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Early learning
medical education: Sending medical students into primary schools to give lessons about health provides them with early experience of working with children and improves communication skills. Mary Seabrook reports
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Events
Poor performance 15 August, Worthing An Age Concern training course on 'Poor performance and misconduct' is designed for senior staff and managers who have, or are about to take on, responsibility for managing staff and volunteers. The aim is to provide participants with different ways to improve their effectiveness when ...
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The tomorrow people
medical education: The Bristol inquiry report has called for medical schools to broaden their selection criteria to produce doctors who are versatile and drawn from a wide social spectrum.Will the new medical schools deliver? Jeremy Davies investigates.
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Sign of a turnaround?
news focus: Judith Smith and Kieran Walshe gave evidence to the Bristol inquiry.They believe the government needs to lead by example if it wants to create an open culture in the NHS
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The view from above
The early days of a PCT may be marked by feelings of loss and ambiguity.It is important to clearly define roles and responsibilities, explains Barbara Kennedy
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Addition to traffic lights in bid to spare high-profile blushes
The Department of Health has decided to introduce an extra category in the traffic-lighting system as speculation mounts about how it can avoid high-profile managers being associated with trusts that are seen to be failing.
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Apology after elderly man is kicked to death
Chief executive of Leicestershire and Rutland trust Martin Taylor has apologised to the family of a 72-year-old man kicked to death by a patient with schizophrenia.An inquiry by Leicestershire health authority criticised the care of Kevin Hewitt, who had stopped taking his medication and had not been seen by a ...
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Show some age concern
Do MPs care about the misery generated by bed-blockers and the inadequate care of vulnerable elderly people? Of course they do. But if they care, why do these problems persist?