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Clean break
Regulating the health profession requires tact. But the new Council has to go to the heart of the matter, says Celia Davies
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Foolish gamble would signal decline of NHS
Shadow chancellor Michael Portillo confirmed this week - if any confirmation were needed - that the NHS will play a pivotal role in the next election campaign. The Conservatives would top Labour's unprecedented health spending bonanza, he pledged. Clearly healthcare's propaganda value is now at an all-time premium. But the ...
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Concordat loses its voice
Health secretary Alan Milburn appeared to go out of his way to antagonise the private health sector in his party conference speech. The Conservatives were, he claimed, 'the political wing of the private health insurance movement'.
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A clear case of. . .
'I n the absence of evidence of consistency and transparency at all stages of the General Medical Council fitness to practise procedures, it remains difficult to demonstrate that all doctors in all cases are treated fairly, although there is no evidence that they are not. '
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For good measure
Integrated care pathways are gaining prominence nationally, not least as a now-recognised precursor of clinical governance. In 1997 Dorset health authority sponsored Dorset Healthcare trust to begin a personalised care management development programme centred on the development of integrated care pathways. We feel that this approach in mental health is ...
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We'll meet again
Given the observation that up to 16 per cent of medical re-admissions are potentially preventable, it is not surprising that the proportion of emergency re-admissions within 28 days has been adopted as a quality and performance indicator by the UK government.
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in person
Dr Julie Hollyman is chief executive designate of the new West London Mental Health trust, which will come into effect next April. She is currently chief executive of Broadmoor Hospital Authority, which will merge with Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health trust to form the new organisaton.
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Older Monitor readers may remember the relaxing sight of the potter's wheel which was shown on the BBC between programmes in the old black and white days. It would have been less relaxing perhaps if the potter had been working on a commission by Orkney health board. For Scotland's smallest ...
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Dear Mel. . .
I watched the prime minister on television at the Labour conference. What does he mean when he talks about 'larger roles for nurses'? Isn't this just another way of diluting professional input and getting nurses to do even more?