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£6. 3m deficit-trust's board 'was warned'of cash crisis
A leaked report into England's highest trust deficit has concluded that danger signals pointing to the trust's impending financial crisis were 'not hidden'from its management board.
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'£5,000 pay gap between some nurse consultants'
There are stark differences in the starting salaries paid to nurse consultants, according to a survey carried out by analysts Industrial Relations Services. The survey found marked geographical variations, with average pay in Eastern region at £35,031, almost £5,000 more than in North West region, where minimum salaries average £30,155. ...
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WEB WATCH
We all love protocols and guidelines. They're so New NHS, and they provide the perfect defence when something goes wrong. Now, thanks to the publishers of those old treeware-based Guidelines and Guidelines in Practice, you can consult them without ever having to visit the hospital library.
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Dr Julie Hollyman is chief executive designate of the new West London Mental Health trust, which will come into effect next April. She is currently chief executive of Broadmoor Hospital Authority, which will merge with Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health trust to form the new organisaton.
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The worst times are over. . .
. . . but the challenge begins for the new president of the managers' organisation, the IHM. Claire Laurent reports
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Older Monitor readers may remember the relaxing sight of the potter's wheel which was shown on the BBC between programmes in the old black and white days. It would have been less relaxing perhaps if the potter had been working on a commission by Orkney health board. For Scotland's smallest ...
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Knock knock
Healthcare assistants may be making headway in their battle against the 'second-class'stigma - and that could mean them finally winning RCN membership. Thelma Agnew reports
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Modernisers are just the usual suspects
The NHS modernisation board seems, as the DoH admits, to consist largely of 'the people you would expect'. But, asks Claire Laurent, can they be truly independent? Why the overpowering emphasis on acute hospital issues? And what happened to partnership wi
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Towards the ideal
Thirty years ago when I was a student of healthcare organisation we were taught that the ideal healthcare system in the world was the NHS.
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For good measure
Integrated care pathways are gaining prominence nationally, not least as a now-recognised precursor of clinical governance. In 1997 Dorset health authority sponsored Dorset Healthcare trust to begin a personalised care management development programme centred on the development of integrated care pathways. We feel that this approach in mental health is ...
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DoH rips up rules on paperwork
GP paperwork will be 'slashed' under new guidelines which mean doctors will no longer have to keep paper records of information stored on computers.
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Foolish gamble would signal decline of NHS
Shadow chancellor Michael Portillo confirmed this week - if any confirmation were needed - that the NHS will play a pivotal role in the next election campaign. The Conservatives would top Labour's unprecedented health spending bonanza, he pledged. Clearly healthcare's propaganda value is now at an all-time premium. But the ...
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Dear Mel. . .
I watched the prime minister on television at the Labour conference. What does he mean when he talks about 'larger roles for nurses'? Isn't this just another way of diluting professional input and getting nurses to do even more?