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Monitor was slow to respond to the advances shown by the Impotence Association, recognising (though not in a judgemental way) that its newsletter, One in Ten, had landed on the wrong desk. Still, 'No-one wants to be Mr Droopy', as Uncle Graham used to say, so before tactfully passing the ...
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Why managers should warm to a topic that may seem remote
Managers grappling with regular bed shortages may not take kindly to being asked if they've paused to consider the consequences of a change in world climate. But someone has to contemplate these things - including Tony McMichael, professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Worth a second lucre
Gaining in popularity by the year, MBAs are becoming ever more diverse and are meeting the demands for more flexible ways of learning. Barbara Millar reports
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Up to the job: the NVQ story
The government set up the NVQ system in the late 1980s in a bid to 'upskill' the country's workforce and replace a chaotic range of occupational qualifications with a consistent and rigorously assessed set of standards. The standards on which NVQs are based are created by national training organisations, employer-led ...
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Many happy returns
Return-to-practice initiatives for nurses are proving highly successful, but they still have some way to go to understand those who take them. Thelma Agnew reports
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Hush hush Hammersmith
Despite lessons of recent times, screening unit still tried to hide problems
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Government would win the war - but lose the goodwill
Milburn should be wary of alienating doctors ahead of the election
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Giving some microbes a helping hand in the struggle for survival
Now here's a smart way of shielding the body from harmful bacteria: use friendly microbes to do it for you.
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Jobs for the girls
Bradford health authority is working on new ways of developing staff on a multidisciplinary basis - and tackling recruitment problems at the same time. Jan Lee, assistant head teacher at Belle Vue School in Bradford, is on secondment to the HA two days a week. She has set up initiatives ...
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Legal threats suspend regional fix on PCT jobs
North West regional office has been forced to suspend the appointment of new primary care trust chief executives after it faced the threat of legal action after claims that the procedure was flawed.
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Milburn promises first health inequality target
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced the first national target to reduce health inequalities.
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Wales' NHS plan unimpeded by members'cold feet
Welsh Assembly officials say implementation of Wales'NHS plan will go ahead 'from now', despite Assembly members' refusal to ratify it last week. Debate on the plan was adjourned before the vote, after members raised a series of concerns, particularly over the lack of specific targets. Conservative William Graham moved an ...
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For our eyes only
The NHS Litigation Authority has valuable information on individual doctors which it should release to employing organisations, says Kieran Walshe
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Evening out the odds
With the help of a training and staff appraisal system, Nottingham City Hospital trust has overhauled the way its staffing in theatre is arranged. Traditionally, the nurses would only work for the surgeons and the operating department practitioners for the anaesthetists. Each had different responsibilities and was on different rates ...
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Getting even
The NHS is the biggest employer of black and ethnic-minority staff, yet that is not reflected at management level. Lorraine Foster and Sarah James explain how one trust is trying to redress the balance
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Nurses may monitor drink or drug-crime prisoners
Nurses may be asked to work in police cells in a bid to improve the monitoring of prisoners arrested for drink or drugs offences. Police chiefs in Cheshire are considering the move as part of a plan to introduce centralised 'custody suites' staffed by qualified nurses, cutting the risk to ...
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New solutions loom for problem that weighs down health services
The long-term hazards of being severely overweight are many, but the simplest remedy, reducing calorie intake, is the most arduous; so researchers go on hunting for more exotic but kinder solutions.