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Hilary Pepler: 'All the other chief executives are men'
Hilary Pepler, chief executive of North Mersey Community trust, says: 'You have to create a culture where people feel it's all right to leave a meeting early to go to a parents' evening at your child's school - but it must apply to men as well as women.
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Sue Machell: 'It's harder for women in a hospital'
Sue Machell, chief executive of Croydon Community trust, accepts that there is a different culture in the community.
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Anne Williams: 'I'm a better manager because of my children'
Anne Williams, chief executive of the Surrey Hants Borders trust and the mother of six-year-old twins (pictured right), admits: 'I was a bit of a workaholic before I had kids but I didn't see the service through the eyes of a user. Having young children gives you an insight because ...
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King's Fund overspends by pounds2m
The King's Fund overspent its budget by more than pounds2m last year as changes brought in by new chief executive Julia Neuberger began to take effect. But it still has investments worth pounds150m to cushion the blow.
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White with fear
dental nurses at Newcastle Dental Hospital's conscious sedation unit have swapped their white coats for blue polo shirts after research revealed patients' blood pressure rose if taken by staff in more traditional uniforms. The unit specialises in treating people with dental phobias.
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Tough powers set to curb nurse agencies
Tough new powers to curb nursing employment agencies which fail to carry out health and registration checks on agency nursing and auxiliary staff could become law within six months.
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The shape of things to come
A new region for the capital is one thing - but managers are divided over what it means for the rest of the South East. Thelma Agnew reports
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It cuts both ways
John Maples' list of '101 hospital cuts and closures' must have seemed like such a good idea. Labour made great capital out of dossiers of cuts while it was in opposition and for a day or so the new shadow health secretary seemed bound for similar success.
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Warming up for the big fight
Campaigners fighting to 'save' Wallingford Hospital like to draw attention to its pioneering history.
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Alarm unheard or unheeded?
When things began to go wrong at Bristol Royal Infirmary, who knew, and who could have done more to prevent the tragedy? Linda Davidson talks to whistleblower Helen Stratton and HA chief executive Pamela Charlwood
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A share of the blame
How much responsibility should commissioning authorities bear for detecting the kind of problems uncovered at Bristol Royal Infirmary's paediatric cardiac surgery unit?
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All together now
Integrated healthcare has a royal seal of approval, but evidence of its effectiveness remains limited. Pat Healy reports
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Bristol - the turning point
'The relationship between doctors and their patients, and between doctors and the health service, must change, for the haunting demeanour of the bereaved parents will have a profound impact'
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HOW TO IDENTIFY A LACK OF READING AROUND
Rowena Barnes' and Karen Hansed's article about the effectiveness of clinical audit ('Check-up time', pages 26-27, 21 May) showed such a breathtaking ignorance of both the literature on and the practice of clinical audit and quality improvement in healthcare, it is hard to know how to begin to respond.
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WHY IS THERE SUCH A CLIMATE OF DISTRUST WHEN ALL SPEAK SENSE...
The NHS is to enter a new world from April next year, led by the newly created primary care groups. Yet there is a struggle between the Department of Health and GPs' representatives about how things will take shape.
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...YET GPs NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON CLINICAL SERVICES SO THAT THEY DON'T DISAPPEAR FOREVER
In recent months we have heard a lot about the new NHS and the formation of primary care groups, but little about the effect these changes will have on patients and patient services.
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ARE PCGs A GIANT LEAP OR A LEAP IN THE DARK?
The authors of the article on primary care groups ('The cultivated commissioner', pages 26-27, 30 April) helpfully highlight that the success of PCGs depends - among other factors - on 'the capabilities, commitment and skills of the primary care professionals chosen to run them'.
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THIS IS A HYPE-FREE WAY TO STAY UP-TO-DATE
Congratulations on the publication of Managers and Medicine (30 April). I found it accessible, hype-free and, above all, a good read. It is a timely reminder of the principles that underlie all our work in the health service.
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WHAT'S IN A PROFESSION, FROM ONE WHO KNOWS
Peter Heaton's amusing letter (14 May) raises an interesting issue. My own perception of a 'health professional' is someone who has chosen to spend their career in a healthcare setting, and has trained to do a healthcare job.