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    HUMAN RESOURCES - MATRONS

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    'Meticulous in details on which the life of a patient depends' 'In general, matrons are over-conscientious and not good at delegating. They have not been trained in management and their training as nurses - meticulous in details on which the life of a patient depends - leads in a contrary ...

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    Passing the hat round

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Imperial College medical student Sam Keech, based at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, joined other students, doctors and managers in modelling at a fundraising event in aid of Macmilllan Cancer Relief. The event, at the university's new Sir Norman Foster-designed building, coincided with London Fashion Week.

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    Pound of flesh

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The huge cost of obesity to the health service is increasingly well known - but is the NHS partly at fault in failing to provide the level and type of services needed? Alison Moore reports

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    Fast-track re-think on privatisation

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    COMMENT: A second term may see a fresh approach to NHS management as we know it

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    Key trusts fail targets though others do well

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Trusts in some parts of England are failing to meet targets on the number of patients waiting more than 12 months for surgery, though the best performers are progressing at a much faster rate than that demanded by their regional offices.

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    What happens when systems fail

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    What's gone wrong with health care?

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    Events

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Items are entered free for public sector, voluntary and professional organisations, but we need at least six weeks'notice of your event. Please send details to Uli Jaeger, HSJ, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7EJ. Fax:020-7874 0254.

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    DoH moves to extend role of private sector to pathology

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The government is poised to extend the role of the private sector to clinical services from this summer, with a series of publicprivate partnerships in pathology services piloted across the country.

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    SHORTCUTS: Grim figures on life expectancy for deprived Scots

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Life expectancy is 10 years lower in the most deprived areas of Scotland than in the more affluent areas of South-East England, according to the latest report from National Statistics. The report of life expectancy by local authority for 199597 showed that the highest male life expectancy in Glasgow City ...

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    Decisions due on top job vacancies

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

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    Trust to strike PFI deal for x-ray equipment

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

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    Days like this

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    HSJ 28February 1991 - NHS Executive shake-up. . . Caines gets Guy's key job. . . Fundholding rethink. . . Cash curb on GPs in hospitals. . . Emergencies clampdown

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    Trust goes on defensive over 'damning' report

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Stockport trust has defended itself against criticism from local MP Andrew Stunell following a Mental Health Act Commission report, which he described as 'damning, to say the least'.

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    What's cooking

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

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    Consultants' contract talks grind on

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association and the Department of Health are expected to start negotiations soon on the final shape of the new consultants' contract.

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    SHORTCUTS: Mental health forum to shake up communication

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Views of mental health service users for the National User Forum will see meetings taking a back seat, the forum's first gathering decided. Professor Louis Appleby, national director for mental health, said: 'It ought to be possible to contribute to the forum in different ways, through correspondence and we are ...

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    Two hours to clinical focus

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Clinical effectiveness A practical guide for the community nurse By Cheryll Adams Community Practitioners'& Health Visitors'Association 84 pages £7. 50 to members of CPHVA, £10 to non-members This practical guide booklet is a wonderfully easy-tofollow text, managing to combine practical procedures or steps with clear explanations of the underlying theoretical ...

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    SHORTCUTS: Pensioner claims human rights violation over move

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    An 89-year-old woman is claiming her local council has violated the Human Rights Act by trying to transfer the old people's home she lives in to a private trust. Flossie Hands, who lives in Birmingham city council's Florence Hammond Elderly Home, has served a writ on the council, backed by ...

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    Soft changes, hard work

    2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

    OPINION: WALKING TALL