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THE PERSUADERS
Name Chai Patel CBE Job Chief executive, Westminster Health Care plc Style New Labour's favourite private healthcare operator, and 'without question, the best networker'in the sector.
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MPs ponder Pooled resources as Gisela tries some figurative painting
Oh dear, Tony Blair is in trouble with Gordon Brown again for shooting his mouth off. No, I am not referring to his admission at question time that the government's 'five economic tests' on the single currency will be examined within two years of the coming election (if Labour wins).
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Doing the hurdles
Senior mental health managers want to deliver the national service framework - but to what extent will lack of resources and trust hold them back, ask Edward Peck and Stefan Wigg
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Ask the boss: the survey sample and methodology
The survey sample in 2000 comprised 64 managers in the most senior post responsible for mental health services in health authorities, local authority social services departments and NHS trusts in London.
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Pulling out the stops
Media interest in the launch of a drug to help people give up smoking was exploited by one authority to promote its smoking-cessation service.Mark Langdon and colleagues report
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Voice recognition
Primary care groups have taken steps to meet the NHS plan's agenda for greater public involvement, but are they up to the job? A survey suggests they need new skills.Michael Shepherd reports
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Involving the public: a long way to go
Almost all (99 per cent) of respondents had a policy on public involvement or were developing one.
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Two's a crowd
Allowing only one companion in the delivery suite sums up the lack of patient-focused care, says Sue Jackson
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Poor show up 'til now
Poverty and Child Health Second edition By Nick Spencer Radcliffe Medical Press 352 pages £19.95
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Who's who - at this point in time
Directory of Primary Care 2000-20001 Informa Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in association with National Association of Primary Care 1,000 pages £125
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Punishing schedule is part of the story
General practice: demanding work Understanding patterns of work in primary care By John Waller and Paul Hodgkin Radcliffe Medical Press 177 pages £17.95
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Commission may support male nurse in challenge on pensions
The Equal Opportunities Commission is considering whether to back a male nurse - who is challenging NHS pension rules which give female nurses a better deal on early retirement - in taking his case to the Court of Appeal.