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Clinical governance 5 April, London The Health Quality Service with the support of the National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services is holding a conference on 'Developing effective clinical governance practice in the hospice movement: influencing the government's thinking', looking at current best practice in hospice clinical governance ...
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GPs split on local financial incentives
Divisions have emerged between GP organisations about primary care incentive payments, with concerns raised that the scheme has by-passed the usual consultation process.
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Framework must be more than good intentions
But its success depends on attitude changes beyond ministers' control
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Public health still languishing in the 'ghetto'
Public health risks falling behind fix-and-mend medical services in the race for resources, despite government talk about dragging it 'from the ghetto', according to a report from the Commons health select committee.
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There is Methodism in their gladness
A choice well made Mutuality as a governing principle in residential care By Leonie Kellaher Centre for Policy on Aging 112 pages £15
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Moving the goalposts
A surgical directorate's approach to setting comprehensive targets for consultants has increased the number of patients treated and boosted confidence, say Kath Craig and Bill Thomas
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Lord Hunt in hospital safety plea
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has called on trust boards and senior managers to end the 'traditional neglect' of basic hospital safety issues such as cleanliness and infection control.
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Money where the mouth is
At last week's HC2001 conference, junior health minister Gisela Stuart struggled to close the gap between rhetoric and reality on NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield reports
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monitor
If There is anything that surpasses Monitor's deep interest in all matters clinically governant, It is his love of literature. So it was with pleasure - and, indeed, awe - that following Northumberland Mental Health trust's recent agony aunt-style guide ('Dear Diary, my girlfriend and I have been going out ...
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It never rains but it pours
Parliament is awash with legislation - recently passed or in the pipeline - that has enormous implications for the health service. Tash Shifrin reports from an HSJ conference that tried to keep delegates afloat
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THE PERSUADERS
Name: Dame Rennie Fritchie Job: Commissioner for public appointments Style: 'Wonderfully human'scourge of cronyism who 'cares very much about the NHS'.Colleagues say she's 'warm, empathetic'and 'absolutely fantastic - everyone falls under her spell', though she has been 'hard-nosed and tough' in pursuing allegations of cronyism.Her scathing report on NHS appointments ...
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Time to remember
The learning disabilities white paper is being trumpeted as a revolution in care that will bring an end to the NHS's neglect of the forgotten generations. Thelma Agnew reports
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On the shelf
Hospital mortuaries are not subject to mandatory inspection and have been under-resourced for years.Now specialists warn that Bedford Hospital's 'bodies on the chapel floor'scandal could easily happen elsewhere. Barbara Millar reports
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£10m private bid to run pathology labs
A consortium has presented a £10m private sector proposal to run pathology laboratories in Greater Manchester to four trusts in the area.
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Disgruntled GPs will not be bought off with £100m. . .
. . . but government's long-awaited focus on primary care is welcome
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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The knock-on effects are high if GPs want to engage in the new mental health agenda
Ann Richards and her colleagues (letters, 1 March) have finally let their guard slip and revealed the real reasons for their polemical stance ('Eye off the ball', page 27, 25 January).
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Aggrieved GPs hit out at reel lives, but genial Dr Tone has got time to chat
Days before Tony Blair took it upon himself to address the Royal College of General Practitioners on the sensitive subject of frontline services, I was talking to one of Alan Milburn's advisers about the morale of doctors.
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Analysis of Lib Dem health plans got the good news right - and the bad news wrong
Paul Stephenson's 'Election 2001' news focus ('Spot the difference', pages 12-13, 8 March) gave welcome coverage to Liberal Democrat plans for more training places for doctors, nurses and therapists; more beds; more scanners; pay rises for low-paid NHS professionals;