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Days like this
Health authorities will not have completed genuine separation of their purchasing and providing functions by the government's deadline of next April, according to King's Fund fellow Chris Ham. He predicts it could take three years. His report for the NHS Management Executive, Holding on While Letting Go , says: 'It ...
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Korner data pioneer dies
NHS information pioneer Edith Korner and her husband Professor Stephan Korner have been found dead at their home in Bristol. Police do not regard the deaths as suspicious.
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How to be a 'devious cynic' in five easy steps
'Managers still fail to recognise that all this guff about managerial standards and processes is spin doctoring'
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Something completely different
The NHS plan could be the death knell for regional offices, or it could mean they'll be busier than ever. Mark Gould assesses their future
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Cut to the chase
The NHS has long been thought of as a soft touch for criminals. But now managers are being given the chance to catch fraudsters. Mark Gould reports
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Specialists call for extra cash to remedy geriatric care's 'failings'
Geriatric care specialists called yesterday for NHS funding for care homes to be doubled to tackle 'haphazard' services.
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Nursing unions to call for major pay increase
Unions are to call for a 'substantial'pay rise for nurses and midwives in evidence to their pay review body next month, amid warnings that the workforce is 'still in decline'.
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HA board could face 'coup' by community
Lincolnshire health authority leaders who faced a referendum calling for them to stand down are now being threatened with a 'coup' by community-nominated replacements.
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Government gives go-ahead on 'Diane Blood' cases
The government has decided to allow a father's name to be recorded on a child's birth certificate when his sperm has been used after his death and to allow changes to be made retrospectively. This will allow Diane Blood, who fought for the right to use her dead husband's sperm ...
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Talks begin on body to scrutinise social care
The government has launched a consultation exercise on proposals to end the 'postcode lottery' of social care by creating a new body equivalent to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Firm under attack for costs will bid for TV and phone contract
One of the prime contenders for a multi-million-pound contract to provide a television and telephone at every NHS bedside has been criticised for the cost of the service already provided at some hospitals.
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Beta interferon appeals flood in
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has received eight appeals against its decision on the use of beta interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Scots call for ban on amputations of healthy limbs
Scottish polticians have called on Scottish health minister Susan Deacon to initiate legislation preventing the amputation of healthy limbs anywhere in Scotland following an application by Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, to carry out the procedure at a private hospital. Mr Smith caused controversy earlier ...
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Health managers to allocate budgets for CJD care
Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson has advised health managers to use Health Act powers to create pooled budgets that can be 'activated when necessary' to care for Creutzfeldt Jakob disease sufferers. In guidance for healthcare workers on dealing with the disease, Professor Donaldson says patients with degenerative conditions, such ...
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Service of all talents
Job opportunities in the health service for people with learning disabilities are growing - and proving beneficial to employer and employee, writes Harriet Gaze