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Trading places
The idea that nurses could retrain to be doctors might have been unthinkable at one time. But the national plan includes provision for nurses to retrain mid-career without starting from scratch. Some have already made the switch. Janet Snell reports
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This is your pilot speaking
The national plan envisages that a third of all GPs will be on personal medical services contracts by 2002.But a study of pilot schemes reveals that not all are using the freedoms and flexibilities offered by the legislation. June Hunt ington and colleagu
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Medical Insurance
A comparison of five countries' health payment systems reveals that where private insurance dominates, fewer people get the healthcare they need, says John Appleby
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In Brief: guaranteed national levels of service
The NHS Information Authority has guaranteed national levels of service from NHSnet following an upgrade of its messaging service. The deal - involving an amended contract with Syntegra, the messaging arm of BT - guarantees delivery times, free one-stop support services and access to a national web-based e-mail address book ...
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In Brief: need for collaborative approaches
A procurement review of NHS IT has stressed the need for collaborative approaches and agreed national standards.