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Change in account rules could spell the end for PFI
Strict new accountancy rules will mean the end of the private finance initiative in the health service, it has been predicted.
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Labour warned by academics on drift towards centralisation
Labour looks set to repeat a key Conservative error by imposing heavy-handed central control on the NHS, according to the most comprehensive review yet of the last set of reforms.
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Lib Dems: beware bringing the local touch to health Any pretence at providing a truly national service would be abandoned
People queued in the street to buy copies of Sir William Beveridge's weighty tome on establishing the welfare state when it was published in 1942; the BBC broadcast its recommendations to Europe in 22 languages. The fanfare greeting the Liberal Democrats' nine-page policy document, Moving Ahead, was a little more ...
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Unhappy returns for the NHS at 50
NHS Executive in association with the Doctor-Patient Partnership and the Health Education Authority 64 pages Free
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NHS year 2000 debugging 'on course'
The NHS Executive has hit back at parliamentary criticism of its year 2000 bug efforts, claiming that recent reports from trusts and health authorities show it is 'on course to meet its requirements'.
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Playing pool
Health minister Alan Milburn has proposed a pooled insurance scheme for trusts, but some argue it's a risky game. Seamus Ward reports
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Share options
The financial exchange mechanisms that will replace contracting are still unclear. Eugene Milne suggests a solution
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Monitor
As a loyal mouthpiece of the great helmsman, Monitor is always happy to pass on the thoughts of Chairman Frank. So here goes: there have been 'an alarming number of proposals for private hospitals since January', writes our Dobbo - who should know. He is particularly concerned at joint proposals ...
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Rising Welsh waiting lists 'unacceptable' says minister
Senior managers have been ordered to take a 'personal lead' in reducing Welsh waiting lists.
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The internal market
Despite a dearth of research on the internal market, John Appleby looks to two economists for their assessment of its effectiveness at reducing prices and costs
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Red herring
The time has come to overhaul the financing of general practice and abandon the current system of GPs' fees and allowances. Peter Old and colleagues use experience from the Isle of Wight to explain why
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Together a gain?
The Welsh NHS is about to be reunited with local government. But, asks Patrick Butler, how democratic will things be?
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Fast-track management training schemes
We are four management trainees based in North West region. As part of the education component of the scheme (MA, managing healthcare organisations) we are examining graduate fast-track management training schemes. If any
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Happy families or snap?
Family-friendly working initiatives are widespread in the NHS, but are managers matching policies to what staff really want? John Northrop finds out