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Senior doctors needed on the spot
David Lawrence and colleagues should be congratulated on their careful analysis of the management of emergency hospital admissions ('Over the threshold', pages 26-28, 11 February). Their findings make clear that increasing the number of available hospital beds is not always the solution to current difficulties, and that insufficient attention has ...
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Report finds misuse of district nursing services
One in 10 referrals to district nursing services could be inappropriate, according to an Audit Commission report.
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Sir William Macpherson's definition of institutional racism
'The collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racial stereotyping.'
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Days like these
National bargaining on way out... warning over GPs' contracts... Dobson's PR demand... White paper gagging claims... Fears over Guy's
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
The millennium approaches, and our thoughts lightly turn to computer failures. So it is good of the London Ambulance Service to be so free with information about what happens when an emergency service's information technology systems crash, as its own did in 1992.
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Is the tail wagging the dog when it comes to planning patterns of service delivery for the future?
How big should hospitals be? Different reports have produced different answers. And because new hospitals have been built with little or no regard to their conclusions, the NHS continues to boast a capital stock with wide differences in size and variety.
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How to be a Mohel: training and examinations in the theory and practice of Jewish circumcision
I was interested in your article 'One for the boys' (pages 26-27, 21 January) about NHS clinics for circumcision.
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Insurance pooling: a cautionary tale
Municipal Mutual Insurance is often referred to in public sector finance circles as a lesson in the dangers of insurance pooling. The company stopped trading in September 1992 after the intervention of the Department of Trade and Industry, which was worried about the level of Municipal Mutual's reserves. The company ...