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NurturingTom, Dick and Harry
Afew weeks ago I met an inspiring Australian nurse, probably in his early fifties.
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MS victim wins HA funds to die at home
A health authority has agreed to fund home care for a terminally ill man who didn't want to die in hospital.
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Drowning, not waving
Health academics Kieran Walshe and Judith Smith are not convinced by the government's call for yet another deluge of NHS reform.They wonder what, if anything, it will achieve Ministers and civil servants in the Department of Health probably look back nostalgically to Labour's first term in government in 1997 and ...
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Going places
How can emergency admissions be safeguarded at times of major hospital reorganisation?
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On a hiding to nothing?
Hammersmith Hospitals trust is preaching an open culture.So why hasn't it released the results of its breast-screening audit, asks Paul Stephenson Concerns about the choice of Hammersmith Hospitals trust medical director Professor Rory Shaw to chair the National Patient Safety Agency have once again thrown the trust into the spotlight.
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Unfavourable reference ruled negligent
Job references for former employees who leave under a cloud need to be handled with care, as a recent case shows.
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Secretaries set to reject unionapproved offer
Medical secretaries in Scotland are set to reject a national framework offer on their re-grading dispute despite acceptance being recommended by their own union.
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Tale of the unexpected
What happens when a tiny cottage hospital learns it is to benefit from a massive legacy? Danny Lee went to Cromer, Norfolk, to find out
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Days like this - HSJ 1August 1991
NEWS: Trusts run over budget. . .Private income boost. . . business plan refusals. . .Nichol's savings priority. . .Meetings lengthen waiting lists
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Taking the air
NEWS FOCUS: In a misguided attempt to implement the clean hospitals programme, many trusts have installed automatic air fresheners.Chris Gallagher reports on concerns that they may be triggering respiratory problems