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IN PERSON
Philip Moss has been appointed executive director of development at Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare trust.The newly created post will mean Mr Ross is leading the development of the trust's strategic policy.A qualified social worker, he has worked for Milton Keynes development corporation and Sheffield Hallam University.
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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