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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.
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Your country needs you
Why can't the UK solve its nursing shortage? James Buchan examines the pattern of problems and solutions
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Listless feeling
The NHS has been told to pilot booking systems to replace waiting lists. Ruth Kipping visited New Zealand, where the change is being attempted nationwide
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The price is right
The quest to cut the NHS drugs bill has met with spectacular success in the elderly care department of one acute hospital. David Griffith and Mark Robinson explain how
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Union fury at trust's 'cynical' outsourcing
Unions at University College London Hospitals trust have protested at its 'contemptible and cynical' outsourcing of information technology systems to market-leading health computing company HBOC. The £2m contract is part of UCLH's preparations for building a new hospital under a £160m private finance initiative deal.