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Favourite is service outsider
The next leader of the NHS could be a senior civil servant or leading industrialist, according to Whitehall insiders.
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Two into one will go
Chief executives have been told that health secretary Alan Milburn has decided on a radical shake-up at the very top of the NHS. He is to appoint just one person to fill the shoes of both departing NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands and Department of Health permanent secretary Chris ...
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Fears that new top job signals tighter control
Managers fear that health secretary Alan Milburn's decision to combine the top jobs at the NHS Executive and Department of Health signals a further tightening of control, ending the arm's-length role of the Executive.
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Moving on: Kelly's farewell message
Departing permanent secretary Chris Kelly joined the civil service from Trinity College, Cambridge and Manchester University. He spent 25 years at the Treasury, moving to the Department of Health in 1997, following a short period at the Department of Social Security.
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'I'm getting some interference': the voice of experience
Victor Paige was the first chair of the NHS management board in 1984, which later became the NHS Executive. He resigned less than two years later.
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Appointments signal reprieve for renal service
The NHS in Wales has secured its renal transplant service with the appointment of two consultant surgeons. The unit at Cardiff 's University Hospital of Wales has been short of surgeons for over a year, leading to an eight-day suspension of service earlier this year. There is a national shortage ...
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Hospitals for people with learning disabilities to close
Scotland is to close all of its remaining hospitals for people with learning disabilities within five years and place individuals in the community. Responding to a learning disabilities review published last month, deputy community care minister Iain Gray explained: 'The main finding was that people with learning disabilities should be ...
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Scottish ambulance service goes under spotlight
Scotland's ambulance service is to undertake the most extensive review of its operations in its 50-year history from now until next April. Beyond 2000 will examine non-emergency services and operations control rooms and evaluate a priority-based dispatch system. Ray Hepburn, project leader in charge of the priority dispatch system, said: ...
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Children's education prospects hit by caring roles
A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report coinciding with national carers week says that children and young people who care for chronically sick and disabled parents can experience long-term problems in their own lives because of missed schooling and lack of qualifications. Interviews with 60 young carers by Loughborough University found that ...
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Carers live in poverty, association's survey reveals
The Carers National Association has claimed that many carers are living in poverty. One in five responding to a survey said they had to cut back on the number of hot meals they ate, while more than one in 10 were struggling to pay the mortgage. Six out of 10 ...
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Furious juniors threaten ballot on action against 'cruddy' sub-consultant scheme
Junior doctors have threatened industrial action against a proposed new sub-consultant specialist grade.
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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.