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Let stocktake herald fresh start
Assembly is clean slate for relations between managers and ministers
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Outreach exceeds its grasp
If you are sceptical about the impact of policy documents, whether read or filed in the wastepaper basket, you should consider the case of assertive outreach.
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WEB WATCH
The case against animal research is a relatively easy one to make. Produce a few cuddly bunnies, talk emotively about evil scientists with electrodes, and there you have it. The case for cutting up small furry animals, on the other hand, is more complex but has other advantages, not least ...
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How Dobbo and Denham suffered from piles
In a moment of heat the other week, a ministerial adviser told me, 'Remember, Mike, a successful spin exercise isn't always one which results in favourable publicity. Sometimes it results in little or no publicity at all.'
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Internal market identified as factor behind Welsh deficits
A stocktake of the NHS in Wales has blamed the internal market and 'downsizing' at the former Welsh Office for financial problems at many health authorities and trusts.
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Cautious cheer for drug price rules
Government reforms of controls on drug prices have been given a cautious welcome by managers.
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Struck-off Bristol consultant claims 'over-work'
A consultant struck off for his role in the Bristol babies' heart surgery deaths claimed this week that he had been over-worked and under-funded.
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Dobson turns his wrath on PFI critics
Health secretary Frank Dobson tackled critics of the private finance initiative head-on this week, as sceptical MPs quizzed Department of Health officials on the scheme.
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Treasury moves to placate opposition from unions
The Treasury issued guidance on standardising PFI contracts last week in a move widely seen as an attempt to appease union critics of the scheme.
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Cheque it out
Less bureaucracy, easier hours and a fixed salary may sound tempting, but will GPs want to give up their independent contractor status? Alison Moore reports
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Made to measure
Trying to solve the nursing shortage has led one trust to develop a tailored programme to help nurses trained overseas to gain UK registration. Jackie Hulse and colleagues report
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A tension seeker
Employing a trust audit pharmacist has lessened tensions between GPs and hospital prescribing services and improved medicines management. Martin Shepherd and colleagues report
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A world apart
In our series profiling people in contrasting roles, Jeremy Davies talks to two managers who have found job satisfaction in different parts of the independent sector
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Catch me if you can
Hospital-acquired infection Principles and prevention. Third edition By G Ayliffe, JR Babb and Lynda Taylor Butterworth-Heinemann 210 pages £18.99