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Visits to homes
The organisation of the influenza programme for those unable to attend the clinic was similar in all practices, which contacted homes for elderly people in their area asking for the names of those due to have influenza vaccinations.
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Tales of the expected
The highs and lows of acute sector demand are far more predictable than is often thought, and can be planned for in summer and winter, write Tony Jewell and Hilary Spiers
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Health without a care
What constitutes health improvement? And with so many differing definitions, what chance has it got, ask Stephen Abbott and Steve Gillam
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Unkindest cut?
Bill Clinton's government thought a massive programme of cuts to the health budget could be withstood by the industry. It may have been very wrong, writes Howard Berliner
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The big check-up
Regulating doctors Edited by David Gladstone Institute for the Study of Civil Society 73 pages £5
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The human side of supervision
Successful supervision in health care practice Promoting professional development Edited by Jenny Spouse and Liz Redfern Blackwell Science 188 pages £16.99
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For experienced eyes only
Making clinical governance work for you Ruth Chambers and Gill Wakley Radcliffe Medical Press 266 pages £19.95
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hospital infections
Nearly one in 10 patients acquires a new infection in hospital, at a cost to the NHS of around £931m. And some of it could be avoided, reports John Appleby
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Stocking to be head of agency
Director of South East regional office Barbara Stocking has been named director of the NHS Modernisation Agency.
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Number of members struck off UKCC register increases again
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has reported a rise in the number of members being struck off.
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Cancer experts call for action on GMC's confidentiality rules
General Medical Council rules on patient confidentiality are threatening cancer research and monitoring of the national cancer plan.
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Historic concordat sparks new fears of workforce crisis in NHS
The government has launched its concordat between the NHS and private healthcare sector, putting it on a formal footing for the first time and raising fears it will worsen the staffing crisis in the NHS.
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Trusts told to prepare for new fuel crisis
Trusts are being told to stockpile supplies and fuel, and regional offices must be ready to provide round-the-clock crisis cover, if Britain hits a second fuel crisis.
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In Brief
Microbiologists say they are winning the battle against hospital-acquired infections like Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).Dr Bob Masterton and colleagues from Western General Hospital in Edinburgh have discovered that levels of resistance to antibiotics have stopped rising for the first time in 10 years.
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Equal pay case to boost salaries for women managers in NHS
A ground-breaking equal pay case has forced the Department of Health to review the way salaries are determined for top women managers.