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Great to hear that even bouncer Milburn's special advisers have a sense of humour! Hard to imagine, though! Still, news in from one of Monitor's special friends to reveal that the day after the NHS plan emerged, the following message was heard on the answerphone at special advisers HQ: 'Our ...
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Less is more
That the NHS plan has so little to say on mental health is actually a sign that the government is pretty much on the ball in this area. Laura Donnelly explains the paradox
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Cut to the chase
The NHS has long been thought of as a soft touch for criminals. But now managers are being given the chance to catch fraudsters. Mark Gould reports
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1066 and all that
When King Harold got it in the eye, there was no anaesthetic, no blood transfusion - not even a pair of spectacles. A new chronology ofmedicine should add a little perspective to those with tension headaches. Lynne Greenwood reports
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Fading from the scene - an unworthy end for HAZs
If this once-cherished initiative is to go, ministers must tell us straight
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It's good for systems to talk
'It looks like we are inventing the wheel again, and it's going to be square'
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WEB WATCH
For an organisation which tends to attract managers at an early age and keep them for life, the NHS has never been that good at maintaining a collective memory. Its tendency to look for scapegoats when things go wrong and willingness to sacrifice whole generations of managers to organisational change ...
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How to be a 'devious cynic' in five easy steps
'Managers still fail to recognise that all this guff about managerial standards and processes is spin doctoring'
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Serving from the shadows
It's not always a fair and open process, nor is it always straightforward. Judith Smith and colleagues report on appointments to PCG boards
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Service of all talents
Job opportunities in the health service for people with learning disabilities are growing - and proving beneficial to employer and employee, writes Harriet Gaze
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Turning up the volume
London's large Bengali population is benefiting from a local Bengali-speaking audiology services worker. Brian Hall and Dr Tony Sirimanna report
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Don't look now
In the face of the national shortage of laboratory services should doctors restrict their requests for tests, asks David Garrioch
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Peter Coles , acting chief executive of Forest Healthcare trust, is to become chief executive of the new Whipps Cross Hospital trust when it is formed next April. The new trust will manage the general hospital services currently run by Forest Healthcare. Mr Coles was previously chief executive of the ...