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Health secretary Kenneth Clarke has dismissed calls for the Department of Health to take over responsibility for food policy from the Ministry of Agriculture. He told the Commons agriculture committee's inquiry into salmonella in eggs that liaison between the two departments worked well.
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East Anglian regional health authority is to pioneer white paper proposals on competition between hospitals. 'We have been talking about internal NHS marketing for 18 months. If this is the way the NHS is going to go, East Anglian wants to be at the forefront,' said a spokesman.
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The government has acknowledged it would be impractical to set up an NHS internal market 'overnight', in evidence to the Commons social services select committee. Its strategy was to create 'greater freedom for health authorities to ensure that the resources flow to those providers which attract most patients'.
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Paper cuts deep on morale
Mountains of guidance notes will take their toll on weary chief executives
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Trusts forced to join risk pooling in crackdown on insurance costs
The government has decided to push ahead with changes to the way trusts insure themselves against non-clinical risks.
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Remote control
It's like Grimsby, but quieter - and there are more penguins. When Derek Muhl upped sticks from Lincolnshire and went to run a hospital in the Falklands, he found that he could do things his way. He talked to Mark Gould
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People need reassurance they will not be 'struck off' for raising concerns
The complex clinical governance agenda is further complicated by the (welcome) emphasis on involving patients and the wider public in the debate. It is, however, one thing to espouse this as desirable, another thing entirely to make it a reality.
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Concern grows over 'command' culture
Senior managers have expressed concern about a return to a 'command and control' culture in the new NHS.
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Welcome for GMC vote on doctor checks
The General Medical Council's decision to require doctors to undergo regular checks on their competence has been widely
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Preparing for clinical governance: a checklist
Carry out an organisational stock-take. The trust or primary care group must test the efficacy of current systems that contribute to clinical governance, including clinical audit, risk management, audit of consumer feedback, and the development of clinical leadership skills.
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Carry that weight
From April, chief executives will be responsible to government for clinical services in their trust. What will this new burden mean? Barbara Millar canvasses the opinions of senior managers
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Carry that weight
From April, chief executives will be responsible to government for clinical services in their trust. What will this new burden mean? Barbara Millar canvasses the opinions of senior managers
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Hospital embraces clinical care
SEMA has launched a hospital information system that it claims will eventually support clinical care as well as patient administration systems.
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Campaigners slam detention orders
Proposals to lock up 'dangerous personality disordered individuals' indefinitely - even if they have not committed a crime - have angered mental health experts and human rights campaigners.
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Julian Nettel: 'The full story of Bristol has yet to emerge'
Concept and effect: 'The concept is a good one. But the name masks an almost endless series of questions that will only be answered as we all explore its meaning over time. As for its effect, the scary thing is that no one really knows the outcome of this as ...
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In brief
MPs from all three major parties have written an open letter to junior health minister John Hutton expressing concern that the government may discourage NHS funding of beta interferon. They want the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to draw up multiple sclerosis treatment guidelines 'as a matter of urgency'.