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Long-running fluoride legal dispute ends in climbdown by water firms
Health authorities have welcomed a water industry climbdown on adding fluoride to water supplies.
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Pay review bodies look set to snub government
Recommendations on nurses' and doctors' pay are being finalised this month amid speculation that the review bodies will award at least 5 per cent on basic rates, despite pressure from the government to limit rises to 'affordable' levels.
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NHSnet takes pride of place in Scots IT plan
Scotland's NHS has published its outline plan for modernising its information technology base. The programme closely mirrors the main themes of the English strategy revealed last September.
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Trust two resign
The chief executive and finance director of a community trust at the centre of a police investigation have resigned.
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Signing on
Mechanic Robert Townsend applies national identification markings for emergency vehicles to Royal Berkshire Ambulance trust's fleet. In future, all paramedic ambulances will carry the'battenburg' markings, designed by the police scientific development branch in the wake of Home Office moves to promote an 'instantly recognisable' identity for all emergency vehicles.
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Missed: a motivator
primary care groups; Personal gain and influence have always been the most significant factors driving change in general practice. So, asks Ray Wilcox, how will chief officers in primary care groups cope?
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Smooth operators
pre-admission clinics; Assessing patients in a pre-admission clinic for elective surgery has cut last-minute cancellations and reduced patient anxiety. Angela Stokes- Roberts explains
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Key points
A nurse-led clinic providing assessments for surgical patients before their admission has proved popular with patients and staff.
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Disease diagnosed
Epidemiology kept simple An introduction to classical and modern epidemiology By Burt Gerstman Wiley 301 pages £25.95
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Memory lane and the road to the NHS
The Aneurin Bevan inheritance The story of the Nevill Hall and District NHS Trust By Gareth Jones Old Bakehouse Publications Tregraig Press 240 pages £20
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How to win friends and manage people
Managing people By Jane and Chris Churchhouse Gower 224 pages £18.99
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Getting the needle:
acupuncture clinic assistant Lin Auldcroft undergoes her own therapy at North Manchester Health Care trust.
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PCG differences 'could recreate inequalities of fundholding era'
Primary care groups risk recreating the inequalities of fundholding, researchers have warned.
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Health groups' pay guidance 'divisive'
Guidance on payment levels for local health group members in Wales has been dubbed 'divisive' and given a mixed reception by managers' and doctors' leaders.
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Male managers 'thwarting workplace nurseries boon'
The NHS could save up to £51m a year by introducing family-friendly policies such as workplace nurseries, which would also encourage more women staff to stay in their jobs or return after having babies, says a survey.
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Trust cleared in 999 tape probe
A police inquiry has cleared an ambulance trust of allegations that a tape of a 999 call was tampered with.
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Bunker mentality
The DoH rebuttal unit is a potential flashpoint for government media relations. Mark Crail explains how it works