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    Members of the Oxfordshire inter-trust recruitment and retention group

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Sharon Barrington Head of physiotherapy services, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Debbie Christian Professional development nurse, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre June Davies Chief dietitian, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Nettie Dearmun Principal lecturer/senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals/Oxford Brookes University Anona Glithero Senior nurse, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Claire Grout Continuing professional development pharmacist, Berkshire & Oxfordshire ...

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    Heaven can wait

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Innovation? Give us more. Grand plan? Let's start tomorrow. The New Health Network conference was painfully on-message. Maura Thompson was there

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    monitor

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Another answer to the first part of Monitor's ongoing quiz has whizzed its way through cyberspace. Peter Nicholas, who sadly does not say which part of the NHS he is from, but is probably a crossword fan, suggests that 'a step change is a pest'. Ah yes! And while everybody ...

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    Move over

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    It used to be a Bad Thing, but now it's a Good Thing. What has put an NHS 'takeover' of social services back on the agenda? Tash Shifrin investigates

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    In Person

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Caroline Wigley became chief executive of Birmingham Women's Health Care trust on 1 June. She has worked in the health service for 23 years and been director of operations at City Hospital, Birmingham, since 1996.

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    WEB WATCH

    2000-06-15T00:00:00Z

    A researcher posing as a middle-aged man who was already taking drugs for a heart condition found few difficulties in obtaining Viagra from one UK-based company as part of a recent Health Which? investigation into online medical sites.

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    Short Cuts: A&E will escape unscathed from £7m savings push

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    West Surrey health authority has pledged to leave accident and emergency services untouched at the start of a second phase of consultation on building a 'sustainable' NHS. The HA needs to find £7m savings on top of £11m already identified in the first phase of the consultation exercise. It had ...

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    24-hour access pledge

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The government's newly appointed mental health 'czar' has pledged to introduce 24- hour access to mental health services by April next year and phase out mixed-sex accommodation with-in two years.

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    Legal action and picket threat to HA over plans to dismantle PCG

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Doctors have threatened to take Manchester health authority to court over plans to break up a primary care group, while health visitors have warned they will picket the HA's headquarters in protest.

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    Short Cuts: Livingstone bides time on naming health adviser

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has yet to appoint an adviser on health, despite persistent rumours that the post will go to Geoff Martin, campaigns director of London Health Emergency. He recently told HSJ : 'I haven't spoken to Ken directly about this. He said some months ago I would be ...

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    Something in the air

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    It's a tricky role, but the head of the new Health Development Agency is confident that success is within his grasp. Laura Donnelly met him

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    Is the public ready for its personal hotline to Alan Milburn?

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Lyn Whitfield did the rounds in Winchester

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    Managers fear consultant alienation

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Managers reacted cautiously to the government's tough talk on consultants before and after the Rodney Ledward case.

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    In Brief: Resource allocation in Wales

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The national steering group set up to examine resource allocation in Wales has met for the first time. The group, led by Peter Townsend, professor of social policy at Bristol University, will report to the Welsh Assembly by September.

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    Short Cuts: New Assembly faces calls for ambulance funding

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Pressure group London Health Emergency is lobbying the capital's new mayor and Assembly in a bid to attract 'massive investment' to London Ambulance Service trust by renewing claims that it is the 'worst-performing urban ambulance service in the country'. Trust acting chief executive Peter Bradley said it was reaching 41 ...

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    Doctors launch professional and personal attacks on GMC

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Senior doctors launched an outspoken attack on the General Medical Council at the British Medical Association's consultants' conference last week.

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    PFI shake-up leads to beds 'crisis' row

    2000-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Clinicians and managers are at loggerheads over an alleged bed crisis at Hereford Hospita l.