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It's good to talk
health minister John Hutton talks to patient Ann Thorpe and clinical lead Margaret Evans during a visit to the new NHS walk-in centre in Liverpool.
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Fighting chance
Chief executives have found the transition from PCGs to PCTs involves balancing relationships with HAs, nurses and GPs, to name but a few. Ann Mahon and Debbie Garrod explain
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All manner of disappointments
I normally enjoy good physical health but had the misfortune recently to fall ill while attending a course in London. I developed an infection following an operation. I was admitted to hospital and spent the next three days on a surgical ward of a large teaching hospital.
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Building blocks
The NHS Facing the future By Anthony Harrison and Jennifer Dixon The King's Fund 342 pages £17.99
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Shared ownership of a common goal
Relationships in the NHS Bridging the gap By Geoff Meads and John Ashcroft Royal Society of Medicine 140 pages £17.50
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Keeping up with the neighbours
The politics of health in Europe By Richard Freeman Manchester University Press 164 pages £14.99
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In brief: Gisela Stuart
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has announced £2.4m for four on-line health records pilots in Cornwall, South Staffordshire, County Durham and Tees as the first step towards providing electronic patient records for everyone in the country.
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In brief: Yvette Cooper
Public health minister Yvette Cooper and 'heart czar'Dr Roger Boyle have launched a project to provide defibrillators for public sites at the Metro Centre in Gateshead. The government wants to place 700 defibrillators at stations, shopping centres and airports to cut deaths from cardiac arrest.
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In brief: Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry
The Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry has transferred some of its equipment to the Laming inquiry and the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital inquiry. Chair Professor Ian Kennedy said this was an effective use of public money and further transfers would be made.
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In brief: Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals trust
Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals trust has issued a people management standards document to staff so they can 'monitor the performance of trust management'. It includes commitments to provide safe staffing levels, and explains how staff should raise concerns.
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In brief: Medical Devices Agency
The Medical Devices Agency has issued a guide for managers and healthcare workers on the safe use of medical equipment and how to report adverse incidents.
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In brief: Hip replacements
One in seven consultants has no proper evidence for the effectiveness of hip replacements, according to a National Audit Office report. Of 3,400 hip replacements carried out in 1998-99,14 per cent were done by consultants who had no evidence of their effectiveness. The report also highlights 'significant variations in performance'. ...
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Unison call to suspend chief after race tribunal
Union officials are demanding the suspension of a trust chief executive after a manager won her claim for racial discrimination at an industrial tribunal.
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CHI pilot volunteers ruled out in favour of 'typical acute services'
All 10 trusts that volunteered to be the first inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement have been ruled out as pilot sites for the organisation's clinical governance reviews.
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Proposal for huge ambulance service is 'recipe for disaster'
A proposal to create a giant ambulance service by merging seven trusts has been dismissed as a 'recipe for disaster'.
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Spring into action
Ray Bell (foreground) and George Telford, members of Gateshead Health trust's mental health service gardener's project, with a calendar they helped to produce.
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NHS Executive 'learned' from previous IT strategy
The Commons public accounts committee has concluded that the NHS Executive 'learned lessons' from its 1992 information technology strategy - even though this was never evaluated.
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PFI hospital project 'didn't consider public finance'
The Commons public accounts committee has said it is 'not convinced' that the use of public finance was seriously considered for the flagship private finance initiative hospital project at Dartford and Gravesham trust. In a report following a critical National Audit Office investigation, the committee says this may have 'influenced ...