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Feeling a bit peaky
Why does the number of people waiting for outpatient appointments reach its height in September? The answer, says Rodney Jones, can be found in the mismatch between supply and demand
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House of unrepresentatives
Ethnic minorities, the young and those in traditional full-time employment have largely been excluded from lay membership of PCGs. David James and Maxine Willitts report
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Formulary won
An acute trust has worked with a PCG to produce a joint formulary in under a year. Facilitator Heather Walker outlines the project
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Mortality data auditing in private hospitals 'bad and getting worse'
Private hospital mortality data is poor and getting worse, according to the latest report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Deaths published this week.
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NICE resists industry fears and votes for appraisal transparency
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has voted unanimously to increase the transparency of its appraisal process by publishing its provisional recommendations on its website.
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Poor children not eating fruit
Figures out this week from the British Heart Foundation show that fewer than one in five children eats more than one piece of fruit a day. And just 14 per cent of children aged two to 15 years old eat more than one portion of vegetables a day - government ...
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Smoking 'czar'will co-ordinate NHS anti-smoking policies
The government has appointed a smoking 'czar' to co-ordinate anti-smoking policies throughout the NHS.
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Dear Mel. . .
What is the position with beef? Should I be serving it to patients and advising everyone not to eat it, or not? There is much confusing advice about, and I really don't know where to turn. Help.
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NHS policy on elderly to break new ground
The new NHS national director of older people's services began work this week, chairing the first meeting of the government's taskforce on older people.
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Hamburger fills role with relish
At the age of 86 Sir Sydney Hamburger is back at work in the NHS - as its oldest employee. Sir Sydney, who chaired the former North West regional health authority from its inception in 1974 until 1982, has agreed to become non-executive director of the board of mental health ...