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The urge to merge
CARE TRUSTS: Rivalry between the health and social care elements in the new care trusts is not uncommon. But in some organisations, the urge to merge is almost irresistible, reports Thelma Agnew
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Mass production
US HEALTHCARE: Health benefit schemes offered by US companies to their employees are unpopular and in an expensive state of flux. Howard Berliner reports
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Happy returns
IN PERSON: From top managers to nurses to play specialists, many health professionals, including those listed here, had their roles rewarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours
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Going into labour
PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: As Labour enters a second term, the future for universal public services hangs in the balance. Will private-sector partnerships bring the fast results the electorate expects? Rachel Lissauer foresees a painful transition and
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Found wanting
NEWS FOCUS: The modern patient has come a long way from the submissive, respectful individual of yesteryear. How should health providers respond in an era of greater expectation? Lynn Eaton reports
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Fair to middling
NEWS FOCUS: There is nothing wrong with public-private partnerships in principle, but there is a lot wrong with them in practice. So says the IPPR commission's 'subtle'final report. So where to now, wonders Tash Shifrin
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The Janus experience
JOINT APPOINTMENTS: Joint appointments can leave a manager facing in two different directions. Suzanne Simmons-Lewis meets two people who are well qualified to explore the potential of the new roles and to resolve the possible conflicts that they carry
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The people's debate
NEWS FOCUS: If the NHS can't retain its staff, all the reforms in the world will not solve its problems. Ann McGauran reports
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Dear Mel. . .
I see the government has come up with the idea of measuring waiting lists by length of wait rather than number of people waiting. is not this something the Conservatives did several years ago?