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A brush with boogie
New shadow health secretary Liam Fox is sure to make a colourful contribution to William Hague's re-shuffled front bench.
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Unknown quantities
Devolutionary politics has thrown up a fresh generation of politicians in Scotland and Wales. Patrick Butler introduces the newcomers
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Standard deviation
The private sector is to get its own equivalent to the Commission for Health Improvement. Barbara Millar gauges reaction to the proposal
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Joint account
When public sector accountants gathered for their annual conference, they complained of initiative overload. Seamus Ward was there
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Trial and error
The methods for best caring for people with severe mental illness are in the dock, but the evidence on assertive outreach and personality disorder is sadly lacking, reports Laura Donnelly
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Private sector struggles to find friends in high places Will it ever manage to find shelter and solace under CHI's wing?
Health secretary Frank Dobson openly admitted to something of which he has long been accused, during questions at one of the annual conferences earlier this month. Did he regard himself as secretary of state for health or for the NHS, he was asked. Hesitating for barely a moment - his ...
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Fox puts the party back in Tory Widdecombe's replacement will surely bring light relief to health politics
In a week when fans of colourful politics are mourning the death of Screaming Lord Sutch, similarly minded observers of health politics have cause both for sadness and celebration.
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Dangers of target practice
Surely the highlight of the NHS Confederation conference for managers was to hear a secretary of state for health say in an important speech that there was a need for 'high-trust' relationships within the NHS and a commitment to the 'learning organisation'?
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Non-medical worthies would not necessarily be more cost-effective
Are public health doctors a waste of money? Readers reply to columnist Alan Maynard
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A look at public health skills in today's varied settings would be better
Are public health doctors a waste of money? Readers reply to columnist Alan Maynard
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Let's have a closer look at the role of those expensive trust and HA chairs
Are public health doctors a waste of money? Readers reply to columnist Alan Maynard
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A member of the Drains Faculty asks, what's so special about being a doctor?
Are public health doctors a waste of money? Readers reply to columnist Alan Maynard
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We earn our respect - and without effective sewage systems, you would have died of the plague by now
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to express it. But Professor Maynard, who I have always respected as a fair and decent human being, has contravened the rules by which a free society exists and flourishes.
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Activists gatecrash director job interview
Mental health service users claim to have gatecrashed a job interview for the director of a new organisation spearheading partnership with social services.
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Mental health shake-up after violence and drugs incidents
Birmingham health authority has agreed to spend £350,000 reorganising mental health wards at a local psychiatric hospital after incidents of violence and drug- taking by patients.
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Open and shut case
Acute mental care consumes two-thirds of all mental health resources. But if there were alternative services for inpatients who no longer need intensive support, costs could be halved, suggest Christina Moore and Judith Wolf
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Avon calling
Putting a health improvement programme in place demands consultation with a huge range of organisations. Linda Ewles reports on how the second largest HA in the country set about it
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What have we learned?
The first lesson was that producing a HImP was a huge task, with many other initiatives competing for resources.