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Drowning, not waving
Health academics Kieran Walshe and Judith Smith are not convinced by the government's call for yet another deluge of NHS reform.They wonder what, if anything, it will achieve Ministers and civil servants in the Department of Health probably look back nostalgically to Labour's first term in government in 1997 and ...
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Celebrity menus prove difficult to swallow
Hospital caterers fear that trusts may not not be able to fund the extra costs of implementing the NHS menu, with dishes created by celebrity chefs costing significantly more than traditional meals.
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Morale lifts at troubled Oxford A&E
Commission for Health Improvement reviewers last week visited the troubled accident and emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where staff are reporting improvements in morale.
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Days like this
Performance reviews. . .Inner city immunisation. . .Health authority mergers. . .Doubts over 'centre of excellence' Trade union NALGO is calling for changes to individual performance reviews and performancerelated pay, which it claims have fallen into 'disrepute'. In its submission for a 12.5 per cent pay rise for up to ...
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NurturingTom, Dick and Harry
Afew weeks ago I met an inspiring Australian nurse, probably in his early fifties.
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Devious ways to get shot of union activists without even a whimper
MACHIAVELLI RETURNS FOR THE SUMMER WITH HIS BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO MANAGING THE NHS