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Losing the Commons touch action
Symbolism is always important. How disappointing, then, that party managers from both sides of the Commons are said to have rejected proposals to modernise the debating chamber. Leaving aside pressing constitutional issues, parliamentary weakness and executive dominance, cramped quarters are known to encourage aggression in rats - let alone honourable ...
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Blood on the carpet as axe falls on Sir Colin
MPs knew as well as anyone else that some sort of showdown was coming over the dear old blood transfusion service ever since the National Blood Authority swept away the 50-year-old patchwork five years ago last week. In the AIDS era blood is a sensitive as well as symbolic commodity.
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So St James' boss David Johnson has been appointed chief executive of the new Leeds 'super trust'. But Monitor is curious to unravel the mystery of who the other three candidates were who were interviewed for the £125,000 post. Leeds health authority chief executive Ron De Witt was one. But ...
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HAZs warning
The lessons of earlier area-based approaches to health and social welfare should be heeded if health action zones are to avoid past pitfalls, says Joan Higgins
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Prospects of partnership
The strategic joint working envisaged in the The New NHS white paper requires a partnership approach at the front line, argues Bob Hudson
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Be part of the deal
Junior doctors have a poor knowledge of the New Deal, so how can they know if it is being implemented? Nicola Cooper explains how trusts can get them involved
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NHS faces entire Y2k bill
Trusts and HAs must prepare to be left in the lurch by their insurers on 1 January 2000, according to an NHS Executive report on the year 2000 problem.
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GP systems 'poor value for money'
More than a quarter of GPs regard their computer system as poor value for money, according to a survey by the NHS Executive.
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Bed-manager package could ease shortages
West Suffolk Hospital is beta testing a new Windows software package for planning and monitoring bed use.
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In Brief: PAS system
North Hants trust and Loddon Community trust have ordered a £1.75m PAS system from local supplier SMS. The system includes SMS's clinical and management information system Infocom.
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In Brief: Heart Hospital
London's newly built private hospital, the Heart Hospital, has opened a telemedicine facility in conjunction with Interclinical Telemedicine Network, even before it has begun admitting inpatients. The partnership began receiving live case data in March from the El-Maadi military hospital in Cairo.
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In Brief: United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust
Guernsey's board of health has joined United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust in installing Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG package for hospital system support.
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Taken on board
Unwelcome arrivals on some trust boards initially, nurse executives are proving their worth. But keeping a balance between corporate management and professional leadership can be a headache. Ann Dix reports