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Pay negotiators to reveal slow going
Negotiators who have been locked in talks on a new pay system for the NHS for almost a year will reveal limited progress this week, days after health minister John Denham launched an action plan for involving staff in decision-making.
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Think-tank's book calls for binding constitution
An independent think-tank set up to consider accountability in the NHS has expressed 'alarm' over the government's 'centralised' plans for modernisation and improvement.
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Patients' guarantee is Trojan Horse: Milburn
The Labour and Conservative parties have spent the week exchanging insults over health policy.
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NHS 'masterplan' teams are sworn to secrecy - or else
The government has launched three months of consultation ahead of 'a national plan for the NHS' by urging the modernisation action teams involved to keep their talks under wraps.
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'The 'biggest-ever listening exercise'
At the plenary meeting, Mr Milburn outlined plans for 'the biggest- ever listening exercise'- two parallel initiatives to consult with NHS staff and patients.
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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