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A sorry tale of crying wolf which will haunt Labour
Using the NHS to end the fuel crisis will do little to woo back voters
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Not quite the whole tooth
Dental strategy is welcome, but HAs must act now to fill gaps in provision
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Bring on the clowns
In the beginning was the administrator: born to regulate the NHS and check that intended actions matched written policies, using not judgement but the rule book. The service was over-regulated and under-scrutinised: once the rules had been met, little was done to check that progress matched intended aims - especially ...
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Unto the breach brave Alan - with a red card
In between getting back from France with my tan intact - despite the 100 franc limit on purchases of you-know-what - and setting off for Charlie Kennedy's Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth, I managed to dig out a reference which had been bugging me throughout the great fuel crisis and ...
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Putting the clock back
Will the government's flexible retirement initiative have any effect on the NHS's entrenched staffing problems? Jeremy Davies reports
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For what it's worth
A trust's system to give all staff annual statements on their pension entitlements has been taken up nationally. Mike Colman and Paul Robinson report
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Changing rooms
Transferring medical patients to outlying wards causes disruption to both staff and patients and is a poor way of relieving pressure on beds. Lesley Lack and Joy Warren report
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Out on a limb
Implementing evidence-based changes in healthcare Edited by David Evans and Andrew Haines Radcliffe Medical Press 320 pages £27. 50 paperback
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Where men are men and women don't get a look-in
The rise and fall of modern medicine By James Le Fanu Abacus 490 pages £9. 99 paperback