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Sounds of shackles loosening
Blair's statement is just one sign that managers may win more freedom
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Troubled GP intranet project to lose top man and deputy
The project struggling to link GP and NHS computer networks is to lose both its head and deputy this month.
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Days like this
Managers back performance pay. . .Latest ambulance strike offer. . .Clarke censure fails. . .New offices for NHSE. . . St Thomas' trust anger
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Point of departure
Is Alan Milburn going to seize the opportunity presented by Sir Alan Langlands' resignation to bring frontline managers to the very top of the NHS? The policy rumours have been flying thick and fast this week, reports Lyn Whitfield
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In, out, shake it all about
Who will fill Sir Alan's shoes? Will the NHS keep it in the family, or could an outsider be brought in?
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Knock knock
Presenting mental health in a good light is an uphill struggle to combat negative press coverage. Laura Donnelly reports
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'You can't please all the people. . .'
Plans for a three-way trust merger have roused local opposition even before consultation has begun. Caroline White explains
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Heart of darkness
A shake-up of transplant services may outlaw racist conditions, but will it do anything to address the shortfall in available organs, asks Barbara Millar
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Whitewash: the demands of a bereaved family
In July 1998, a man was admitted to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital in a critical condition. Following brain-stem testing and confirmation that he was dead, the hospital's transplant co-ordinator discussed organ donation with the patient's family.
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Power with responsibility
Harold Shipman has now spent the first four weeks of the rest of his life in prison. The NHS, meanwhile, will have to grapple for some time to come with the issues his case has raised.
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WEB WATCH
Five years have passed since the then Conservative government asked the Clinical Standards Advisory Group to review services for children with cleft lip and palate, and two years have gone by since it reported back. But progress to date on putting its sweeping proposals for consolidation and reform into practice ...
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Scapegoats in the wilderness
Sir Alan Langlands is not alone in leaving his job sooner than expected. But at least he left amicably - unlike other victims of the NHS's habit of ridding itself of chief executives in mid-contract. It's such a waste, says Andrew Wall
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If I may be so bold. . .
Some of the civil servants running the NHS Executive haven't had an operational role in the health service for years. Ray Rowden says it's time to put top clinicians and managers at the centre
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Birds of a feather
Surely a community trust that helps PCGs move to PCT status is signing its own death warrant? Barbara Kennedy takes a more positive view