All News articles – Page 1735
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Who nose best?
CHI: Two years after its establishment, the Commission for Health Improvement has doubled its budget and become the fastest-growing institution in the NHS.But what effect is it having? Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein investigate
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Time bandits
wait watcher: With negotiations on the consultants' contract continuing, are there enough hours in the week to fit in all they need to do? If not, should private practice be the first to go, asks John Yates
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Annual crackers
news focus: Would you rather an annual report read like an informative historical document or an unputdownable blockbuster? Jennifer Trueland gets hooked
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April again? Time for another reorganisation
Questions remain on how the new PCTs will work in practice
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Talking to ME
myalgic encephalomyelitis: A community service for ME sufferers has helped many become more active, report William Tudor-Thomas and Selwyn Richards
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Return to sender
hospital readmissions: Elderly people people who are repeatedly readmitted to hospital can take up huge capacity.But alternative care is possible. Joanna Bound and colleagues report
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By word of mouth
news focus: Attempts to address the alarmingly high rates of oral cancer among Britain's Asian community are fraught with difficulty. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Hearing voices
patient involvement: On the eve of changes to patient and public involvement in the NHS, Judith Allsop and colleagues explain why the new structures can achieve much more than community health councils did