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No end to the production line
Health minister John Denham was spared the embarrassment of a slow handclap at the British Association of Medical Managers' conference, but the drive for reform has stirred up dissension among the ranks. Alison Moore reports
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Bunch picked for BAMM chair
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust medical director Chris Bunch is the man who will chair BAMM from next year. Dr Bunch was elected as vice-chair at this year's conference and will take over in a year's time.
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Who will take the pressure as two become one?
What seems a logical step may turn out to be impossible to achieve
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Checkmate for 'king' consultants
Clinical governance is working and managers are feeling the load
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Too many facts, too few words
Producing patient information is fraught with pitfalls. Updating a number of factsheets fell to me over a recent wet bank holiday weekend. By Monday evening my mind was reeling from trying to achieve a balance between plain English, political correctness, evidence-based factual accuracy and being neither simplistic and condescending on ...
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Clwyd gives vent to private fury over shamed medics
I tend to be wary of public persecution of named individuals, even by politicians (or journalists) I respect. The righteous zeal of the animal rights lobby, for instance, often smacks of the hunt in full pursuit of the fox, as we are finding again this week.
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All stressed up and nowhere to go?
Heavy workload is often cited as a major cause of dissatisfaction and stress among GPs.
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Seams good to us
Could the roles of hospital specialists and GPs be adapted to provide closer integration, better patient care and decreased waiting times? James Ward and Romesh Gupta report
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Back-to-work basics
Persuading healthcare professionals to return to practice met with remarkable success among one group of trusts. Claire Grout describes how they did it
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Members of the Oxfordshire inter-trust recruitment and retention group
Sharon Barrington Head of physiotherapy services, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Debbie Christian Professional development nurse, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre June Davies Chief dietitian, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Nettie Dearmun Principal lecturer/senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals/Oxford Brookes University Anona Glithero Senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Claire Grout Continuing professional development pharmacist, Berkshire & Oxfordshire ...
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Grief encounter
When Helen Easton's teenage son was dying from cancer, she felt isolated in her suffering. Now she is setting up a project to help others in similar circumstances
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The gentle touch
Introducing palliative care Third Edition By Robert Twycross Radcliffe Medical Press 200 pages £18.85