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There is a third way: 'muddling elegantly'
Desperately seeking solutions Rationing health care By David Hunter Longman 224 pages £14.99
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Short Cuts: Healthcare workers top suicide risk list
Healthcare workers are prominent among the occupational groups most likely to kill themselves, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and ward orderlies are in the top 10 groups of women most likely to take their lives. Among men, doctors, dentists and pharmacists ...
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Corps services
After a critical report on military health services, army and civilian staff at an MoD hospital unit in one NHS acute trust are soldiering on together, writes Lyn Whitfield
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Tone of contention
Attacked by the press and dogged by controversy, South Africa's health minister, who will be speaking at next week's NHS Confederation conference in London, is, nonetheless, a gutsy reformer. And she's not afraid to take on her critics. Pat Sidley reports
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Short Cuts: RCN launches union rights consultation
The Royal College of Nursing is consulting its members on the Fairness at Work white paper, asking whether they agree with its view that union negotiating rights should cover professional issues such as patient care. Josie Irwin, of the RCN's labour relations department, says views put forward will feature in ...
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Establishment man is new chair at King's Fund
The King's Fund moved this week to reaffirm its establishment credentials with the appointment of former Department of Health permanent secretary Sir Graham Hart as its new chair.
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Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common cause of death in the UK - around 80 per cent of patients die within a year of diagnosis. New guidance says the focus should be on prevention, palliative care and specialist teams. Arabella Melville and colleagues repo
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Bristol deaths prompt call to re-test doctors
The public inquiry into the heart baby deaths set up in the wake of action against three Bristol doctors should consider forcing consultants to requalify every five years, a leading health policy analyst said this week.
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In Brief: Plan to cut number of Welsh trusts
Public consultation has started on plans to cut the number of Welsh trusts from 29 to 15.
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In Brief: Survey of infertility service
A survey of clinicians working with infertile couples has found that eight out of 10 would welcome national guidance on infertility policy and six out of 10 believe the government should provide a fully funded service. The survey is part of a report which concludes that 'treatment by postcode' is ...
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In Brief: Mencap report on NHS
The NHS is failing people with learning disabilities, according to a Mencap report. It says they are missing out on health checks and specialist services, and women are 'being left out of ' cancer screening programmes. Hospital staff have 'scant understanding' of learning disabilities, it claims.