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Coe in limbo as prison job goes to outsider
One of London's best-known chief executives appears to have been left in limbo after a secondment to lead the prison service's healthcare taskforce was cut short and his post at East London and the City health authority filled.
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Managers and public are 'forces of conservatism' stifling change
NHS managers and the public are as guilty of stifling change as prime minister Tony Blair's 'forces of conservatism' in the medical profession, according to a leading supporter of the latest reforms.
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Milburn calls for new outpatient efficiency
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told trusts they must implement a new programme to improve the management of outpatient services and cut waiting times.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
NHS employers have been told that they should only consider international recruitment 'when its professional and service value can be clearly demonstrated' and 'it will have no adverse effects upon the recruit's home healthcare system'.
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'Widening gap' is blow to public health policy
The government's public health programme has come under fire after research found the 'biggest health gap' ever measured between the richest and poorest households.
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In Brief: NHS 'beacon' sites
A website has been launched giving details of the 290 NHS 'beacon' sites to help spread best practice. The sites are funded with £10m a year from the New Opportunities Fund.
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The bane of Fife
Top-level departures from the board, hundreds storming public meetings, ministerial intervention - what's gone wrong in Fife? Colin Wright finds out
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Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.
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Plan to cut back independent inquiries into killings floated
Independent inquiries into killings by mentally ill people would cease to be mandatory under draft proposals commissioned by the Department of Health.
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In Brief: East Kent health authority
East Kent health authority has decided not to challenge court rulings that the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital was negligent in not detecting cell changes in three women who developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Last weekend HA chair Francis Stewart wrote to the women apologising for ...
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Young people's diet 'was better' during post-war austerity years
Children ate a better diet in the postwar austerity years of the 1950s than they do today, according to research from the Medical Research Council.
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MPs want power to vet senior NHS appointments
MPs should have the power to vet senior non-executive appointments to NHS bodies in much the same way as US congressional committees hold 'confirmation hearings', according to an MPs' report.