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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
So you finally managed to get your home computer linked up to the Internet over Christmas.
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Ministers take their time, while we run to meet consultation deadlines
The time permitted for consultation exercises appears to be shrinking. Traditionally, responses have been sought over three months or more. In at least two recent instances (Partnership in Action and the Caldicott report on guardians), the time allowed has dropped to around six weeks.
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Good communications The Helen McCallum guide
'Communications isn't rocket science. For an organisation, presenting itself and explaining itself is exactly the same as for an individual. I have relationships with lots of people based partly on who I am, partly on what I say, partly on how I present myself and partly on how I explain ...
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Long-running fluoride legal dispute ends in climbdown by water firms
Health authorities have welcomed a water industry climbdown on adding fluoride to water supplies.
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Going for Gold in the Welsh valleys with multidisciplinary primary care
Jo Carlowe's article on medical staffing ('Asian few' page 30-31, 3 December) highlights a major problem facing many of the most deprived parts of Wales. The staffing indicators on the age-profile of GPs make particularly gloomy reading.
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Bunker mentality
The DoH rebuttal unit is a potential flashpoint for government media relations. Mark Crail explains how it works
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Bottoms up for GPs
Gill Malbon and colleagues ('Onus points', pages 28-29, 19 November) are right to say that GPs are only starting to recognise the implications of clinical governance.
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Hitting the bottle
Violent attacks are down 20 per cent in Cardiff and the city's achievements could be a template for other trouble hotspots,
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Crossing the borders
I was interested in the new shared post for the public health director in Solihull (News Focus, page 14-15, 3 December).
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Male managers 'thwarting workplace nurseries boon'
The NHS could save up to £51m a year by introducing family-friendly policies such as workplace nurseries, which would also encourage more women staff to stay in their jobs or return after having babies, says a survey.
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Pay review bodies look set to snub government
Recommendations on nurses' and doctors' pay are being finalised this month amid speculation that the review bodies will award at least 5 per cent on basic rates, despite pressure from the government to limit rises to 'affordable' levels.
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Make the insurers foot the bill for car crashes
A year ago, the medical records department at the hospital I worked in was instructed to recover money unclaimed from road traffic accidents.
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Parity begins at home
The NHS has traditionally encouraged other bodies to tackle social inequalities. But health services can make a difference directly, not least among their own staff. Jeremy Hawker explains how
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Time to ask: is your meeting really necessary?
I read Alan Bedford's letter (10 December) regarding the constraints imposed by the EU working-time directive with a wry smile. I do not know Alan from Adam, and I am sure his colleagues will tell me he is conscientious and committed, but I cannot help noting that all he is ...
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Ring in the new as Denham starts with a clean slate Milburn's successor arrives without the baggage of manager-bashing
With one bound he was free. By Christmas eve, Alan Milburn had been relieved of the trials and tribulations of the new NHS reforms for a seat at the Cabinet table as overlord of all public spending - thanks at least in part to the proof copy of a forthcoming ...