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More frills than skills
Patients love the trappings of private treatment, says Anne Christie, but they may be less safe than in the NHS
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More joined-up working is the way forward post Langlands
Better regulation of health service professionals, more joined-up working across agencies, and targeted action in selected areas to improve equity of access are all needed to build on the significant progress made by the NHS under Sir Alan Langlands, according to the public accounts committee.
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High risks, scarce talent leave NHS fighting to fill top jobs
One in four top NHS jobs is vacant - and the gaps at the 'top table' of management mirror recruitment concerns at trusts across the country, HSJ sources have warned.
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Neurology services failing to meet waiting target
The Liberal Democrats have launched a damning report on neurology services, claiming that only one in five hospitals is able to offer an outpatient appointment within three months and nearly half offering appointments at least six months away. Health spokesman Paul Burstow claims that an extra 200 neurologists are needed ...
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'Families know they have a timebomb to face'
Louis Appleby was appointed national director for mental health in April last year, with a brief to 'spearhead the government's drive to modernise and reform mental health services'.
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Means to an end
Abortions are easy to obtain - but there are wide regional variations in who gets access to NHS-funded services, reports Claire Laurent
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Fears of inaccurate figures overshadow measles drive
Public health directors are considering a London-wide campaign to encourage more parents to have their children immunised against measles, amid fears of an outbreak of the disease.
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Let's drink to that
Fears that the concordat between the NHS and the private sector will lead to privatisation are unfounded. It is more likely to be the nationalisation of private medicine, says Joan Higgins
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Labouring under delusions
In the 1940s health minister Aneurin Bevan retained private practice and NHS pay beds, which represented everything he opposed, as the price of establishing the NHS.But when Barbara Castle became social services secretary in 1974, she launched an all-out assault on private practice, the consultant contract, NHS pay beds and ...
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Record funding fails to slow Scots hospital debt
Scotland's hospitals are facing rising levels of debt despite record levels of funding from the Scottish Executive.
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Dear Mel. . .
At a recent Christmas party at our clinic I was approached by a doctor with a lewd suggestion. Try as I might, this medic wouldn't leave me alone. And, well, one thing led to another and we ended up in bed. Do you think this will damage our working relationship ...
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Days like this
Alan Langlands, who has been acting regional general manager of North West Thames RHA since David Kenny was taken ill last July, has been appointed to the post on a permanent basis.
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Room at the top puts NHS plan in mortal danger
Plethora of key management vacancies is creating leadership vacuum
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A tough nut to crack
'Nuts to be caged for life by docs'. The Sun is not renowned for its sympathetic coverage of mental health issues. And its piece greeting the launch of the government's mental health white paper just before Christmas had little space to examine the nuances of the overhaul of the 1983 ...
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Risk pooling cuts cost of trusts' insurance premiums
An estimated £30m will be saved from the cost of trusts' property and liabilities insurance compared to two years ago, as a result of the pooling arrangement for risk that now operates across the NHS, according to health minister John Denham. The schemes set up two years ago mean that ...
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When push comes to shove
Health authorities'powers are no match for the influence of clinical professionals when it comes to changing maternity care.Louise Locock and Sue Dopson explain
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Heartlands trust denies 'turbulence'in wake of chief executive departure
Chair of Birmingham's Heartlands and Solihull trust Paul Castle has denied that the trust is facing major internal management difficulties following the departure of former chief executive Robert Naylor to run University College Hospital trust in London.
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Delayed charter leaves NHS staff guessing on standards
A revised Patients' Charter - originally due to be published last October - has yet to emerge from the Department of Health, leaving NHS staff in a quandary about exactly what standards they are supposed to be working towards before the spring.