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Carry on at your convenor
MSPs launched a candid and very public attack on Scottish health minister Susan Deacon when the tapes kept rolling during what they believed to be a private session. Colin Wright reports
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Desperate scramble for cash at firstwave PFI hospital
Managers are seeking additional funding for a first-wave private finance initiative hospital due to open in less than five months' time.
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Five chairs, but no sofa
After six months in post, deputy health service ombudsman Hilary Scott reflects on her transition from the NHS to the civil service
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Welsh managers voice concern at savings drive
Managers in Wales have expressed concern at calls by Welsh health minister Jane Hutt for further cash-releasing efficiency savings when the health service is suffering major financial pressures and 'unprecedented' demand.
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Defence medicine hit by crisis of confidence
Constant change and lower rates of pay than the NHS have destabilised defence medical services and caused serious problems for trusts, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Short Cuts: Denham praises trust's ethnic minority recruitment
Health minister John Denham has praised Newham Community trust's health and race task group for helping stamp out racial discrimination by encouraging more people from ethnic minorities to work in the NHS. Speaking at a conference last week, Mr Denham pledged that the NHS would fight racism 'tooth and nail'.
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Days like this
Challenge to reforms. . . Third Executive board member quits. . .Nurse regrading 'failure'. . . Private foothold urged. . . 'Slap-up meal' row. . .
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Down on the farm
An outreach service for a rural population which finds conventional health services inaccessible has made pleasing progress, reports Thelma Agnew
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Safety drive is 'key' to rise in sectioning
The government's focus on public safety is 'key' to a sharp rise in the number of mental health patients sectioned in the past two years, say policy experts.
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Pack for PCTs is pulled by NHS Executive
The NHS Executive is being forced to withdraw an information pack for potential primary care trust board members that sparked a row in the runup to the launch of guidance on the governance arrangements for PCTs this week.
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Partnership under pressure as prison faces privatisation threat
The 'partnership' between the NHS and the prison service came under pressure this week when prisons and probation minister Paul Boateng warned Brixton Prison in south London to 'shape up' or be privatised .
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With friends like these. . .
Managers, GPs and politicians are the best of friends. Even rival national PCG organisations love each other really. Yet, somehow, the NAPC's conference wasn't entirely tension-free, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Regeneration game
A health authority which won special funds to develop its most deprived districts has lessons for other bidders. Barbara Millar reports
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Head to head
Is the NHS overlooking an important resource by making limited use of mentors? Janet Snell reports