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Slow motion
Failure to force the pace of change in Scotland has been a source of enormous frustration to those on the ground - and to the Scottish health minister.
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Scotch guard
Scotland's answer to NICE has at last published some responses to the English body's judgements.How will the Scottish 'context'define its verdicts, wonders Jennifer Trueland
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Snoozing through yet another wake-up call
Repeated warnings on locums ignored in NHS's own inimitable fashion
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'Balanced and useful' indicators
Is this an admission that their predecessors were unbalanced and useless?
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Why not cull humans too?
'The outbreak of TB begs the question: in what circumstances - if any - might culling of a human population be considered?'
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And they're off - they've started so they'll finish
There was a final lull before the election storm broke in all its artificial fury this week, a lull during which we caught a glimpse of the landscape over which the storm will rage for the next four weeks.
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Winning ways
The government wants all trusts to have a patient-advocacy service by next year.Penny Dunman, a patient advocate for seven years, has tips on how to win friends and influence people
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Going nowhere
EU schemes set up to encourage patients to cross borders for treatment have enjoyed little take-up. Jon Sussex looks at the reasons why
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A box of delights
Clinical governance A practical guide for managers By Lesley Hallett and Maura Thompson
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Developing the personal touch
Working with older people and their families Key issues in policy and practice Edited by Mike Nolan, Sue Davies and Gordon Grant.
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Sound effects
Invitation to the dance Dance for people with dementia and their carers By Heather Hill
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Senior Postings
Valerie Howell has been appointed chief executive of North and East Devon Partnership trust, a new mental health and learning disabilities trust.She was formerly director of the Centre for Mental Health Services Development in Wales and the south west.