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Remembering the people who matter
BOOKS : 'I need to be me' By Elizabeth Barnett Jessica Kingsley 224 pages £14. 95
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To the letter
Internet messaging has taken off, but the NHS faces problems with the pace of change. Jane Dudman explains the differences between old and new systems
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Stars and gripes
The knives are already out in some quarters for American Beverly Malone, who beat post of RCN general secretary.
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NHS net's future role up for grabs
The NHS will not be able to meet the requirements of the NHS plan with a private IT network guarded by 'barbed wire boundaries', according to the NHS Information Authority's new head of access services.
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Size is not everything
Are the new health authorities coming through this week likely to be better and beefier - or just bigger and harder to manage? Ann McGauran reports
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spotlight on. . . e-procurement
Companies are vying with each other to offer eprocurement solutions to the NHS, ahead of the publication of a national e-procurement strategy.
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DoH struggles to find formula for traffic-light fund
The Department of Health is struggling to come up with meaningful measures for allowing access to the £250m performance fund and introducing the traffic-light bandings of trusts and health authorities this summer.
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Days like this
Selling surplus buildings. . . Reducing phone bills. . . Explosion of bureaucracy as management jobs increase. . . Nurse grading appeals. . .
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Short cuts
Budget warning follows latest NICE drug approvals The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has approved the use of orlistat for obesity and pioglitazone for type-2 diabetes by the NHS in England and Wales. Orlistat may be prescribed to clinically obese adults who also have another serious illness such as high ...
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The cruellest month
April will see the expansion of primary care trusts, heralding a shower of mergers across trusts and primary care groups. But That is not all: also on the agenda are a new concentration of acute trusts and the conversion of many GPs to personal medical se
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the young people's health congress
Catching them early: the young people's health congress, involving more than 100 youngsters from around Scotland, took part in a mock health debate in the Scottish Parliament.
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Confed sighs as election salvo hits out at 'interfering managers'
Manager bashing has made its first appearance of the general election campaign, with a Conservative Party leaflet attacking Labour over 'interfering'NHS managers.