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RCN U-turn may fail to placate staff
The Royal College of Nursing's council has agreed to reinstate its original pay formula for staff, but by invoking a clause on affordability of pay awards it looks unlikely to avoid the threat of industrial action.
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RCN general secretary
Beverly Malone, previously a deputy assistant health secretary in the US, has accepted the post of RCN general secretary. She will start work next month and will take over from Christine Hancock in June.
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Short cuts
New frameworks will cover children and neurology Plans to produce two new national service frameworks - one on children's services and one on long-term neurological conditions - have been released by health secretary Alan Milburn. The children's services framework, which will also incorporate maternity care, will be published in 2003 ...
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Taking to the Bush
Political gridlock may leave US health reform in abeyance until the 2002 Congress elections. In the meantime, the new administration is busy appointing anti-abortion proponents.
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Catch a falling star
With doctors'performance high on the political and media agendas, Martin Roland and colleagues report on how a special panel is tackling poorly performing GPs
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The seven-year hitch
The government's proposed clampdown on new consultants doing private work was a last-minute addition to the NHS plan, and the determination to implement it came as a further surprise. Jeremy Davies explains
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Doctor know
The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports
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A dying shame
One patient dies per week in unexplained circumstances on NHS psychiatric wards. A four-year investigation will attempt to explain and prevent such tragedies in the future, writes Mark Gould
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30 building firms jostle for PFI deal
Construction companies are grabbing the opportunity to be part of the latest NHS building programme, with more than 30 vying for a private finance initiative contract to build a £12m hospital near Leeds.
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Livingstone holds on to bulk of budget plan
The London Assembly has resisted its last chance to force the mayor to make cuts to his budget on health, housing and social exclusion.
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Days like this
HSJ 7March 1991 : Managers to face psychological 'audit'. . . High salary warning. . . Trust bids to break deadlock. . . Hospitals refuse contracts. . . Hotel beds pioneer
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Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever
Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall