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Organ retention - NI inquiry
An investigation into the removal and retention of dead children's organs in Northern Ireland has been ordered by health minister Bairbre de Brun, following the revelation that over 350 organs had been kept by Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
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Days like this
Private hospitals have complained to the Department of Health that health authority managers are failing to consider them for contracts to provide services to NHS patients under the internal market reforms.The Independent Healthcare Association says its members are facing unfair discrimination, and claims that HA managers are interpreting the DoH's ...
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From pillar to post
A troubled health authority told to radically rethink management and accountability issues is losing its chief. She will be a hard act to follow, says Alison Moore
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In fine voice
A new report is claiming success with its methodology of using mental health service users as interviewers as well as interviewees. Claire Laurent reports
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Record breakers
The revised IM&T strategy for the NHS promises a 'vibrant, networked' future. Haven't we heard that one before, wonders Lyn Whitfield
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Ignore those baying for the blood of a scapegoat
The errors at Bedford were not the responsibility of a single individual
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Time to talk one-stop shop
What happens at an organisation's front line can affect the entire way people perceive it. The problems are multiplied when a range of agencies are required to present a 'joined-up' face to consumers.
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THE PERSUADERS
Name: Peter Homa Job: Director, Commission for Health Improvement Style: Gentle academic type, more like your hospital chaplain than snarling, biting Chris Woodhead, the abrasive former Ofsted chief, with whom he is most frequently compared and contrasted. Joined only by HSJ editor Peter Davies in maintaining a Dobbo-era beard, while ...
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When a general election looms, the easy targets are almost unmissable
The past few days have once again revealed an unattractive side of politics which would offend voters more if the failing wasn't widely shared by the electorate. It is that willingness to whip up public feeling against easy targets while keeping heads safely down where There is even short-term risk.
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The generation claim
Worries are mounting that support for the NHS is dwindling among young people. But the evidence suggests the truth is more complicated, says Shirley McIver
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Eye off the ball?
Free training, free valuation and free materials failed to persuade GPs to show interest in a mental health selfcare package. Ann Richards and colleagues tried to explain the apathy
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Travellers' checks
If people will travel to Belgium to buy a new car, why can't they do the same for a hip operation? Is a European health market about to open up? And if so, how will the NHS fare in the stormy waters of competition? Martin Wakeley reports