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Report made mischief out of reflections on the past
Your news story on In The Public Interest was at best mischievous, and at worst downright malevolent. The report rightly reflects on how community health councils need to look again at our role, and recognises that we need to be revitalised. Its suggestions are worthy of serious debate and discussion.
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Report made mischief out of reflections on the past
Your news story on In The Public Interest was at best mischievous, and at worst downright malevolent. The report rightly reflects on how community health councils need to look again at our role, and recognises that we need to be revitalised. Its suggestions are worthy of serious debate and discussion.
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How the savings were made
The orthopaedic inpatient cost for 1997-98 was 1,949 per finished consultant episode. The semi-fixed component of this was 908. Only semi-fixed costs are saved from a reduced length of stay: fixed costs (eg consultants) remain static and variable costs (eg drugs) are largely the same. The average length of stay ...
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Health spending
The government's method of arriving at the figure of 'over 20bn' extra for the NHS in the next three years breaks new ground in mathematics, says John Appleby
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Saying it with flowers
Sickness absence is a huge problem in the NHS. But managers must offer more than gyms to show they care. Janet Snell reports
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I'd love to participate if only I could find out how
Can anyone tell me where an interested member of the public can obtain a copy of In the Public Interest? Last Friday, I telephoned the Stationery Office, which had never heard of it, and suggested I contact the Department of Health for an ISBN number.
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I'd love to participate if only I could find out how
Can anyone tell me where an interested member of the public can obtain a copy of In the Public Interest? Last Friday, I telephoned the Stationery Office, which had never heard of it, and suggested I contact the Department of Health for an ISBN number.
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A look at litigation fair and square
General practice employment handbook By Norman Ellis Radcliffe 184 pages 16.50
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A look at litigation fair and square
General practice employment handbook By Norman Ellis Radcliffe 184 pages 16.50
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NHS expertise can be transferred to the voluntary sector
As a former personnel director who was made redundant after 36 years in the NHS, I confirm, regrettably, that the picture presented by Christine Adams is extremely accurate and one which is experienced by a large number of employees who, increasingly, are forced to leave the NHS earlier than they ...
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NHS expertise can be transferred to the voluntary sector
As a former personnel director who was made redundant after 36 years in the NHS, I confirm, regrettably, that the picture presented by Christine Adams is extremely accurate and one which is experienced by a large number of employees who, increasingly, are forced to leave the NHS earlier than they ...