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The drawing board beckons
Mental health policy must not be led by the hysteria of the tabloid press
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Troubled board appoints chair
Troubled Fife health board has announced the appointment of a new chair and chief executive.
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A cat among the pigeons
A proposal that NICE should evaluate the cost-effectiveness of expensive medicines before the NHS prescribes them is ruffling feathers. Lynn Eaton reports
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Sickness higher among London's ethnic minorities
The NHS and social care services are failing to meet the needs of London's black and ethnic minority communities, the Association of London Government has concluded in a report. Sick of Being Excluded says failure to provide translation services and to be aware of cultural differences means sickness and premature ...
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Proposal for huge ambulance service is 'recipe for disaster'
A proposal to create a giant ambulance service by merging seven trusts has been dismissed as a 'recipe for disaster'.
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All manner of disappointments
I normally enjoy good physical health but had the misfortune recently to fall ill while attending a course in London. I developed an infection following an operation. I was admitted to hospital and spent the next three days on a surgical ward of a large teaching hospital.
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'Airline' pilot scheme to go national
The government has announced a third wave of 'airline-style' booking pilots, extending the programme to every acute trust in England.
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Streets ahead
It is New Labour's 50th local initiative, but can the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal, which has public service provision at its heart, succeed where others have failed? Matt Weaver reports
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In brief: Medical Devices Agency
The Medical Devices Agency has issued a guide for managers and healthcare workers on the safe use of medical equipment and how to report adverse incidents.
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Unison call to suspend chief after race tribunal
Union officials are demanding the suspension of a trust chief executive after a manager won her claim for racial discrimination at an industrial tribunal.
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Flagship merger in doubt after HA queries growth cash 'mismatch'
A financial 'mismatch' could derail a health authority merger seen as a 'blueprint for changes elsewhere'.
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CHI pilot volunteers ruled out in favour of 'typical acute services'
All 10 trusts that volunteered to be the first inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement have been ruled out as pilot sites for the organisation's clinical governance reviews.
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Spring into action
Ray Bell (foreground) and George Telford, members of Gateshead Health trust's mental health service gardener's project, with a calendar they helped to produce.
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Voices off
A generous health secretary and a joking Opposition leader got warm receptions at the RCN Congress. It was when they left the stage that the dissent started, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Topsy turvy
Chief executives in overpaid, cushy jobs? Think again. The hackneyed image, says Seamus Ward, is being overturned by the reality of a high-risk, insecure, pressurised profession
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Spot on
Junior health minister Lord Hunt watches as nurse Susan Taylor applies a tar treatment to fire fighter Peter Kitts at the Prosser White dermatology centre at Leigh Infirmary, which the minister formally opened last week. Ann Le Rougetel White, daughter in-law of Dr Prosser White, a 19th century expert on ...