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Milburn vents his fury as Lakeland scandal unfolds
Political correspondents, who had been summoned at short notice, had to wait a few minutes in the foyer of the Department of Health in Whitehall while the secretary of state's previous engagement overran. The wait only served to heighten the drama.
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Turn of the screw
Even when a merger is carefully planned and handled with sensitivity, staff will still experience long-term upset, writes Sandy Gillett
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Future uncertain as HEA shuts its doors
The future of health education and campaigning was under threat this week as the Health Education Authority closed, with 140 redundancies.
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'Six months to avert crisis' claim
The government has just six months 'to save the NHS', Christine Hancock, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, announced this week.
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Senior manager equality targets set out to smash NHS glass ceiling
Health minister John Denham has announced tough new targets to break the 'glass ceiling' in NHS management and ensure that women and ethnic minorities secure more of the top posts.
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NAO forecasts in-year overspend of £200m
The NHS is facing a £200m in-year overspend for the financial year just ended, the National Audit Office forecast this week.
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Three-year jail term for £400,000 betting spree
An NHS manager who gambled over £400,000 of social security payments in betting sprees was jailed this week.
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High ambition
student nurse Sarah Roles peers down on the Houses of Parliament from the London Eye, before joining colleagues to lobby MPs for better pay. The lobby is part of a Unison campaign to restore salary and employee status to boost students' income.
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Question of attitude
How much do corporate culture and staff attitudes change when trusts merge? One trust surveyed staff before and after the process to find out. Louise Wallace and colleagues report
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Getting the wind up
Why won't health professionals write concise, accessible English? Tim Albert laments a culture of verbosity and pretension
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Income distribution
With Labour's Budgets showing evidence of old-style redistribution, perhaps the NHS could set a trend by looking at its own income inequalities, says John Appleby