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NHS expertise can be transferred to the voluntary sector
As a former personnel director who was made redundant after 36 years in the NHS, I confirm, regrettably, that the picture presented by Christine Adams is extremely accurate and one which is experienced by a large number of employees who, increasingly, are forced to leave the NHS earlier than they ...
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Planning for career change should be part of manager training
Christine Adams' article has a familiar ring. How many people finding themselves at the wrong end of any aspect of organisational change would share these emotions? And with all the NHS changes taking place, will our planning automatically cover all the issues that may be directly affecting individuals?
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North Thames CHCs suffered snubs and discourtesy at the hands of the NHS Confederation
In 1997 the NHS Confederation published a consultation paper called Towards the 21st Century: a way forward for the NHS. It was considered in some detail by the 28 community health councils in North Thames. The representatives supported the general thrust of the document and most of its proposals. They ...
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Report made mischief out of reflections on the past
Your news story on In The Public Interest was at best mischievous, and at worst downright malevolent. The report rightly reflects on how community health councils need to look again at our role, and recognises that we need to be revitalised. Its suggestions are worthy of serious debate and discussion.
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I'd love to participate if only I could find out how
Can anyone tell me where an interested member of the public can obtain a copy of In the Public Interest? Last Friday, I telephoned the Stationery Office, which had never heard of it, and suggested I contact the Department of Health for an ISBN number.
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Saying it with flowers
Sickness absence is a huge problem in the NHS. But managers must offer more than gyms to show they care. Janet Snell reports
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Aintree Hospitals trust
'The trust reduced its overall sickness absence rates from 11 per cent in 1994 to 5 per cent now,' says Aintree Hospitals trust occupational health services manager Graham Johnson.
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Trauma without crisis
Reorganising consultant rotas has brought dramatic improvements to trauma management in one trust.
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How the savings were made
The orthopaedic inpatient cost for 1997-98 was 1,949 per finished consultant episode. The semi-fixed component of this was 908. Only semi-fixed costs are saved from a reduced length of stay: fixed costs (eg consultants) remain static and variable costs (eg drugs) are largely the same. The average length of stay ...
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Interesting development: a sideways move
It is not unusual for doctors and nurses to take a year or two out to work overseas for one of the aid agencies, such as Save the Children Fund or Voluntary Service Overseas. But for Jan Barlow, former head of corporate affairs with Croydon health authority, the move to ...
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Health spending
The government's method of arriving at the figure of 'over 20bn' extra for the NHS in the next three years breaks new ground in mathematics, says John Appleby
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Fast off the blocks
Making sense of the new NHS white paper By Mark Baker Radcliffe 143 pages 15
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A look at litigation fair and square
General practice employment handbook By Norman Ellis Radcliffe 184 pages 16.50
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Choice of controlling, caring or changing
Mental health nursing and social control By Peter Morrall Whurr 164 pages 16.50