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Dial M for. . . medical advice
NHS Direct has handled 5 million calls since its launch in 1998, and surveys show overwhelming user satisfaction. But has its impact lived up to expectations, asks Seamus Ward
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The big shot
WORKING LIVES: In the first in an occasional series featuring people in unusual NHS jobs, Barbara Millar meets Kathy McFall, medical illustration manager, who has a passion for shooting patients - with her camera
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Reigning cats and dogs
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A mission to find out more about management cultures when two trusts merged sparked new thinking on developing the organisation, listening to staff - and a sprinkling of animal metaphors. Pam Spreckley and Terence Hart explain
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MONITOR
Monitor has entered purdah. Oh yes, while the politicians are mounting soapboxes (but enough about their personal lives) Monitor has vowed to keep shtoom and not to say anything at all which could tip the 'delicate political balance' which is the run-up to even more New Labour. So Monitor is ...
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Caesarean Births
DATA BRIEFING: Caesarean rates in one part of the UK have now reached the US average - and every 1 per cent rise costs the NHS £5m, says John Appleby
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The time, the place
BOOKS: Occupational Health Matters in General Practice ByRuth Chambers, Stephen Moore, Gordon Parker and Andy Slovak Radcliffe Medical Press 208 pages £18. 95
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Major concerns about minors
BOOKS: Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People By the British Medical Association BMJ Books 280 pages £19. 95
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A double-decker high-tech offering
BOOKS: Excel for Clinical Governance By Alan Gillies Radcliffe Medical Press 256 pages £27. 50
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Events
Bristol enquiry conference 1 June, Bristol 'The Bristol Royal Infirmary enquiry: implications for the NHS, healthcare professionals and patients' is a one-day Socialist Health Association conference presenting main findings and recommendations, the parents', management and CHC perspective, the consultant's and nurses' role, and Lord Hunt's address on the way forward.
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Maternity cash boost 'built on policy vacuum'
The government's £100m cash boost to upgrade the country's maternity services has been built on a policy vacuum, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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Appetites whetted as Blair goes to the polls
Mung beans, couscous and very cheesy sauce were ingredients in one of the last initiatives rustled up by the government before prime minister Tony Blair went to the polls for a 7 June election.
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Locums 'preying on desperate trusts'
A massive shortage of consultant histopathologists means that trusts are forced to rely on a hard core of sub-standard locums who are putting patient care at risk, senior pathologists have revealed.
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Budget cuts shake MSF membership
NHS members of trade union MSF are considering leaving the organisation amid fears of a 30 per cent cut in its health sector budget.
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Clinical team defends ex-Radcliffe appointee
The clinical governance support team has defended its appointment of a nursing director who was strongly criticised for poor support, guidance and supervision of staff while at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.