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Using his faculty
James McEwen, the Faculty of Public Health's new president, believes local action is the key to making public health work. Barbara Millar reports
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Scots parliament will 'have handle' on health
The new Scottish parliament will have unprecedented power to interfere in the running of health boards and trusts, and could jeopardise partnerships between the NHS and local government, some managers fear.
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'Free NHS is an anachronism'
The first moves to map out a radical right-wing agenda for healthcare beyond the Conservative election defeat emerged this week as the Social Market Foundation condemned the principle of a free NHS as an 'anachronism'.
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The graduate
Nursing auxiliary Sharon Smith meets education secretary David Blunkett as he visits Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, to launch a scheme offering staff who missed out on formal education the opportunity to 'return to learn'. Fifteen members of staff are taking part in the project, which is a joint initiative by ...
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where are they now? No 80 Iris Isbister
Pocket Profile: Personal friend of deposed Tory Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth and former chair of Forth Valley health board, who resigned amid a bitter row over an acute services review.
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Going, going. . . not yet gone
Everyone agrees the government should get rid of the Mental Health Act. But they may be disappointed. Mark Gould reports
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Balancing the boardrooms: rules could still be tighter
comment: The NHS is too precious to belong to just one party or government
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A 'third way' to promotion?
comment: Health minister's vision is safely built on public service values
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Why locality hospitals should be retained as part of a bigger system
Letters: New models for small hospitals
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Fair shares of the kitty?
Are chief executives overpaid? Barbara Millar investigates the controversy surrounding managers' pay
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Tone of contention
Attacked by the press and dogged by controversy, South Africa's health minister, who will be speaking at next week's NHS Confederation conference in London, is, nonetheless, a gutsy reformer. And she's not afraid to take on her critics. Pat Sidley reports