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Part-timers' pension rights extended
The long-running battle over part time workers' pension rights, which could cost public and private-sector employers an estimated £10-17bn, moved a step closer to resolution last month.
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Dobson shows his hand as mayor hopeful
Health secretary Frank Dobson finally bowed to pressure this week and allowed his parliamentary private secretary, Ann Keen, to confirm that he will seek the Labour nomination for mayor of London.
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'Phone and go' dental schemes receive flak
Patient watchdogs have cast doubt on prime minister Tony Blair's pledge to provide 30 'phone and go' dentist schemes, saying pilots leave significant gaps in service.
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Plans for mental health could be hard to deliver, experts predict
Managers could find themselves struggling to deliver the new national service framework for mental health, experts have warned.
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Delay over managers' pay rise is 'political'
Most senior managers are still waiting for a pay rise this year, according to the annual survey conducted by Pay and Workforce Research.
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NICE put on defensive as ruling on Relenza ends in row over 'leaks'
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has defended its handling of the fast-track appraisal of Relenza, despite concern about the way news that the anti-flu drug had been turned down for NHS prescription this winter emerged.
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Treatment decisions lie in wait for new head of family division
A new head has been appointed for the High Court's family division, which deals with the most sensitive issues of medical treatment - those involving patients who may lack the capacity to take their own decisions.
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Days like this
Internal market dangers. . . Labour threat over reforms. . . RCN plea to managers. . . Princess visits Rampton. . . Pay wrangles for DoH. . .
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Pregnancy curb ideas criticised
Recommendations from the government's social exclusion unit to reduce teenage pregnancies do not address the 'key issue' of 'disadvantage and poor job prospects', an independent briefing paper has concluded.
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The odd couple
The chair-chief executive relationship is at the apex of a health authority or trust. Effective joint working by the two is widely seen as a prerequisite for effective board working and more general organisational effectiveness. Conversely, tension or poor working relationships can be detrimental to the performance of the board, ...
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DoH unveils remit of select committee staffing review
The Department of Health has set out the remit of the review of arrangements for NHS workforce planning announced by the government in the wake of the House of Commons health select committee's report on Future NHS Staffing Requirements. The review will be led by Judy Hargardon, chief executive of ...
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Perfect combination
False assumptions about the cost of combination drug therapies for HIV are skewing funding decisions. Mike Youle and colleagues argue that a new approach to analysing cost effectiveness is needed
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Hearing rejects constructive dismissal claim
A senior health board manager who claimed he was 'turfed out' of his job to make way for a new regime has lost his case for constructive, unfair dismissal.
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Private hospital chief slams insurance 'fix'
Private hospital network schemes have come under attack from rival providers and consultants, who claim medical insurance companies are disguising anti-competitive tactics beneath 'a cloak of unnecessary secrecy'.
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Managers 'left struggling by pressures of change'
Increasing workload and the pressure of constant change have left London's mental health managers struggling to implement government policy, according to a forthcoming survey.
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'Champion' of nurses is facing UKCC probe
A senior trust manager chosen to lead a regional taskforce to improve nurses' working lives is being investigated by nursing regulatory body the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.