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    FAGS 'R ' US

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    As part of a multi-pronged drive against smoking, one health authority is forging partnerships with a wide range of outlets that sell tobacco.John Middleton and Chris Saxon report

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    Byte hard

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    Two primary care managers talk to Lyn Whitfield about the challenges they face driving forward the IT and clinical governance agendas

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    monitor

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    It is nice to know that age cannot wither some people. Duncan Eaton, chief executive and buyer of large amounts of things at the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, may have been working in the NHS for more than 30 years, but he is anxious to let it be known ...

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    Out for the count

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    A new way of coding health statistics will reveal a change in mortality rates in England. Alison Moore reports

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    A very interesting post-plan new year to all

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    Pace of implementation must quicken as general election looms

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    Why the rush, Mr Milburn?

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    Is there something to hide in the Mental Health Act white paper?

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    Power back to the people

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    If, as Harold Wilson memorably remarked, a week is a long time in politics, what on earth should we think of 10 years? That is the time it will take to bring the NHS plan to completion. What will screw it up, of course, is what another Harold - Macmillan ...

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    A song and dance from Deacon as the McPlan leaves England reeling

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    And a happy new year to you, too. Now that We are all agreed that the new millennium has commenced, let's start on a suitably apocalyptic note. Let's look at Scotland's newly published version of the NHS plan, a 96-page glossy entitled The NHS Plan for Scotland.

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    THE PERSUADERS

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    Name: Simon Stevens.

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    Take the money and run?

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    Are managers being paid over the odds when their contracts are terminated? And why do NHS employers refuse to reveal severance payments in defiance of official guidance? Seamus Ward reports

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    'The chair wanted a sacrificial lamb': a chief executive's tale

    2001-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Anne (not her real name) lost her job following some unrest among her trust's senior consultants.

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    Surely some mistake? The case of Andrew Wall

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    More than 40 chief executives have seen their contracts terminated over the past five years and with many currently seeking to gain work or having returned to work in the NHS, few are willing to talk about their experiences.However, Andrew Wall, who lost his job as chief executive of Bath ...

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    Import duties

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    One trust has solved a long-standing nursing shortage by recruiting overseas. And thanks to a programme of support, the new recruits are staying, as Yvonne Sawbridge reports

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    Steering in the right direction

    2001-01-04T00:00:00Z

    All the overseas nurses needed a settling-in time, whether they formally required an adaptation period or not. When nurses were recruited from Malaysia, Finland and South Africa they arrived as registered nurses within this country, but still needed support.

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    Equitable strife

    2001-01-04T00:00:00Z

    A new HIV funding formula has failed to bring clarity and fairness to the funding of the treatment and care of people with HIV/AIDS, according to Peter Cosgrove and colleagues

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    Upper limits

    2001-01-04T00:00:00Z

    The dominant theme of the new guidance on services for upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) cancers (see box 1) is the need for greater specialisation. A wide-ranging review of research evidence, summarised in the latest Effective Health Care bulletin, reveals the magnitude of the gulf between outcomes that prevail in England and ...

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    Seeing is believing

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    A practical guide to primary care groups and trusts Edited by Michael Dixon and Kieran Sweeney Radcliffe Medical Press 280 pages £22.50

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    Watching brief shows its age

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    Observing organisations Anxiety, defence and culture in healthcare Edited by RD Hinshelwood and W Skogstad Routledge 175 pages £15.99

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    Where a pioneer leads by example

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    HSJ monographs Primary care mental health By Dr Alan Cohen To order call 01483-303017 18 pages £12.99

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    in person

    2001-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Jana Burton has been appointed chief executive of Lowestoft primary care trust - the first in Suffolk - which will become operational from April.