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Government would win the war - but lose the goodwill
Milburn should be wary of alienating doctors ahead of the election
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Giving some microbes a helping hand in the struggle for survival
Now here's a smart way of shielding the body from harmful bacteria: use friendly microbes to do it for you.
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Jobs for the girls
Bradford health authority is working on new ways of developing staff on a multidisciplinary basis - and tackling recruitment problems at the same time. Jan Lee, assistant head teacher at Belle Vue School in Bradford, is on secondment to the HA two days a week. She has set up initiatives ...
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Legal threats suspend regional fix on PCT jobs
North West regional office has been forced to suspend the appointment of new primary care trust chief executives after it faced the threat of legal action after claims that the procedure was flawed.
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Milburn promises first health inequality target
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced the first national target to reduce health inequalities.
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Wales' NHS plan unimpeded by members'cold feet
Welsh Assembly officials say implementation of Wales'NHS plan will go ahead 'from now', despite Assembly members' refusal to ratify it last week. Debate on the plan was adjourned before the vote, after members raised a series of concerns, particularly over the lack of specific targets. Conservative William Graham moved an ...
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For our eyes only
The NHS Litigation Authority has valuable information on individual doctors which it should release to employing organisations, says Kieran Walshe
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Evening out the odds
With the help of a training and staff appraisal system, Nottingham City Hospital trust has overhauled the way its staffing in theatre is arranged. Traditionally, the nurses would only work for the surgeons and the operating department practitioners for the anaesthetists. Each had different responsibilities and was on different rates ...
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Getting even
The NHS is the biggest employer of black and ethnic-minority staff, yet that is not reflected at management level. Lorraine Foster and Sarah James explain how one trust is trying to redress the balance
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Nurses may monitor drink or drug-crime prisoners
Nurses may be asked to work in police cells in a bid to improve the monitoring of prisoners arrested for drink or drugs offences. Police chiefs in Cheshire are considering the move as part of a plan to introduce centralised 'custody suites' staffed by qualified nurses, cutting the risk to ...
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New solutions loom for problem that weighs down health services
The long-term hazards of being severely overweight are many, but the simplest remedy, reducing calorie intake, is the most arduous; so researchers go on hunting for more exotic but kinder solutions.
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Down to the nitty-gritty
The government has given a clear commitment to improved training. The NHS plan, issued in July last year, says: 'The strength of the NHS lies in its staff, whose skills, expertise and dedication underpin all that it does.
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'Minority of one'chair resigns in wake of NHS plan difficulties
The chair of a leading West Midlands trust which reported 'turbulence' over the implementation of the NHS plan has resigned after finding himself in 'a minority of one' on the board.
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MPs pour scorn on 'dental hit squads'
Plans for a dental hit squad met howls of derision from MPs last week.
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Fine delivery
The technicians will bring us all the information we want, but it will not be any good unless we know what to do with it. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Digging deep
Internal and external reviews, plus pressures ranging in source from the RCN to CHI, mean the Oxford Heart Centre is still struggling to win back confidence. Ann McGauran reports
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Dear Mel. . .
Your otherwise excellent summary of the career of Nye Bevan (8 February) was lacking in just one respect - his deep devotion to the cause of improving audiology services on the NHS. As you will know, it was dear old Ernie himself who said that, as minister, he felt that ...
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Wheeler dealers
The ever-tightening grip of hospital-acquired infections is leading many experts to call for a public health role within trusts. Ann McGauran reports