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Directors of finance count cost
NHS finance directors are working an average of 12 hours a day, often six days a week. And an increasing number are taking on responsibility for other areas of work, according to a survey by the NHS organisation, Pay and Workforce Research.
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Cornwall: This is your pilot speaking
'It is been a problem here since about 1991, 'says Adrian Tyas, manager of operational services for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly health authority.
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Claim-spotter
What looks like the biggest fraud in NHS history was uncovered in a district audit office in Caernarfon. Audit manager Ian Hughes unravelled the story exclusively for Mark Gould
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Senior chief quits to escape NHS pressures
One of Scotland's most senior health service managers is the latest to quit the NHS front line in an attempt to get a better work-life balance.
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Helicopter clash chief under fire
The job of Mersey ambulance chief David Todhunter is hanging in the balance after his trust was forced to apologise to the family of a woman who died when her helicopter transfer was delayed because he became embroiled in a personal row.
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Golden Staph illnesses caused by resistant strains
Understanding a problem may help to solve it - but can also reveal it to be tougher than anticipated. So it is with Staphylococcus aureus, the Golden Staph: a never-ending headache for infection-control staff in hospitals, and responsible for the disruption caused by ward closures when it gets out of ...
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Deputy's suspension 'linked to court case'
The suspension of the deputy chief executive of Ashworth highsecurity hospital is understood to relate to a forthcoming court case involving a former senior manager at the hospital, according to HSJ sources.
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Carcass incineration sparks notes review
Thousands of doctors' records in North Cumbria are to be examined to discover if there has been any rise in the numbers of patients reporting respiratory illness since the incineration of animals began in the area as a result of foot and mouth disease.
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An inspector called - and how one hospital responded
Not many estates and facilities directors will admit that their hospital fell into the 'bright red' category in the first round of PEAT inspections, but Bob Pepper, of Pembury Hospital in Kent, is that rare exception.
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GP charges would be 'bureaucratic nightmare'
A survey suggesting some GPs are in favour of charging patients for appointments in a move to cut time-wasting has been attacked by the NHS Confederation. Published in The Times, the survey was conducted by the doctors'website Medix-UK and attracted some 900 respondents. But it has provoked an angry reaction ...
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Too many dentists spoil the broth?
The run-down of NHS dentistry over the past decade could be a blessing in disguise, according to a controversial review published by the Consumers'Association earlier this month.
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On the crest of a new wave in West Bromwich and Sandwell
Patients in West Bromwich and Sandwell could be among the first to benefit from the new wave of ambulatory care and diagnostic centres.
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Bridging the gap
A move from NHS dentistry into private practice, combined with dentists'general reluctance to work in 'unattractive'areas, is leaving great swathes of the population without dental care. Lynn Eaton reports
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Sacked boss cleared of harassment sues trust
A chief executive sacked after being cleared of sexual harassment at an employment tribunal is to sue his former trust.
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Last-ditch push for social care bill
The government faces its toughest battle so far in its bid to push controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords this week.