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Formulary won
An acute trust has worked with a PCG to produce a joint formulary in under a year. Facilitator Heather Walker outlines the project
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Mortality data auditing in private hospitals 'bad and getting worse'
Private hospital mortality data is poor and getting worse, according to the latest report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Deaths published this week.
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NICE resists industry fears and votes for appraisal transparency
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has voted unanimously to increase the transparency of its appraisal process by publishing its provisional recommendations on its website.
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Poor children not eating fruit
Figures out this week from the British Heart Foundation show that fewer than one in five children eats more than one piece of fruit a day. And just 14 per cent of children aged two to 15 years old eat more than one portion of vegetables a day - government ...
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Smoking 'czar'will co-ordinate NHS anti-smoking policies
The government has appointed a smoking 'czar' to co-ordinate anti-smoking policies throughout the NHS.
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Dear Mel. . .
What is the position with beef? Should I be serving it to patients and advising everyone not to eat it, or not? There is much confusing advice about, and I really don't know where to turn. Help.
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NHS policy on elderly to break new ground
The new NHS national director of older people's services began work this week, chairing the first meeting of the government's taskforce on older people.
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Hamburger fills role with relish
At the age of 86 Sir Sydney Hamburger is back at work in the NHS - as its oldest employee. Sir Sydney, who chaired the former North West regional health authority from its inception in 1974 until 1982, has agreed to become non-executive director of the board of mental health ...
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Days like this
A future Labour government would offer a 'new partnership' with NHS managers, shadow health secretary Robin Cook has promised. He said health authorities would have 'maximum freedom' within agreed targets to manage their affairs.'Labour's deal with NHS management will be based on a recognition that those working in the service ...
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Job's worth
Legal pitfalls over employment law await primary care trusts. Alison Moore looks at the human resources implications for these large employers
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Employing practice staff
The future for PCTs may include employing practice staff, taking on many more salaried doctors and even providing social care.
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On the critical list
CHI calls it a 'road to recovery', but its reports on two scandal-hit trusts paint a damning picture of gross failures. Ann McGauran wonders what will follow
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The heart of the matter: Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust
Every inquiry is different. But classic ingredients appear to include at least one whistleblower, a culture of secrecy, and previous internal inquiries which have failed to bring about sufficient action.
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Water jump
Ann Lloyd used to be a hydrologist, but the new director of the NHS in Wales has long had the health service flowing through her veins. Tash Shifrin reports
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Defence of the realm
Prince Charles, now apparently in tune with the zeitgeist, has been back to the BMA promoting integrated medicine.The NHS is catching up fast, reports Alison Moore
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Bottling out?
'Difficult' questions are being asked about the sincerity of the government's oft-quoted commitment to tackling the growing problem of alcohol misuse. Paul Stephenson reports