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Bart's picks Tayside chief to head trust
The hunt to find a chief executive for Barts and the London trust has ended in the surprise appointment of one of Scotland's leading managers.
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Scots GPs follow English on ballot
Scottish GPs have backed the British Medical Association's decision to ballot GPs on whether they would be prepared to resign from the NHS if a new contract is not in place within a year. Last week's Scottish local medical committees' conference overwhelmingly voted to endorse the stand taken by the ...
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Tatton MP joins fracas over ambulance chief 'scapegoating'
MP Martin Bell is to investigate claims that David Todhunter, chief executive of Mersey Regional Ambulance Service trust, has been scapegoated by a recent inquiry Mr Todhunter, currently on sick leave, was sharply criticised in an independent report commissioned by North West regional office into the handling of the emergency ...
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Lords rebellion signals CHC abolition re-think
The government looks set to compromise on the future of community health councils this week, following defeat in the Lords, when opposition peers voted to reform not abolish the patient watchdogs.
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Days like this - HSJ 2 May1991
Extra funds. . . Fundholder queue-jumping . . . 'Haphazard'closures. . . Contraceptive costs. . . NHS print bill. . . £16m services contract
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Showing some spirit
Hospital chaplaincy Modern, dependable? By Helen Orchard Sheffield Academic Press 166 pages £10
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Room with a view to staying. . .
For senior staff nurse Karen Mullan the new accommodation at East Central House has come as a godsend. Karen, who works in haematology at University College Hospital London, was living in a nursing home but since she got engaged had been desperately searching for a larger home for herself and ...
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A question of style
Health secretary Alan Milburn was expected to launch theModernisation Agency this week with 'a tough speech on reform'.
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Plane speaking
Will a National Patient Safety Agency create confusion in the clinical governance era? Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson speaks exclusively to Laura Donnelly about why urgent action was needed