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How to get promoted
Public health is in danger of being sidelined unless special efforts are made to incorporate it into primary care trusts, warn David Hunter and Neil Goodwin
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Healing old wounds
Hugh Ross exudes brisk efficiency and steely intelligence. He makes you want to think sharper, sit up straighter.He looks as if he would be very good in a crisis.Which he is.
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Hutt opts for waiting times rather than list targets
The NHS in Wales is to abandon waiting-list targets and focus on waiting times.The move was confirmed by health minister Jane Hutt while speaking at the Innovations in Care conference in Cardiff last week.She also said the new measures will be phased in over the next year, with waits for ...
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NHS 'icon'gets performance role
Margaret Edwards, chief executive of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals trust, has been appointed to a new post as director of performance for the NHS.
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MSF in turmoil over PPP stance
Prime minister Tony Blair's speech on public service reform this week threw the MSF union into turmoil as its leader appeared to make a U-turn over the private sector's role in the NHS.
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A question of trust
The findings from the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry look set to send shockwaves through the NHS.Alison Moore talks to those close to the heart of the matter Bristol has had a vast impact on hundreds, if not thousands of people. By far the biggest effect, of course, has been on ...
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11th-hour bid by Tayside chief to clear his name
The chief executive designate of Bart's and the London trust, heavily criticised in the longawaited report on the financial problems at Tayside, made an 11th-hour bid to clear his name, it has emerged.
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Estates'PPP initiative attracts 135
More than 135 companies have expressed an interest in the £600m public-private partnership set to take over NHS Estates' trading arm, following its separation from the organisation's policy and regulatory functions.
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Fritchie offers backing for abolition-threatened CHCs
Dame Rennie Fritchie has publicly vouched support for the work done by community health councils, in a move that appears to distance her from government policy, which is set on abolishing the patient watchdogs.Dame Rennie, commissioner for public appointments, made her comments following a conference of 100 members of London ...
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Shot in the arm for capital's drug and alcohol addicts
The Greater London Authority today launches a programme aimed at reducing the harm caused by alcohol and drugs in the capital.The London Alcohol and Drug Alliance is a partnership of NHS, local government, police, prison and voluntary-sector groups which aims to develop an alcohol policy for the capital within 12 ...
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London trusts to check on quality of agencies
A project which will allow London trusts to check cost and quality ratings for staff agencies before they hire them is to be launched in September.
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Nurse regulation plans will 'fail'on all counts
Government proposals for a new regulatory authority for the nursing profession would not only fail to enhance public protection and speed up professional conduct processes, 'but if enacted would achieve the opposite', the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has announced.In its response to the government's draft ...