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Talking point
To combine his twin NHS roles of permanent secretary and chief executive, Nigel Crisp has to pull off a tricky balancing act. But he is determined to be accessible - and communicative - he tells Laura Donnelly in an exclusive interview
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Highs and lows: the Crisp career to date
Nigel Crisp began his NHS career in 'what was then called a mental handicap unit' in East Berkshire. It provided one of the lowest points in his career. He suggests that one of his earliest decisions - to sack a charge nurse accused of ill-treating patients - was one of ...
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Whistle stop tour
A worried manager voiced her concerns about Oxford Heart Centre a year ago. Some of those involved have left, but no-one has been fired. Laura Donnelly and Claire Laurent report
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Crowd puller
It is not just social services that is strengthening its partnership with the NHS - there's education, housing, even 'cultural services'. Tash Shifrin follows the joined-up dots
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Strawberry fields for ever
The oldest non-executive director in the country, Sir Sidney Hamburger has devoted his career to the staunch support of the NHS. Jeremy Davies reports
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Too many cooks spoil the froth
Celebrity chefs are to beef up the hospital menu, but two-Mars-Bars-a-day man Mark Gould has his doubts
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Joining forces
The promises of 'zero tolerance'have come to nothing, so is it time for an NHS police force to protect staff from attacks, asks Alison Moore
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Milburn versus Bogle in the battle of the 48hour pledge
Health secretary stands his ground - but still has pay-round joust to come
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Reeves leaves funds and friends
NHS Executive's departing finance director triumphed over tough times
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Pitfalls of arranged marriages
It is impossible to pick up a government report these days without the terms 'partnership', 'teamwork' and 'joined-up working' leaping off almost every page. For all the new-found enthusiasm for them, none of these notions is new, as numerous articles published in HSJ alone testify. Indeed, there is much about ...
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WEB WATCH
'Fog everywhere.Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. . . Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by ...
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The mind Bogles as BMA chief vents his spleen
In the wake of the Cabinet's special session at Chequers I was struck by the fact that Alan Milburn was judged a safe enough pair of lungs to report to the broadcasters.