortage of parking spaces at hospitals may not be the most controversial of subjects but it is an issue that arouses resentment and anger, according to Rebecca Evans and Laura Donnelly
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Flirting with the private sector gets the big kiss off
COMMENT: NHS has more than enough talent of its own to call on to improve standards
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Dial M for. . . medical advice
NHS Direct has handled 5 million calls since its launch in 1998, and surveys show overwhelming user satisfaction. But has its impact lived up to expectations, asks Seamus Ward
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The big shot
WORKING LIVES: In the first in an occasional series featuring people in unusual NHS jobs, Barbara Millar meets Kathy McFall, medical illustration manager, who has a passion for shooting patients - with her camera
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Reigning cats and dogs
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A mission to find out more about management cultures when two trusts merged sparked new thinking on developing the organisation, listening to staff - and a sprinkling of animal metaphors. Pam Spreckley and Terence Hart explain
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MONITOR
Monitor has entered purdah. Oh yes, while the politicians are mounting soapboxes (but enough about their personal lives) Monitor has vowed to keep shtoom and not to say anything at all which could tip the 'delicate political balance' which is the run-up to even more New Labour. So Monitor is ...
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Caesarean Births
DATA BRIEFING: Caesarean rates in one part of the UK have now reached the US average - and every 1 per cent rise costs the NHS £5m, says John Appleby
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The time, the place
BOOKS: Occupational Health Matters in General Practice ByRuth Chambers, Stephen Moore, Gordon Parker and Andy Slovak Radcliffe Medical Press 208 pages £18. 95
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Major concerns about minors
BOOKS: Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People By the British Medical Association BMJ Books 280 pages £19. 95