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I want to tell you a story
Inviting NHS managers, staff and users to talk about their experiences revealed a culture of frustrated aspirations, bullying and lack of support. Stephen Pattison and colleagues report
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Out of step
Joint working will prove a hard road if health and social services fail to recognise their very different cultures, says Annie Phillips
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PPS with a Keen sense of determination
The thrill of being plucked from the back benches to become health secretary Frank Dobson's parliamentary private secretary is still fresh for Ann Keen. 'I feel like I'm at the centre of things. I still have to pinch myself really. It's brought a whole new dimension to being an MP.'
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Lib Dems seek to outlaw anti-elderly discrimination
Refusal of treatment because patients are too old would be outlawed under a bill sponsored by Twickenham Liberal Dem-ocrat MP Vincent Cable.
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Managing change
Quality is a central theme of current health policy. For example, The New NHS white paper states: 'The new NHS will have quality at its heart.' The introduction of clinical governance gives all health organisations a statutory duty to seek quality improvements.1,2
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Looping the loop
Information systems and technology - often linked only with number crunching - are vital to clinical governance and can help good clinical practice.
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In brief
Baroness Robson of Kiddington, a Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman in the Lords since 1993, died earlier this month after a long illness. Inga-Stina Robson, who was 79, was chair of South West Thames regional health authority from 1974-82, and chair of Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospitals from 1970-84.