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Turned to good account
Consultants' traditional resistance to appraisal is being broken down by a few trusts which are taking the first steps towards assessment. Alison Moore reports
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With due respect
What skills should be assessed in doctors' performance appraisals? One trust came up with a wide range of skills and competencies when it surveyed senior clinicians and managers. June Goodson-Moore and colleagues report
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All change
Two managers talk to Maura Thompson about the challenges they face to improve services and keep up with demand
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Talk to me, doc
Contemporary primary care: The challenge of change Edited by Philip ToveyOpen University Press 186 pages £18.99 paperback £55 hardback
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Market days are here to stay
Reforming markets in health care: An economic perspective Edited by Peter C Smith Open University Press 297 pages £19.99 paperback £65 hardback
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More style than substance on offer
A-Z of Medical Writing By Tim Albert BMJ Books 145 pages £14.95
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Fresh injection of democracy won't hurt
The evening of the England-Portugal Euro 2000 match was not an auspicious time to hold a debate, even in the House of Lords. But Lord Harris of Haringey managed to attract around 20 peers, including soccer-loving health minister Lord Hunt, to discuss NHS account- ability.
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Wide variations in funding of palliative care
A third of health authorities have no strategy for palliative care, despite the government's insistence that decisions on how much financial support hospices receive from the NHS must be taken at local level.
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In brief: Independents
Candidates with no record of political activity have taken the lion's share of chair appointments to primary care trusts in 2000. Independents have taken 52.9 per cent of chairmanships. Of the remaining chair positions, 23.5 per cent are declared Labour supporters, with avowed Liberal Democrats and Conservatives taking 11.9 per ...
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In brief: Department of Health advertising budget
There has been a six-fold increase in the Department of Health advertising budget since the Labour government came to power. In 1997-98 it stood at £2.27m, rising to £8.63m in 1998-99, and £14.83m in 1999-2000. Spending rose particularly on advertising for blood donation, nurse recruitment, NHS Direct, smoking, and winter ...
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In brief: NHS
The NHS spent £1.25bn - or 4.8 per cent of its budget - on treating NHS patients in private, independent or voluntary hospital and community services in 1998-99. The corresponding figures for previous years were £1.08bn (4.6 per cent) in 1997-98, and £870m (3.8 per cent) in 1996-97. Around 40 ...
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Something to celebrate
Those receiving awards in the Queen's birthday honours included many working in healthcare. The following were among them
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In brief: Alan Milburn
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced a £54.5m investment in primary care groups and primary care trusts. PCTs and PCGs will be required to draw up primary care investment plans showing how they plan to spend the money, which will be allocated via health authorities.
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In brief: Special assistance funding
The government has allocated £33m 'special assistance funding' to modernise 17 health authorities in England. Factors taken into account in deciding which HAs received funds included the viability of the programme for change and the implications for patient care if the bid were turned down.
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In brief: National Schizophrenia Fellowship
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has called on the government to give a cash injection to meet policy commitments on carers. It says that at least £150m would be needed to meet basic requirements, including one week's respite break each year, a basic information and support package for new carers and ...
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In brief: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has called for 'a radical curtailment of methadone-related deaths' as a priority in cutting the number of drugs-related deaths.
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In brief: North Lakeland Healthcare trust
Our story about North Lakeland Healthcare trust (page 5, 18 May) incorrectly stated that Bill McNulty was the trust's medical director and had been absent from the hospital since late last year. Mr McNulty was director of mental health for the trust and left in March this year. He was ...
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Generics price cap is up by 500%
The government has increased proposed maximum prices for generic drugs by up to 500 per cent after the UK's biggest manufacturer threatened to stop production.