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Derek Smith, chief executive of King's Healthcare trust, is leaving at the end of this month to become managing director of London Underground. He has led the trust for nine years. The trust's director of finance and information services, Patrick Butcher, will become acting chief executive until a successor is ...
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Monitor
There comes a time in politics when you just have to come clean about that shameful secret before someone outs you. So Monitor wants to hear no sniggering now that the man who gave fundholding its academic credibility has admitted his embarrassing and somewhat perverse peccadillo. Yes, former Labour parliamentary ...
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Ready sorted
news focus; Health authority and trust chief executives in the capital have already experienced the forthright management style of Nigel Crisp, the man running the new London region.
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When stuck in a hole, the thing to do is stop digging
Labour's mental health policies may lead to inertia and short-termism
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Bringing in a common currency
Spending on salaries is much the same as spending on patient services
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Investment in training and team-building would pack a punch in boosting public confidence in the NHS
'Silent majority' highlights some crucial issues. While many in the NHS would accept the theory that lay members have a role, uncertainty about how to involve them proactively leads to woolly thinking and the appearance of tokenism.
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Proud of our record of treating homeless people and helping to rehabilitate them into society
Having read your news story, 'Homeless using A&E due to poor GP access', (page 7, 17 December) I felt compelled to write about the reality of working with the homeless population.
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Size does matter in ambulance performance
In your article about performance indicators (news, page 2, 10 December) it would have been helpful if you had pointed out that the London Ambulance Service received more complaints than other ambulance services because it is considerably larger than any other service in the country.
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In favour of outreach, 'fretting' about rights
I was sorry to see that Michael White has misread the source of the King's Fund's 'fretting' (politics, 17 December).
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Psychopathic disorder Therapy, rather than punishment for children, adolescents and adults
I would like to clarify several points in response to HW Griffiths' letter on psychopathic disorder (17 December).
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There is little evidence that psychiatrists can treat personality disorder
Michael Howlett (letters, 26 November) makes a strong case for psychiatrists to become more involved in managing psychopathic disorder. But he treats it as a single entity, which is understandable as many psychiatrists (including HW Griffiths, to whose letter he was responding) talk about it in this way. It is ...
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Top trust is left without a leader
One of Scotland's most prestigious trusts has been left without a chief executive after new recruit Malcolm Stamp announced his intention to stay on at Norfolk and Norwich Health Care trust.
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Angry MPs call for end to 'blurred roles' between health and social services
Weed all about it: