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'A strange woman': Dobson on Widdecombe
'She would like to give me a hard time, but she doesn't succeed. Everybody would agree she is a strange woman. I think that John Maples (her predecessor) wasn't very aggressive, but he was actually trying to do what (William) Hague claims he's
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Fizzing and buzzing with ideas
Alan Carpenter strongly believes his sideways move into the chief executive's job at Somerset Coast PCG is the way forward.
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'I'm not a hand-wringer': the Dobson guide to management
'My general approach in life is that I respond to encouragement rather than criticism and I think most other people do. I think most people in the NHS are very dedicated, and trying to get the best out of them has got to be my task.
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Banking on listening skills
Former bank manager Paul Cookson has more than most riding on the success of PCGs. He is one of the handful of people from outside the NHS to be appointed as a PCG chief executive.
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Managers in the dark
Many senior managers simply do not know whether their trust meets service standards, including national targets on hospital admissions and discharges and speed of treatment, the survey shows.
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PCGs: unnatural creatures
Though primary care groups may be based on 'natural communities', they are not natural organisations, Sir Duncan says.
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Eat, drink and be merry
Eat, drink and be merry - but try not to complete the quote. It is important to do something to mark the first day of the New NHS - and what better news could there be than that pleasure and enjoyment are good for the health? It is a message ...
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Walk before you web
I was interested and amused by Carole Appleby's letter (4 March) regarding use of the web to promote communication in the NHS. But while I agree with the concept of sharing information and innovations, I think we should learn to walk before we can run.
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Policy and substance will stop NHSnet becoming an anoraks' jamboree
While I strongly agree with Carole Appleby that chief executives and others should be encouraged to use the increasing range of information available, I need to sound a note of warning.
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Commissioner for public appointments Did Sir Len ask the chairs about manipulation?
I was fascinated to read that Dame Rennie Fritchie has been appointed as commissioner for public appointments (news focus, page 14, 4 March).
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Dame Rennie not the only woman on the board
You reported the good news about Dame Rennie Fritchie's appointment as commissioner for public appointments and the not-so-good news about Guy's overspend (news focus, page 14, and news, page 2, 4 March).
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Students forced to specialise far too early
I enjoyed your recent article 'Which doctors?' (news focus, 25 February). I also struggle with the difficulties of identifying
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Reference-cost figures could be much improved by application of a blunt instrument
Before the advent of league tables - and even before the dawn of the Thatcher era - hospitals were required to publish figures for costs per inpatient week. High-spending institutions were exhorted to investigate reasons for their supposed poor performance. The naivety of this approach was exposed by an economist ...