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The high price of success
Some GPs may be stigmatised as 'problem prescribers', but one presentation at the conference showed how following national guidelines by prescribing treatments which have accepted benefits for patients can threaten drugs budgets.
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The heart of the matter: Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust
Every inquiry is different. But classic ingredients appear to include at least one whistleblower, a culture of secrecy, and previous internal inquiries which have failed to bring about sufficient action.
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Nursing a grievance on a wing and a prayer
I took a call at the office on Sunday night from a Downing Street official who was keen to persuade me to write about the scale of investment which the government's three years of economic virtue have made possible.
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The go-between
Remuneration and a settlement won't always heal the wounds. Danny Lee looks at the reasons why mediation is seen as a more humane and less damaging way to deal with negligence claims
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Wight funding worries persist as single HA follows merger
A single health authority covering south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will come into being on 1 April, following the go-ahead for a merger of the existing authorities by junior health minister Gisela Stuart.
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Hamburger fills role with relish
At the age of 86 Sir Sydney Hamburger is back at work in the NHS - as its oldest employee. Sir Sydney, who chaired the former North West regional health authority from its inception in 1974 until 1982, has agreed to become non-executive director of the board of mental health ...
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A swing too far?
Paying the private sector to treat NHS patients raises issues of accountability, when things go wrong. John Holmes reports
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Extending shelflife
Promoting health in old age By Miriam Barnard Open University Press 176 pages £16.99
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Employing practice staff
The future for PCTs may include employing practice staff, taking on many more salaried doctors and even providing social care.
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Sacked Hillingdon dispute leader returns to work
The leader of the long-running Hillingdon Hospital dispute was last week back at work, two years after an employment tribunal ruled that she should have her job back. Malkiat Bilku led the three-year strike by 53 domestic and catering staff, and was sacked in 1995 for refusing to accept cuts ...
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Denham rules out re-tendering Dudley PFI project
Health minister John Denham has intervened in the long-running Dudley Hospital private finance initiative dispute by issuing a statement confirming the government's refusal to re-tender the project.Mr Denham's statement came last week as 600 mainly ancillary workers staged a 12-day strike, the sixth in their campaign against transfer out of ...
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'Superior' Scots NHS plan will demand speedy end to 'turf wars'
The Scottish health plan will 'differ from and better' the English NHS plan in key areas like tackling waiting lists, according to leaked drafts of the document seen by HSJ.
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Defence of the realm
Prince Charles, now apparently in tune with the zeitgeist, has been back to the BMA promoting integrated medicine.The NHS is catching up fast, reports Alison Moore
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Dear Mel. . .
What is the position with beef? Should I be serving it to patients and advising everyone not to eat it, or not? There is much confusing advice about, and I really don't know where to turn. Help.
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Days like this
A future Labour government would offer a 'new partnership' with NHS managers, shadow health secretary Robin Cook has promised. He said health authorities would have 'maximum freedom' within agreed targets to manage their affairs.'Labour's deal with NHS management will be based on a recognition that those working in the service ...