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Milburn unveils his vision for a competitive future
A competitive market in healthcare provision, where patients are able to choose the hospital they wish to be treated in, and extra money and further freedoms to develop services flow to the best hospitals, was unveiled by health secretary Alan Milburn last week.
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Days like this
NewsGeneral election health policy. . . AIDS cash misused. . . DoH's inferior statistics. . . BUPA bids to stop the rot
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'Positive outcome' may put end to medical secretaries' strike threat
The threat of industrial action in the medical secretaries' long-running pay and grading dispute appears to be receding as negotiations continue with trust managers this week.
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When failure lies with the ratings, not the trusts
comment: Star-system replacement must provide a true reflection of performance
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Mind games
A small increase in bed numbers is of little help to mental health services struggling to cope with rising demand and staff defections. Mark Gould reports
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Public opinion
Asking the public what they think of the NHS is all well and good, says John Appleby, but do they really understand the question?
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In the philosopher's zone
Studying health ethics on her weekends off has equipped the NHS's new director of performance for the battle to deliver the NHS plan's targets, she tells Paul Stephenson