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Galbraith takes aim at SAHC 'watchdog' role
Scottish health councils fear their independence and their credibility with patients could be undermined by government attempts to make them give up their 'watchdog' role.
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Antibiotic resistance 'critical' as pressure affects hygiene
Pressure on hospital beds and changes in cleaning contracts have contributed to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, a government report has concluded.
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A&E closure at Guy's sparks 'strain' warning at St Thomas'
Closing the accident and emergency department at Guy's Hospital in south London will put 'unbearable strain' on neighbouring units, it has been claimed.
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Northwick Park shows how a hospital can adapt to a developing future
I found Ann Dix's article, 'Concrete issues' (cover feature, 30 July) very good stuff - concise, interesting and fair.
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Staff absenteeism
I am researching the recruitment problems and absenteeism rates of domestic staff and would like to know what experiences other trusts have had.
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Chief executive leaves as 13m deficit looms
The chief executive of a London teaching hospital heading for a 13m deficit has left her post.
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It takes two to tango
What makes the relationship between chair and chief executive successful? Andrew Wall describes how a series of interviews with some of these 'couples' revealed the importance of personal compatibility
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Swindon
Swindon has a justifiable claim to be the birthplace of the NHS, says John Cannon, communications manager of the National Monuments Record Centre. 'The Great Western Railway's Medical Fund, set up in the late 1840s with a cradle-to-grave approach to healthcare, was a key inspiration for Aneurin Bevan.'
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Pay pitfalls
While progress on a new NHS-wide pay system is faltering, there is still a lot of common ground between unions and managers.
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Passing the screen test
Computerisation can remove almost all the potential errors in cervical screening. And, says Mark Gould, it can increase productivity threefold
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monitor
The Monitor award for this week's most entertaining press release must surely go to the British Psychological Society. It tells us that 'pooches are probably not psychic'. It is nice to know scientists have the time and resources to carry out such important research. A team from Edinburgh and Hertfordshire ...
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A life of their own
Amid the excitement over the start of primary care groups, it is widely assumed that Primary Care Act pilots will be assimilated into the new system. But some pilots are determined to continue to build on their successes. Thelma Agnew reports
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Interviewees
These came from three health authorities and seven acute, community or specialist trusts. They included:
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Red herring
GPs' terms of service and fees are set out in the 'Red Book' first published in 1966 as a slim booklet. It now covers 82 sections and about 70 separate fee rates. Angela McCullagh and others say it is time to get rid of it
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Pioneering integrated mental health services
With reference to Elizabeth Bayliss's letter (9 July), recommending that services should work jointly, we feel it important to point out that in Hackney we are almost unique in having had jointly provided mental health services for the past four years.