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Dial M for. . . medical advice
NHS Direct has handled 5 million calls since its launch in 1998, and surveys show overwhelming user satisfaction. But has its impact lived up to expectations, asks Seamus Ward
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Major concerns about minors
BOOKS: Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People By the British Medical Association BMJ Books 280 pages £19. 95
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Days like this - HSJ 23 May 1991
Conservatives criticise Guy's trust chief. . . Finance director warns HAs. . . Obstetric services axed. . . Hospital slates management consultants. . . Paperwork slows down GP
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Winning ways
The government wants all trusts to have a patient-advocacy service by next year.Penny Dunman, a patient advocate for seven years, has tips on how to win friends and influence people
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Senior Postings
Valerie Howell has been appointed chief executive of North and East Devon Partnership trust, a new mental health and learning disabilities trust.She was formerly director of the Centre for Mental Health Services Development in Wales and the south west.
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Slow motion
Failure to force the pace of change in Scotland has been a source of enormous frustration to those on the ground - and to the Scottish health minister.
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monitor
Monitor is mourning the loss of the maypole, that joyful, festive and pleasantly obscure symbol of spring that only really diligent historians connect with any rowdy goings on. The international workers movement is best left to overseas nurse recruitment specialists, Monitor feels, with no need to let actual workers go ...