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Senior Postings
Valerie Howell has been appointed chief executive of North and East Devon Partnership trust, a new mental health and learning disabilities trust.She was formerly director of the Centre for Mental Health Services Development in Wales and the south west.
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Winning ways
The government wants all trusts to have a patient-advocacy service by next year.Penny Dunman, a patient advocate for seven years, has tips on how to win friends and influence people
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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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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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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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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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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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Deacon predicts 'radical change'beyond re boards ejigged health
The Scottish health service will see 'radical change' way beyond current plans to create 15 unified health boards, Scottish health minister Susan Deacon told an HSJ conference last week.