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Managers moonlight to make up for low pay
Half of NHS managers do not think they are well paid and one in 10 has a second paid job, according to a Unison survey published as part of its campaign for higher pay.
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Top trust is left without a leader
One of Scotland's most prestigious trusts has been left without a chief executive after new recruit Malcolm Stamp announced his intention to stay on at Norfolk and Norwich Health Care trust.
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Key points
Research in Birmingham involving GPs, the health authority and the local medical committee found support for umbrella arrangements for some primary care group functions.
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Proud of our record of treating homeless people and helping to rehabilitate them into society
Having read your news story, 'Homeless using A&E due to poor GP access', (page 7, 17 December) I felt compelled to write about the reality of working with the homeless population.
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Hancock's half hour
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock gives blood at the RCN's central London headquarters.
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GPs' retainer scheme 'offers model for NHS'
A £3m project to promote part-time work in general practice could be 'a model for the NHS', leading GPs have argued.
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Future Perfect: the findings
Change takes time - despite a great amount of activity, there was little transformation in services.
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Mental health plan 'failure' exposed
The government's radical overhaul of mental health policy fell victim to inertia, short-term thinking and underfunding when put to the test in a two-day simulation exercise.
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Enquiring mind
The late Brendan Devlin's contribution to evaluating surgical practice was ahead of its time and has had a lasting impact. Kaye McIntosh reports.
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Projects Editor
We are looking for a new member of the team to help develop a range of activities branded with the HSJ name. Part of this role will be to establish how wide-ranging these activities should be, but we expect they will cover conferences, debates, seminars, awards, online services, briefing papers, ...
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'Urgent' Scots intensive therapy unit report due
Scottish health boards ordered to review provision of intensive therapy and high dependency units must report to chief medical officer Sir David Carter next month.
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There is little evidence that psychiatrists can treat personality disorder
Michael Howlett (letters, 26 November) makes a strong case for psychiatrists to become more involved in managing psychopathic disorder. But he treats it as a single entity, which is understandable as many psychiatrists (including HW Griffiths, to whose letter he was responding) talk about it in this way. It is ...
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When stuck in a hole, the thing to do is stop digging
Labour's mental health policies may lead to inertia and short-termism
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Rushed deadline for three-way merger
Hospital managers in Kent have been ordered to merge three acute trusts in less than four months.
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Days like this
Anticipating Mrs Thatcher's NHS white paper... junior doctors' hours... nurses' grading appeals... suspended doctors...
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Culture shock
Paddy Cooney seems particularly well qualified for his job as chief executive of the Avalon Somerset trust, due to become the integrated mental health provider Somerset Partnership on 1 April.