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Senior managers'pay
Pay rises for senior managers, including performance-related pay, must not exceed 3. 7 per cent of the pay bill for this group in any organisation this year, NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp announced last week.
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We have waited too long for an outpatient shake-out
Primary care must take the strain in a modern health service
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Independence way
Intermediate care has been redefined and given a new emphasis - as well as new money. But the model being introduced has had little evaluation and may produce no added benefits to patients, says Claire Laurent
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How the teams work
If police, magistrates and probation services feel a person has a mental disorder they call in a team from South Essex Mental Health and Community Care trust.
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Troubled finance round triggers joint search for fairer process
Department of Health officials are planning to attend a joint meeting of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and NHS Confederation in June to discuss how to improve the process of agreeing service and financial frameworks across the NHS.
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Down but not out
Outpatient clinics are out-of-date and much of their function could occur in primary care, says the NHS Confederation. But will not some clinics always be needed? Mark Gould examines the arguments
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Dear Mel. . .
What is a glass ceiling ? I seem to remember someone else asking you this some time ago but I've forgotten the answer.
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National database to log NHS errors
The Department of Health has announced the creation of an independent body to run a national database logging all 'failures, mistakes, errors and near misses' in the delivery of NHS healthcare.
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Control freaks in the firing line
After years of denigrating the public sector's fatalism and caution - in large part features arising from successive governments' dismissal of it - there are faint glimmers that this government is considering a different approach.
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Outsiders to shake up complacent DoH
The Department of Health could be in line for the most far-reaching shake-up of its existence, with outside organisations invited to feed into its internal review.
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Coming clean
The number of 'red'dirty hospitals has fallen after being named and shamed, but those in trouble still get the headlines, writes Laura Donnelly
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Cell structure
Following the killing of a prisoner by a cell-mate with schizophrenia, the criminal justice system in Essex has focused on offenders and defenders with mental health problems. Cathy Cooper looks at the new approach and its impact
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A suitable case for treatment?
Fears that nursing home referrals to GPs and A&E wards were excessive and inappropriate were not borne out by a health authority study. Ali Zaatar reports
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How the research was carried out
In the study by Salford University for Sefton health authority, the research team used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the research questions and adopted retrospective and prospective approaches.
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Leadership centre may buck men-only trend
The Leadership Centre for Health looks set to be headed by a woman director, bucking the men-only trend of top NHS appointments.