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NHS scanning going out to private sector
The Society of Radiographers is calling for government action to stop the 'creeping privatisation' of NHS scanning.
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Manager suspended for bullying
A manager at Royal Edinburgh Hospital has been suspended and an inquiry launched into allegations of intimidation and bullying of nursing staff.
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Dobson sets winter pressures deadline
Health authorities and trusts have been given just four weeks to detail plans for dealing with this year's winter pressures.
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Poor pay drives staff out of NHS
More than a third of recently qualified health staff expect to leave the NHS in the next three years, says a survey by the staff side of professions allied to medicine.
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Hospital slates decision to delay using paediatric ward left empty after revamp
Health authorities are being asked to pay for a paediatric neurosurgery ward that has been standing empty for six months and may now never open.
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New cash to treat drug abuse
Health and local authorities are to be allocated an extra 70.5m to provide new treatment services for drug misusers and young people at risk.
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monitor
The Monitor award for this week's most entertaining press release must surely go to the British Psychological Society. It tells us that 'pooches are probably not psychic'. It is nice to know scientists have the time and resources to carry out such important research. A team from Edinburgh and Hertfordshire ...
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3 September 1948
It would be bad for the NHS to escape the attention of critics. In an atmosphere of complacency its will to succeed would be sapped. Constructive criticism should be treated with respect. In an undertaking of such magnitude there are bound to be unsatisfactory features.
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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