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    GMC votes for testing of doctors

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The General Medical Council has agreed to ask the government to introduce legislation to ensure that all doctors will have to demonstrate their fitness to practice every five years.

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    Events

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    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. E-mail: uli. jaeger@emap. com Due to pressure on space, publication cannot be ...

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    In the eye of the storm

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    How do chief executives cope when their hospital is suddenly thrust into the limelight during the run-up to the election? With calmness and consummate professionalism - apparently.

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    Fever pitch

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    NHS United is perilously close to being kicked out of the premier league. Only by allowing the players to get on with the game can the club have any hope of satisfying its supporters.

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    Playing hard to get

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The fourth HSJ Management Challenge was predictably tough - but 30 highly competitive teams got plenty out of it, reports Paul Smith

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    monitor

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    'If interesting is mad, then I do not want to be interesting. ' Monitor couldn't agree more, and indeed is proud to reveal that he has never been accused of either trait. But health secretary Alan Milburn (quoted above) seems rather touchy on the subject. He made the comments in ...

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    in person

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Clive Brookes has been appointed chief executive of Ashfield primary care trust, having been chief executive of Ashfield primary care group since it was formed in April 1999. Keith Rees has been appointed chair of the trust and Dr George Ewbank executive chair.

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    THE PERSUADERS

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Our weekly guide to h healthcare's most influential people No 22

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    Waste not , want not

    2001-05-31T00:00:00Z

    human resources

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    Trusts sign up to '£4bn club'

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

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    Days like this - HSJ 23 May 1991

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Conservatives criticise Guy's trust chief. . . Finance director warns HAs. . . Obstetric services axed. . . Hospital slates management consultants. . . Paperwork slows down GP

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    Major concerns about minors

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    BOOKS: Consent, Rights and Choices in Health Care for Children and Young People By the British Medical Association BMJ Books 280 pages £19. 95

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    BMA faces accusations of hypocrisy over ballot

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

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    Dial M for. . . medical advice

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    NHS Direct has handled 5 million calls since its launch in 1998, and surveys show overwhelming user satisfaction. But has its impact lived up to expectations, asks Seamus Ward

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    Advocacy questions need to be asked

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    LETTERS

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    Patient advocacy

    2001-05-24T00:00:00Z

    LETTERS