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Catch a falling star
With doctors'performance high on the political and media agendas, Martin Roland and colleagues report on how a special panel is tackling poorly performing GPs
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The seven-year hitch
The government's proposed clampdown on new consultants doing private work was a last-minute addition to the NHS plan, and the determination to implement it came as a further surprise. Jeremy Davies explains
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Doctor know
The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports
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A dying shame
One patient dies per week in unexplained circumstances on NHS psychiatric wards. A four-year investigation will attempt to explain and prevent such tragedies in the future, writes Mark Gould
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30 building firms jostle for PFI deal
Construction companies are grabbing the opportunity to be part of the latest NHS building programme, with more than 30 vying for a private finance initiative contract to build a £12m hospital near Leeds.
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Livingstone holds on to bulk of budget plan
The London Assembly has resisted its last chance to force the mayor to make cuts to his budget on health, housing and social exclusion.
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Days like this
HSJ 7March 1991 : Managers to face psychological 'audit'. . . High salary warning. . . Trust bids to break deadlock. . . Hospitals refuse contracts. . . Hotel beds pioneer
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Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever
Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall
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CHC axe fails to kill off optimism
Widespread recognition that users must have strong voice is heartening
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Dear Mel. . .
I am very worried about this new consultant's contract business. At my hospital 55 of the 60 consultants (the other five are psychiatrists) have said they'll leave the NHS if the government's new proposals are enforced.
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Dear Mel. . .
I was very worried recently when I read about the manager who was ticked off for sending a memo telling his staff not to show the national cleaning hit squad the 'grotty' bits of his hospital. How should he have acted?