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'Postcode lottery' of support as PALS take divergent routes
Patients are facing a 'postcode lottery' of support as early patient advocacy and liaison services adopt widely differing approaches.
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Support from top in tight IT funding round
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has acknowledged that this year's tight NHS spending round may impact on IT spending - and urged frontline managers to inform the centre if they are losing out.
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'Resign or be sacked' was 'choice' for chair
Health secretary Alan Milburn was told of the departure of the former chair of Stoke Mandeville Hospital trust earlier this month before she had submitted her resignation over breaches of the 18-month waiting-list guarantee.
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Hospital trusts warn of chaos as medical secretaries threaten strike
Two hospital trusts are warning of chaos in coming weeks because of the threat of industrial action by medical secretaries over pay.
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Panorama gives NHS plan a 'reality check'
In what the BBC has called a 'reality check', this Sunday's Panorama puts the NHS plan under the spotlight after two months of filming at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey.
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Poor terms blamed for dental drift
Poor terms and conditions are compromising standards and driving NHS dentists into the private sector, claims the British Dental Association, which has just launched a seven-point policy on NHS and private care.
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Days like this
Sack threatened over trust bid. . .'Sweeteners'for start-ups. . .HAs 'freezing'patient numbers. . .CHCs unhappy on role. . .Booked appointments
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Carnall knowledge
New South East region director Ruth Carnall is frank on coming to grips with 'serious performance issues', the size of her supposedly affluent and articulate patch, and the challenge of finding a clean pair of tights. So why do she and her London counterp
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Why are finance directors so ashamed of their pasts?
When John Bacon tries to shrug off almost three decades spent in finance, one begins to wonder what the dirty secret is.
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Choice words
The election manifestos of the medical and nursing lobbies reveal a determination to confront the 'unmentionable'. Mark Gould discovers their passions
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Inhale and hearty
Exercise, chilly lessons, bodybuilding, meals of suet and porridge - a new book recalls the heyday of the open-air school for sick children. Our woman with the frozen ink: Tash Shifrin
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Primary concerns
Delegates at the NHS Alliance spring conference didn't exactly grasp the GP retention incentives with both hands. Paul Stephenson reports
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traffic lighting
In a jam: traffic-lights come in for criticism Royal College of Nursing director of policy Pippa Gough said there were real problems with the traffic-light system, which will eventually take in all NHS organisations.
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Bring out your dead values
The media enjoyed a field day over the Alder Hey body parts scandal, competing to find the most heart-rending tale.
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Aggrieved GPs hit out at reel lives, but genial Dr Tone has got time to chat
Days before Tony Blair took it upon himself to address the Royal College of General Practitioners on the sensitive subject of frontline services, I was talking to one of Alan Milburn's advisers about the morale of doctors.
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Hard to believe UK nurse could not fill RCN job
The appointment of Dr Beverley Malone, a US citizen, to the post of general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing ('Stars and gripes', news focus, page 18, 15 March) is an indictment of the nursing profession in the UK.
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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Time to debate the future of research in PCTs
We are a small, multiprofessional group of clinicians, currently trying to drive forward research programmes in the NHS.