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Strategy 'schizophrenic' over mentally ill
Government attempts to satisfy 'middle England' and health service staff have led it to create a 'schizophrenic' mental health strategy, according to a leading policy analyst.
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From showpiece to shambles - St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
The average hospital maintenance problem is likely to pale into insignificance compared with the latest catastrophe to hit the showpiece low-energy hospital on the Isle of Wight.
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Sorry, got to go... I've run out of working time
I received the NHS circular about the European working- time directive on Monday morning.
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A few points IHSM leaders forgot to mention
I must thank Institute of Health Services Management president Peter Homa and chair John Brunt for their reply (Letters, 19 November) to my letter
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Why not stress the demands on managers?
I was surprised that the recent report from the Institute of Work Psychology was given such a low profile (News, page 3,
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Trust faces pay-out for death of heart patient
Norfolk and Norwich Health Care trust faces a fine of more than £20,000 after admitting breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act, causing the death of a patient.
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Country and western
Critical challenges for healthcare reform in Europe Edited by Richard Saltman, Josep Figueras and Constantino Sakellarides Open University Press 424 pages £19.99
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Mediation's time has come
Is there a message for the NHS in the agreement by 14 insurers in the professional indemnity field to use mediation rather than litigation to settle claims when possible?
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Cold remedies
As winter pressures begin to bite, one health authority is better able to cope, thanks to multi-agency workshops which also involved local elderly people.
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League tables omit half the clinical indicators promised by ministers
Fewer than half the clinical indicators promised by ministers last year have been included in revamped NHS league tables published this week.
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Revolution comes full circle
Rethinking IT and health Edited by Jo Lenaghan Institute for Public Policy Research 160 pages £7.50
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Tobacco white paper focuses on preventing child smoking
New measures to try to prevent children starting to smoke were expected to be outlined today in the government's long-awaited tobacco white paper.
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Chiefs' pay rises crash through limit
Northern Ireland health minister John McFall has ordered a review of trust chief executives' pay after annual reports disclosed that 16 out of 20 have received increases exceeding government guidelines.
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'Fantastically different': Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Five years since the opening of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Pam Castro still gets people saying: 'Oh my God,