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SOCIAL INSURANCE
DATA BRIEFING: What would happen if the UK moved from a tax-based health system to one that is insurance based? John Appleby points out some of the misinformation being peddled by the campaigners
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IN PERSON
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has appointed Dr Andrew McCulloch as its head of policy, from October 2001.He has been a senior adviser at the centre for the last five years, and was a senior civil servant with responsibility for mental health policy at the Department of Health from ...
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High street lows
PHARMACY SERVICES: Do the local pharmaceutical pilots spell the end for the community pharmacy? Richard Lewis investigates
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Paying the list price
NEWS FOCUS: A clinical governance review report highlighted a catalogue of serious flaws in the management of Epsom and St Helier trust and, as Maura Thompson reports, someone had to be held accountable
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Turning up the heat
NEWS FOCUS: Since devolution, senior health service managers are ever more likely to receive a grilling from a government committee, and be asked to justify every action.Can they prepare for this, or is it a case of practice makes perfect? Jennifer Truela
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Soul survivors
SPIRITUAL CARE: Meeting spiritual needs is a crucial aspect of caring for elderly people. But do staff in care homes understand what is meant by the term, and do they accept responsibility for it? Helen Orchard and David Clark investigate
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If looks could kill
NEWS FOCUS: The number of organisations jostling for the right to audit parts of the NHS has reached epidemic proportions.But if the future brings a cull, where will the knife fall? Lyn Whitfield takes a look
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Too hot to handle?
WARD MANAGERS: People who manage wards feel their accountability is being increased while their control of resources is being diminished. Claire Laurent reports
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Tale of the unexpected
What happens when a tiny cottage hospital learns it is to benefit from a massive legacy? Danny Lee went to Cromer, Norfolk, to find out
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Going places
How can emergency admissions be safeguarded at times of major hospital reorganisation?