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Coded message: don't DIY
The Read clinical codes fiasco showed up weaknesses in NHS funding and project management. But the fatal flaw was a stubborn insistence on ignoring US developments and going it alone, argues Peter Mitchell
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Community groups 'may desert HAZ'
Community groups have threatened to walk away from a health action zone unless there is more community involvement.
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Non-medical worthies would not necessarily be more cost-effective
Are public health doctors a waste of money? Readers reply to columnist Alan Maynard
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Scottish talks open cracks in pay system
Trade union leaders are to meet Scottish Office officials today to discuss the future of pay negotiations under the Scottish Parliament.
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Dangers of target practice
Surely the highlight of the NHS Confederation conference for managers was to hear a secretary of state for health say in an important speech that there was a need for 'high-trust' relationships within the NHS and a commitment to the 'learning organisation'?
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Standard deviation
The private sector is to get its own equivalent to the Commission for Health Improvement. Barbara Millar gauges reaction to the proposal
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We earn our respect - and without effective sewage systems, you would have died of the plague by now
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to express it. But Professor Maynard, who I have always respected as a fair and decent human being, has contravened the rules by which a free society exists and flourishes.
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Distant relations
A Highlands trust that has to communicate with GPs in far-flung areas is using an intranet-based system to send test results electronically. Peter Mitchell explains how it works
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DoH floats suspensions time limit
The government's review of consultant suspensions is considering proposals for a 12-month limit to control the 'inordinate amount of time' devoted to some cases.
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Drugs IT man for top NHS job
A pharmaceutical industry IT professional has been appointed as chief executive of the NHS Information Authority.
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Trial and error
The methods for best caring for people with severe mental illness are in the dock, but the evidence on assertive outreach and personality disorder is sadly lacking, reports Laura Donnelly
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Resistance fighters
Antibiotic resistance is a major problem for clinicians, but computer systems can help by automating testing and reporting procedures, writes Peter Mitchell
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Hutt outlines health vision for Wales
Members of the Welsh Assembly have been asked to draw up a new primary care strategy before the end of the year.
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Party time is here to stay
Nursing and politics Power through practice Edited by Abigail Masterson and Sian Maslin-Prothero Churchill Livingstone 249 pages £15.95
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What have we learned?
The first lesson was that producing a HImP was a huge task, with many other initiatives competing for resources.
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Speed merchant
The PCG tool kit Second edition By Roy Lilley Radcliffe Medical Press 144 pages £30
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Pooling resources
Perspectives in public health Edited by Sian Griffiths and David Hunter Radcliffe Medical Press 309 pages £25