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When suicide beckons: helping GPs under stress
North and South Staffordshire health authorities fund a support service for local GPs undergoing various forms of stress. It was set up 18 months ago by Ruth Chambers, a local GP and professor of health commissioning at Staffordshire University, to offer support to GPs experiencing problems with drinking, drugs, work ...
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Tackling poor hospital performance - an alternative to disciplinary action
Birmingham Heartlands Hospitals is debating the introduction of a framework providing an alternative route to existing disciplinary procedures for tackling poor performance.
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Key points
In the US, state medical licensing boards have the power to prevent sick doctors from practising if they do not undergo treatment.
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REFERENCES
1 Collins G. New hope for impaired physicians: helping the physician while protecting patients. Cleveland Clinic J of Medicine 1998; 65(2): 101-106.
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in person
Laurie Capel, former chief executive of Northumbria Ambulance Service trust, has been appointed acting chief executive of the newly formed North East Ambulance Service trust. Robert Alabaster, former chief executive of Durham County Ambulance Service trust, has become acting director of corporate affairs. Other interim appointments include David Hodge, former ...
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monitor
'Hello!' begins a chatty Alan Langlands. 'I am sending this e-mail to all chief executives of health authorities and NHS trusts in England to see how many of you can receive e-mail using this route, and to check we have your correct contact details.' The Exec is planning a 'learning ...
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An everyday story of trust folk, appearing fortnightly
A zealous visitor from across the pond must be kept busy - and is there more to the management trainee than meets the eye?
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Major hospital blaze prompts chief to protest against insurance orders
The chief executive of a hospital involved in a major fire has written to health secretary Frank Dobson protesting about orders that stop trusts taking out commercial insurance.