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Mass production
US HEALTHCARE: Health benefit schemes offered by US companies to their employees are unpopular and in an expensive state of flux. Howard Berliner reports
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Sweet success
ADVICE LINES: Telephone advice systems can be a convenient and cost-effective way to communicate with patients.
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Going into labour
PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: As Labour enters a second term, the future for universal public services hangs in the balance. Will private-sector partnerships bring the fast results the electorate expects? Rachel Lissauer foresees a painful transition and
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The urge to merge
CARE TRUSTS: Rivalry between the health and social care elements in the new care trusts is not uncommon. But in some organisations, the urge to merge is almost irresistible, reports Thelma Agnew
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The Janus experience
JOINT APPOINTMENTS: Joint appointments can leave a manager facing in two different directions. Suzanne Simmons-Lewis meets two people who are well qualified to explore the potential of the new roles and to resolve the possible conflicts that they carry
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The scrutiny mutiny
SCRUNTINY: What sort of scrutiny can health managers expect from local councils? Paul Corrigan describes a pilot study in which councillors were more interested in being constructive than in settling old scores