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Heritage hospitals
This is the latest thematic survey by the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England, which compiles and makes available for us its superb record of England's built heritage. The book is substantial, very well-illustrated (in monochrome only) and fascinating. It is meticulously referenced, with a gazetteer of the ...
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Refreshing realism on research strategy
The first edition of this useful book, which appeared in early 1996, was full of optimism about the potential of the NHS research and development strategy introduced in 1991. It was, however, as the editors themselves admit, rather naive about the politics of health service research and the obstacles encountered ...
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Donaldson appointed chief medical officer
Northern and Yorkshire regional director Professor Liam Donaldson is to take over as chief medical officer for England on a top-ranking civil service salary worth up to pounds164,000 a year.
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Why making some noise may keep the cash coming
While the public stay committed to the NHS, the government must listen
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Health ministers' statements just ain't what they used to be
Baroness is no Bevanite on cottage hospitals or plain speaking
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16 July 1948
The King's Fund's future was raised at its annual genera l meeting by its president, the Duke of Gloucester.
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NICE work if you can fund it
Details of the government's quality drive are emerging, but managers are concerned at the lack of funding for the new initiatives and worried that they may be lost among other demands. Pat Healy reports
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A matter for complaint
The health service commissioner does not deal with staff whistleblowers, and only a fraction of complaints from the public concern clinical judgement. Could he really help prevent a recurrence of the Bristol tragedy? Mark Gould finds out
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The great pretenders
Anyone can claim to be a paramedic, but steps are being taken to freeze out the fraudsters who blight the profession. Patrick Butler reports
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Shamed and blamed
Former hospital orderly Paul Corney was convicted of administering prescription drugs to a motorway crash victim.
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Be sceptical of the capitalists
Resale price maintenance is a remarkable device for ensuring that the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of over-the counter drugs are kept in the style to which they are accustomed. The consumer can go to Asda and buy Anadin, a branded aspirin product protected by RPM, for about £1.80.
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Level-headed Milburn won't forget his friends
What does a minister do when he opens the Sunday newspapers and unexpectedly finds himself tipped for greatness: promotion to the Cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury, the legendary 'Abominable No-Man', no less? It happened to Alan Milburn two weekends ago.