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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
A board meeting is in progress. One of a number of middle-aged men in suits leans forward: 'Our annual ISO 9000 audit is due next week,' he reminds his colleagues.
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POLITICS MICHAEL WHITE Great expectations - but not a map in sight
What surprised me most as polls closed on Super Thursday wasn't the speed of William Hague's slap-down for Alan Duncan over his alleged 'back to the drawing board' candour in the New Statesman. Neither the gaffe nor the slap-down really amounted to much. No, it was the way in which ...
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Wrong to cast aspersions on trust's finances
Your news focus (page 10, 22 April) about the financial difficulties faced by Leeds mental health services does not convey the full story of how the deficit has occurred.
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Our experience of making major insurance claim paved way for constructive talk, not hostility
Your claim that I 'protested' (news, page 2, 22 April) against the new NHS risk-pooling insurance scheme is misleading.
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Keep the applicants' names but vet the panels
I was sorry to see Naaz Coker ('Minority shares scheme',page 32, 15 April) repeating the line that applicants' names should be removed from their papers for shortlisting panels.
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Cost will be the deciding factor in the quest for nutritional meals in hospitals
I suspect that many healthcare professionals were delighted at the publication of the Nuffield Trust's report on nutrition in hospitals (news, page 8, 22 April).
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Picking up the pieces of software headache
Further to your news story, 'Failed software fiasco costs hospital £64,000', (page 6, 15 April), the original contract between ICS Medical and Leicester Royal Infirmary trust was struck by sales and technical personnel who left the company shortly afterwards to join a competitor organisation.
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Information holder should be go-between to preserve confidentiality
I wish to clarify certain matters mentioned in your report of my recent speech to the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate (news focus, page 6, 8 April).
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Key points
Special hospitals are facing their third major upheaval in a decade with their proposed assimilation into mental health trusts.