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Ministers give London mayor a public health role
Ministers have bowed to demands from health campaigners to give London's mayor responsibility for public health issues.
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Trust chief executive scoops director's post at IHSM
A long-serving trust chief executive is the new director of the financially troubled Institute of Health Services Management, following the departure of Karen Caines.
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The Marples CV: coasting to success
Chief executive of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch trust since 1992.
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Medical negligence changes will force swift 'owning up'
Radical changes to the way medical negligence cases are handled came into force this week.
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Audit is 'not an excuse' for lack of improvement
Public sector managers should not use their auditors as a convenient excuse for failing to improve services, leading audit organisations have warned.
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Counter-fraud teams bring hundreds of jobs
The NHS is to recruit hundreds of senior and middle managers as counter-fraud specialists for a £3m network of 'fraudbusting teams'.
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Ex-manager in court on fraud and deception charges
A former trust manager has appeared in court on charges of fraud and deception. Walter James Hurley, 49, former manager of sub-contracted services for Lifecare trust in Surrey, is accused of committing six offences involving up to £500,000.
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Campaigners slam 'parachuting in' of high-level Executive secondee
Hospital campaigners have accused two Hertfordshire trusts of 'parachuting in' a senior NHS Executive manager to 'force through unpopular changes in healthcare'.
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Beware a London power surge Mayor's strong influence highlights need to rethink the regional offices
News that London's powerful new executive mayor will have a considerably stronger role in health matters than was first planned has its down side (see news, pages 2-3). Of course the mayor should be required to consider the health impact of their policies. So should all local authorities. But there ...
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Hinchliffe must accept people will vote with their feet
Your article 'I hate the bastards' (news focus, 8 April) arouses remarkably strong feeling among my colleagues and myself in response to health select committee chair David Hinchliffe's comments about the independent sector.
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Managers of community trust are doing a fine job
I am writing in connection with the news focus 'Open wounds' (22 April) in which I was extensively quoted.
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Following the example set by Birmingham
The comparison of major city expenditure on mental health services from John Mahoney and Sahsi Sashidaran is informative and thought-provoking ('Poor relations', pages 24-26, 1 April).
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Health promotion is key to public health
Public health may indeed benefit from a radical rethink, as suggested by Donald Coid and Desmond Ryan ('Historical novel', pages 28-29, 15 April), but it should also consider its relationship with health promotion.
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Croydon stakes its claim to fame - but does Kingston know the first thing about it?
Health improvement programmes