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'Winter pressures' could tip the balance of care
A re-assessment of NHS priorities is necessary to cope this winter
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Going through the change
Managers need to be aware that a period of adjustment is an important part of the transition from old commissioning models to primary care groups, say Jane Beenstock and Nicola Walsh
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Distinguishing characteristics of two change-management styles
Transforming leadershipTransactional management
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It takes two to tango
What makes the relationship between chair and chief executive successful? Andrew Wall describes how a series of interviews with some of these 'couples' revealed the importance of personal compatibility
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Interviewees
These came from three health authorities and seven acute, community or specialist trusts. They included:
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Open doors
The public can take guided tours of interesting NHS buildings -both old and new - on heritage open days in September. Barbara Millar explains
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Swindon
Swindon has a justifiable claim to be the birthplace of the NHS, says John Cannon, communications manager of the National Monuments Record Centre. 'The Great Western Railway's Medical Fund, set up in the late 1840s with a cradle-to-grave approach to healthcare, was a key inspiration for Aneurin Bevan.'
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Red herring
GPs' terms of service and fees are set out in the 'Red Book' first published in 1966 as a slim booklet. It now covers 82 sections and about 70 separate fee rates. Angela McCullagh and others say it is time to get rid of it
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The ways ahead
Developments in British social policy Edited by Nick Ellison and Chris Pierson Macmillan 323 pages 14.50
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Broadening the horizons
Health & environmental impact assessment an integrated approach British Medical Association Earthscan 256 pages 14.95
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'Political pressure' to bring down waiting lists, claim Conservatives
The Conservatives traded insults with government ministers this week over claims that 'immense political pressure' was being put on managers to improve waiting list statistics.
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UKCC considers ethnic monitoring - five years after recommendation
Nursing's regulatory body is considering how it can gather data on the ethnic origin of all registered nurses - five years after it was urged to do so in a King's Fund report.
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BMA blames managers for junior doctors' stress
Managers have been blamed for most of the work-related stress suffered by junior doctors in a report from the British Medical Association.
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Milburn renews attack on market with scheme to replace risk insurance firms
Health minister Alan Milburn has angered the insurance industry by unveiling plans to change the way trusts cover themselves against non- clinical risks.
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Broadmoor strike threat over rotas
Broadmoor special hospital was pitched into fresh crisis this week when the Prison Officers' Association threatened to hold a ballot on strike action unless management took immediate steps to ease 'severe and critical' staff shortages.
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Calman urges improved salaries for cytologists
Chief medical officer Sir Kenneth Calman has urged trust managers to improve cytologists' pay as part of an 'action plan' to strengthen the national cervical screening programme.