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What they say about primary care groups
Mark Millar, finance director, Suffolk health authority
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All aboard?
Senior finance managers are increasingly worried about how primary care groups will work. Lyn Whitfield reports on an exclusive HSJ/HFMA survey
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King's Fund overspends by pounds2m
The King's Fund overspent its budget by more than pounds2m last year as changes brought in by new chief executive Julia Neuberger began to take effect. But it still has investments worth pounds150m to cushion the blow.
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this week
Sylvia Diggory, the first ever NHS patient, shares a 1948 leaflet introducing the new service with Terry Waite at a 50th anniversary concert in Manchester. Ms Diggory was a 13-year-old patient at Park Hospital, Trafford, where Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS, and was picked to be part of the occasion. ...
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Widdecombe returns in Tory reshuffle
Outspoken right-winger Ann Widdecombe has been made shadow health secretary in a reshuffle of the Conservative front bench.
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in person
Mark Taylor (above) has been appointed chief executive of Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital trust. Mr Taylor was formerly chief executive of the Royal Brompton before its merger with Harefield. Former Harefield chief executive John Hunt becomes deputy chief executive and corporate management director of the new trust. Other appointments ...
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The snazzy new NHS Primary Care Group Alliance is a lobby group in tune with the times. Picking up the government's new emphasis on health promotion, its press launch eschewed the wine, nibbles and danish pastries that often feature at such events. Instead, hacks were offered mineral water. And just ...
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Models of perfection
Small general hospitals will have to adapt and change if they are to survive.
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Sour note on a milk run that seems to run and run
As you read this, several passenger transport vehicles and their crews from the local ambulance service will most likely be at your hospital waiting to take home patients who are probably being assembled at a central collection point. But it makes no economic, logistical or humanitarian sense to continue to ...
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WHAT'S IN A PROFESSION, FROM ONE WHO KNOWS
Peter Heaton's amusing letter (14 May) raises an interesting issue. My own perception of a 'health professional' is someone who has chosen to spend their career in a healthcare setting, and has trained to do a healthcare job.
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Key Points
Small general hospitals can adapt to changing demands in a number of ways. These include expanding day-case work and increasing outpatient services.
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THIS IS A HYPE-FREE WAY TO STAY UP-TO-DATE
Congratulations on the publication of Managers and Medicine (30 April). I found it accessible, hype-free and, above all, a good read. It is a timely reminder of the principles that underlie all our work in the health service.
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Income and health
INEQUALITIES ARE AT THE CENTRE OF LABOUR'S HEALTH AGENDA, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND WEALTH IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, ARGUES JOHN APPLEBY
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Royal family values
Royal family values: harnessing 'all the knowledge and skills available to us' from both orthodox and other medical traditions was 'not a wholly revolutionary proposal', Prince Charles told a conference organised by the Foundation for Integrated Medicine. But he recalled that his well- known sympathy for complementary medicine had caused ...
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What residential and nursing home staff earn
The PSPRU surveyed 1,271 nursing and residential homes, covering 39,116 staff, of whom 15,146 were care assistants. It found:
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ARE PCGs A GIANT LEAP OR A LEAP IN THE DARK?
The authors of the article on primary care groups ('The cultivated commissioner', pages 26-27, 30 April) helpfully highlight that the success of PCGs depends - among other factors - on 'the capabilities, commitment and skills of the primary care professionals chosen to run them'.
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Council fraudbuster to join NHS
The fraudbuster who sacked 120 members of staff at Lambeth council for corruption, and saved it tens of millions in misappropriated funds, has been made 'fraud supremo' to the NHS.