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Managers under fire in regulation debate
Managers have came under fire from both sides in a debate on the future of professional self-regulation for failing to deal with incompetent or improperly behaved health professionals.
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Doctor backs GMC's role
A senior Scottish doctor has entered the row over medical regulation by claiming it is not the General Medical Council that is failing the public, but managers.
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Once bitten. . .
In the third in our series on the government's modernisation plans for the NHS, we look at prevention and inequalities.
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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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BMA meets Milburn for post-Ledward talks
The British Medical Association has met health secretary Alan Milburn following friction with the government in the wake of the Rodney Ledward scandal. A BMA statement said Mr Milburn had welcomed the opportunity and expressed support for consultants. In return, chair Dr Ian Bogle 'reiterated the BMA's total support for ...
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Shop rejection hits hospital plan
Plans to build a £14.5m community hospital in Manchester have been set back by Manchester city council's rejection of a proposed supermarket next door.
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Milburn signals health and social care merger
Health secretary Alan Milburn has signalled that next month's national plan will involve wholesale NHS reform, including moves to merge health and social care.
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Health of the station
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart opens a police base at Manor Hospital, Walsall. The base is designed to bring beat officers closer to the community and cut violence and aggression at the hospital. Chief executive John Rostill said people living around the site would welcome a more visible, uniformed police ...
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In Brief: Resource allocation in Wales
The national steering group set up to examine resource allocation in Wales has met for the first time. The group, led by Peter Townsend, professor of social policy at Bristol University, will report to the Welsh Assembly by September.
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In Brief: Scottish school of primary care
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched the Scottish school of primary care in Edinburgh. The school is supported by the government, NHS and professional organisations and will promote research in primary care. After a foundation phase, the school will go live in January 2002.
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In Brief: University College London Hospitals trust
University College London Hospitals trust has announced that John Ashbourne, who was due to become its acting chief executive, has 'withdrawn for personal reasons'. Peter Reading has left the trust to become chief executive of University Hospitals of Leicester trust. A new acting chief executive is now being sought.
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In Brief: British Heart Foundation report
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has welcomed a British Heart Foundation report warning many young people could be storing up health problems by failing to take part in any physical activity. She said the government was determined to tackle the problem through initiatives, including a sports strategy.
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In Brief: Young women in Lothian targeted
Young women in Lothian are being targeted in a postcard campaign to encourage participation in a study that aims to cut the abortion rate by providing advance supplies of the morning-after pill. The study by Edinburgh University's obstetrics and gynaecology department was started last September, but only 4,000 women have ...
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In Brief: Mavis Skeet has died
Mavis Skeet, the cancer patient who triggered a media storm about the state of the NHS last winter, has died. Mrs Skeet had her operation for throat cancer cancelled four times. Eventually, her condition became inoperable. Health secretary Alan Milburn promised an inquiry into her case, which has yet to ...
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Doctors launch professional and personal attacks on GMC
Senior doctors launched an outspoken attack on the General Medical Council at the British Medical Association's consultants' conference last week.
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Waite here
Terry Waite, author and envoy to the former archbishop of Canterbury, visited St Mary's Hospital in London to encourage staff and patients to take part in NHS census day last week. Behind him, George Thomas reads the form giving people the opportunity to send three ideas for improving the NHS ...
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Squaring up for a fight
Friction grew between doctors and ministers over NHS reform this week amid public outcry over the case of gynaecologist Rodney Ledward (see right).