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Modernisation Agency chief 's nurturing vision quashes fears of 'hit squad' role
David Fillingham, chief executive at North Staffordshire Hospitals trust, has been appointed director of the NHS Modernisation Agency, signalling a softly-softly approach from the organisation which officially starts work this week.
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Labour criticised over attitude to public health
A supposedly key public health report published last week should have been released 18 months ago and will 'not set the heathers alight', a health expert claims.
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Resources and staffing couuld blight NHS plan timetable hopes
The government's modernisation agenda for the NHS is not achievable within the current timetable unless resources and staffing are increased, according to finance directors.
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Publication of Bristol inquiry report juggles with election date
The Bristol inquiry is to pass its final report to health secretary Alan Milburn next month.
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Strong words
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence may make a positive contribution to the NHS, but it will not eliminate rationing or postcode prescribing, says Christopher Newdick
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Get them while they're young
NHS CAREERS: Meeting school pupils to promote careers in the NHS - and offering them work experience - can be satisfying for staff and may even reduce drop-out rates from healthcare courses. Sue Smith explains
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Concrete action
Local health services in one of London's most deprived boroughs knew they would have to work hard to conduct an effective public consultation on a new primary care trust, write Kate Roe and Hilary Scarnell
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monitor
If There is anything that surpasses Monitor's deep interest in all matters clinically governant, It is his love of literature. So it was with pleasure - and, indeed, awe - that following Northumberland Mental Health trust's recent agony aunt-style guide ('Dear Diary, my girlfriend and I have been going out ...
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Money where the mouth is
At last week's HC2001 conference, junior health minister Gisela Stuart struggled to close the gap between rhetoric and reality on NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Costs force trusts to reject scanner offers
Scottish trusts have been forced to turn down new MRI scanners designed to help meet cancer targets because they do not have the money to run them.