All articles by MARK CRAIL – Page 7
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IHSM losses mount as turnover plummets
The Institute of Health Services Management crashed to a pounds180,000 operating loss last year as turnover dropped below pounds2m for the first time in six years and membership continued its slow downward spiral.
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The human factor
Trusts and HAs may not have the capacity to cope with the new human resources strategy. Mark Crail reports
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Primary concerns
Academics are warning that the shift to primary care groups is fraught with dangers. Mark Crail reports
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Failure to thrive
The Journal has seen the government's long awaited new mental health policy. Mark Crail reports
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Ministers 'delayed food safety plans'
Measures to prevent food poisoning outbreaks of the sort which claimed 20 lives in Scotland in 1996 were held up for a year by infighting between ministers and their departments, a top public health expert has claimed.
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Values-added attack
Managers have to make moral choices, the NHS's high-flying trainees were told at their conference. Mark Crail reports
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Called to account
The Audit Commission is due for a review of its work over the past five years. Mark Crail reports
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Past and failed
How have the eager young would-be medics we saw on TV in 1984 fared? Mark Crail reports
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You've been framed
Proposals for the new performance framework have won the confidence of the NHS - with some reservations. Mark Crail reports
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What goes up. . .
MPs' inability to hold the NHS to account may be more of a problem than the 'democratic deficit'. Mark Crail reports
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Sick and tired of the NHS
Stress and rising workloads are blamed for above-average sickness absence in the NHS's own workforce. Mark Crail looks at who needs time off and why
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Power of London
If Londoners vote 'yes' to a mayor, the capital's NHS may be finally united. Mark Crail reports
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The unequal struggle
Tessa Jowell still has doubts about setting targets on health inequalities, as she told a Manchester conference. Mark Crail joined her on a trip to the North-West frontier
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The nuclear option
Is 'contestability' any better than competition at improving patient care? Mark Crail reports