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Midwife found guilty of serious misconduct after death of baby
An independent midwife and former president of the Royal College of Midwives has been cautioned by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting after being found guilty of three charges of serious professional misconduct.
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Reward points nomination delay
Scottish health unions have only just been asked to submit names to the panels which will decide on who will qualify for the discretionary points scheme, announced by Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith 14 months ago.
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Days like this
White paper funding... paring down the regions... Labour's plans for management... junior doctors' hours... public sector pay
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Date line: a guide to key legislation and guidance
1948 National Assistance Act section 21 sets out local authorities' duty to provide residential care for people in need.
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'Tremendous resiliance': settling in
The Red Road flats, in the north of Glasgow, stand in one of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.
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So that's agreed, then?
The Treasury has plans to extend public service agreements to health authorities and trusts, and the targets it sets may get tougher. Mark Crail reports
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Getting it together: lateral thinking
The majority of teams came from single organisations. But a lateral approach paid off for others.
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The truly great pretenders Trouble in Borsetshire brings out managers' best in first HSJ challenge
Health services in the fictional county of Borsetshire are every manager's nightmare. An escalating health authority deficit, a recently merged acute trust with deep-rooted tensions, a prying MP, ever-more demanding patients, a naughty non-executive, a wayward single-handed GP and serious worries about year 2000 compliance. All this and an implacable ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
No fashionable organisation is complete these days without a website to call its own. So it is with the positively Blairite New Health Network, which, though not yet in cyberspace, certainly has something trundling towards the launch pad.