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Saying it with flowers
Sickness absence is a huge problem in the NHS. But managers must offer more than gyms to show they care. Janet Snell reports
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Aintree Hospitals trust
'The trust reduced its overall sickness absence rates from 11 per cent in 1994 to 5 per cent now,' says Aintree Hospitals trust occupational health services manager Graham Johnson.
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Trauma without crisis
Reorganising consultant rotas has brought dramatic improvements to trauma management in one trust.
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How the savings were made
The orthopaedic inpatient cost for 1997-98 was 1,949 per finished consultant episode. The semi-fixed component of this was 908. Only semi-fixed costs are saved from a reduced length of stay: fixed costs (eg consultants) remain static and variable costs (eg drugs) are largely the same. The average length of stay ...
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Interesting development: a sideways move
It is not unusual for doctors and nurses to take a year or two out to work overseas for one of the aid agencies, such as Save the Children Fund or Voluntary Service Overseas. But for Jan Barlow, former head of corporate affairs with Croydon health authority, the move to ...
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Health spending
The government's method of arriving at the figure of 'over 20bn' extra for the NHS in the next three years breaks new ground in mathematics, says John Appleby
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Fast off the blocks
Making sense of the new NHS white paper By Mark Baker Radcliffe 143 pages 15
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A look at litigation fair and square
General practice employment handbook By Norman Ellis Radcliffe 184 pages 16.50
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Choice of controlling, caring or changing
Mental health nursing and social control By Peter Morrall Whurr 164 pages 16.50