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Chief departs after confidential report
A confidential inquiry into allegations relating to waiting-list figures at South Warwickshire General Hospitals trust has led to the resignation of chief executive Andrew Riley, despite the fact that problems found were 'not serious' and no disciplinary action was planned.
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A sense of balance in the wake of Alder Hey report
Growing public distrust of medicine must be assuaged not encouraged
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Alder Hey legacy will be law on consent
Trusts which illegally retain organs may face criminal charges and fines following the report into Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
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All change: suspensions and resignations
Retired education adviser Angela Jones, formerly chair of Liverpool Cardiothoracic Centre trust, has been appointed as new chair of Alder Hey. She took up the post on Tuesday.
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Of mice and moose: a gut feeling over antibiotics out in the field
The bacteriology of moose, deer and bank voles is not a topic often mentioned in the pages of HSJ. When I tell you that a study from rural Finland reported in Nature (4 January) has shown that gut bacteria from the faeces of all three species are almost completely devoid ...
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Staff consulted before trust appoints new chief
One of the four Birmingham trusts which had been without a leader has appointed a new chief executive following a process of consultation with staff. University Hospital Birmingham trust has appointed Mark Britnell, the trust's director of operations, who had been acting chief executive since the departure of Dr Jonathan ...
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RCN's bid for healthcare assistants
The RCN's decision to open up its membership to healthcare assistants could see the biggest shake-up in the health trade-union movement in a decade. The controversial proposal was overwhelmingly carried by the annual general meeting in October. But it is strongly opposed by a minority.
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Labour's deal: an at-a-glance guide to the Scottish solution
Susan Deacon's original proposals:
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NI fundholding axe delayed
GP fundholding will not be abolished in Northern Ireland until at least April 2002, after the Northern Ireland Assembly voted to accept an amendment to the Health and Personal Social Services Bill calling for a delay.
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McLeish vows 'no backsliding'on free care
Scottish first minister Henry McLeish has confirmed his intention to make personal care as well as nursing care free for people in nursing and residential homes, as recommended by the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care.
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Benchmarking exercise heralds 'big leap forward' for pay system
Staff organisations have hailed a benchmarking exercise beginning this week as the 'first really concrete leap forward' in introducing a new pay system for the NHS.
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Councils'overspend blamed on rising cost of children's services
Increased spending on children's services is the most significant single contributor towards a £205m overspend by councils, a survey has revealed.
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Breast-screening unit target of fourth inquiry
A radiology department which has already been the subject of three separate inquiries into mismanagement is to be the subject of yet another inquiry, this time into its breast-screening unit.
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In brief
Only one in five trusts believe they will meet government 'zero tolerance'targets of reducing violence against staff by 20 per cent before April, while reports of violence against NHS employees have gone up by 22 per cent, according to a Health Service Report. Most trusts use CCTV and security guards ...
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Revalidation: which camp are you in?
Spotlight on General Practice By Sally Irvine and Hilary Haman Radcliffe Medical Press 222 pages £18. 95