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Stepping off a springboard
A mixture of excitement and apprehension was evident at the National Association of Primary Care conference, as around 130 new primary care trusts prepare to go live.Lynn Eaton reports
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Key moderniser must cry freedom for public sector
Head of Modernisation Agency plans to give leaders a chance to shine
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Backing up courage with cash
Radical ideas are the future - but they must be matched with resources
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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.
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Lord Hunt in hospital safety plea
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has called on trust boards and senior managers to end the 'traditional neglect' of basic hospital safety issues such as cleanliness and infection control.
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Days like this
Health authorities throughout the country are still embroiled in contract disputes as the deadline for implementing the internal market looms on 1 April.
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Blair-faced cheek
Do the Department of Health's political masters wield undue influence on the management of the NHS? Alison Moore dares to ask
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Time to remember
The learning disabilities white paper is being trumpeted as a revolution in care that will bring an end to the NHS's neglect of the forgotten generations. Thelma Agnew reports
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Shrinking violets need not apply
Being a member of CHI's clinical governance review team is not for the faint-hearted. Ann McGauran reports