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Sir William Macpherson's definition of institutional racism
'The collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racial stereotyping.'
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Mergers prompt finance warning
Health service managers in Scotland have been warned to keep tight control of their finances in the face of trust mergers or suffer the chaos that engulfed local authorities.
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Legal adviser survey finds 'weaknesses'
A survey of NHS trusts has found a series of 'key weaknesses' in the performance of legal advisers.
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Rising fraud against NHS in Scotland
Fraud against the NHS in Scotland soared from just 14 reported cases valued at £29,000 to 65 cases totalling £200,000 last year, the commission reports.
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NAO calls for 'strategic planning' on use of £3bn Scots NHS estate
More strategic thinking is needed to make the best use of Scotland's £3bn NHS estate, according to the National Audit Office.
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Report finds misuse of district nursing services
One in 10 referrals to district nursing services could be inappropriate, according to an Audit Commission report.
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Days like these
National bargaining on way out... warning over GPs' contracts... Dobson's PR demand... White paper gagging claims... Fears over Guy's
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Wait watchers
Casualty Watch observers returned to their posts one month on from a national exercise to discover all was not well. Barbara Millar reports
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
The millennium approaches, and our thoughts lightly turn to computer failures. So it is good of the London Ambulance Service to be so free with information about what happens when an emergency service's information technology systems crash, as its own did in 1992.
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Senior doctors needed on the spot
David Lawrence and colleagues should be congratulated on their careful analysis of the management of emergency hospital admissions ('Over the threshold', pages 26-28, 11 February). Their findings make clear that increasing the number of available hospital beds is not always the solution to current difficulties, and that insufficient attention has ...
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How to be a Mohel: training and examinations in the theory and practice of Jewish circumcision
I was interested in your article 'One for the boys' (pages 26-27, 21 January) about NHS clinics for circumcision.