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Courtin' the middle
The most uncomfortable job in the managerial hierarchy has to be the middle manager: dumped on by top managers and beset with seemingly impossible objectives on the one hand, and reviled as mere clipboard carriers by those they supervise on the other. An impossible job, and yet no organisation can ...
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Feeling the squeeze
Happy with their lot or keen to move on? Janet Snell asked middle managers how they see their role and prospects
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Lazy days of summer
It is commonly accepted that winter emergency admissions are a major cause of longer waiting lists. But, argues Neil Pettinger, the truth may have more to do with a slowdown in warmer months
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We ain't seen nothing yet
If the government insists on 3 per cent efficiency savings in hospital costs, next winter will be disastrous, says Simon Walford
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On pain of death
Victims of General Pinochet's regime are among those the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture seeks to help. As the former Chilean dictator waits to hear whether he will be extradited, Wendy Moore reports on its work
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Ministers armed to enforce those voluntary agreements
Health Bill gives government a trump card should push come to shove
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Lessons in market values
The government's application of 'third way' thinking to the public sector is becoming clearer. At least it is in education , where the private sector is being encouraged, if not actively courted, to apply to provide a range of educational services, run schools and even whole education authorities.
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Little 'Red' Riding Hoodwolfs down NHS disquiet
So now we know. That 'fair and affordable' nurses' pay rise is not the straight 11 per cent all round as cheerfully predicted in The Sun. But nor is it all going to be financed from a raid on Frank Dobson's NHS modernisation fund. It is a lot more complicated ...
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Private health firms in bid for state regulation
Private healthcare providers are lobbying to come under the remit of the Commission for Health Improvement and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Scottish high-security shake-up
Health and social care services for mentally disordered offenders in Scotland are to be overhauled.
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Broad welcome for pay awards - if fully funded
The NHS pay settlement received a broad welcome from managers this week, although finance and human resources directors voiced doubts about the government's commitment to fund it fully.
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Dobson plans new grading for nurses
Health secretary Frank Dobson has proposed a new grading structure for nurses in a bid to make the nursing profession more attractive.