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'Forming, storming and norming' our way into a better state of health
Beenstock and Walsh ('Going through the change', 3 September) identify many problems that newly commissioned primary care groups will encounter during their formative period. But PCGs' biggest challenge will be to build themselves into effective teams.
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Potential conflict of interest should rule out co-opting HA finance chiefs on to PCG boards
I was interested to read 'Divide opens over PCG governance' (News, page 3, 20 August), but take exception to Derek Day's comment that he welcomed the paragraph saying senior health authority finance managers could be co-opted on to primary care group boards. I assume he is referring to paragraph 51 ...
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Judge London Ambulance Service on today's record, not years gone by
Your article on the London Ambulance Service's multi-lingual phrasebook and cultural awareness handbook (News Focus, 27 August) unfairly presents them as attempts by a 'beleaguered' service to improve its image.
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Stroke resource pack puts condition on map
Could I congratulate HSJ on two excellent articles on stroke and especially 'Pressure Point' by Carol Cooper (Managers & Medicine, 27 August). She really hits the nail on the head. For too long stroke has been the Cinderella condition. The Stroke Association is pushing for better services for patients, and ...
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CHCs' unique role gives patients a voice at grassroots level without challenging others' contribution
Ian Semmons (Letters, 3 September) is mistaken if he believes that community health council members owe allegiance to any voluntary organisation or local authority. The virtue of CHCs is their independence, which is jealously guarded. But there is really no need for CHCs and the Patients Association to feel they ...
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Catching the drift
Plans for an additional 7,000 doctors and 15,000 nurses could be jeopardised by the continuing trend for working abroad among UK graduates and the shortfall in overseas medical staff coming here. Clare Jinks and colleagues argue that the role of continent
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Hidden talents
You have spent six years training in medicine, then get a reasonable job. You work hard for a number of years, then suddenly your world is turned upside down. There is a revolution and you are forced to work for the rebels, treating the injured. You escape, but fear for ...
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In the blood
Liz Austin joined the NHS as a junior administrative clerk in 1948. Aged 15, she had flirted briefly with the idea of becoming an almoner (a medical social worker attached to a hospital), but her family could not afford to pay for the training. She joined the health service, thinking ...
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Unhappy returns for the NHS at 50
NHS Executive in association with the Doctor-Patient Partnership and the Health Education Authority 64 pages Free
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NHS year 2000 debugging 'on course'
The NHS Executive has hit back at parliamentary criticism of its year 2000 bug efforts, claiming that recent reports from trusts and health authorities show it is 'on course to meet its requirements'.
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HA launches community-wide network pilot
Kingston and Richmond health authority this month launches one of the first of the community-wide network pilots promised by The New NHS white paper.
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Difficulties mount as HA tries to fill gap left by Lighthouse bed closures
A specialist charity is being asked to move into new areas to plug a gap left by the closure of residential places at the London Lighthouse.
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Survey finds failure in NHS equality practice
Many trusts are failing to put their own equal opportunities policies into practice, a comprehensive survey for the NHS Executive has suggested.