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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 ...
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Shadowlands
People living in independent nursing homes are part of a shadow health service that falls outside the remit of CHI and the National Care Standards Commission. We must not ignore their care, says Chris Vellenoweth
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PFI-deal trust 'stretched'
The chief executive of a high-profile trust has admitted that its accident and emergency department was 'stretched to the limit' over the winter.
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monitor
Miracles don't happen overnight - well not without a shot of religious intervention - and despite all the glorious wonga heading towards the NHS, it could be some time before our nation feels the benefit. Which is where Monitor comes in, scooping up short cuts and cheap tips to drag ...
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Scottish nurses 'are still waiting for mobile phones'
Most community nurses in Scotland have yet to receive the mobile phones they were promised 14 months ago by then Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith to improve safety and efficiency. Community staff have been complaining that the phones are either not yet available or that staff have been asked to ...
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Peerage for Sir Leslie Turnberg
Professor Sir Leslie Turnberg (right) has been given a seat in the Lords, where he will sit on the Labour benches. Sir Leslie led the strategic review of London in 1998 that recommended that St Bartholomew's Hospital should remain open, and highlighted the 'woeful' state of primary care in the ...