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Turn and turn about
When a national sample of psychiatrists taking early retirement were asked what might have kept them in the NHS large numbers apparently replied, a change of government. Alarmed by the rising number of vacant consultant posts, a pre-election survey by the Royal College of Psychiatrists found members increasingly unhappy about ...
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In this 50th anniversary year of the NHS, one might have hoped for rather better from the Public Records Office. Come to think of it, one might have hoped for something... anything.
In this 50th anniversary year of the NHS, one might have hoped for rather better from the Public Records Office. Come to think of it, one might have hoped for something... anything.
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Chief medical officers tend to be remembered, if they are remembered, for some concrete achievement. In the case of Sir Kenneth Calman, who retires later this year, either the Calman-Hines cancer framework or even his work on improving the lot of the junior doctor would be a fitting testament.
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US and them
With the US pharmaceutical giants targeting the elusive UK market, the issue of whether drug companies should be able to advertise their wares direct to the public is more pertinent than ever. Caroline White reports
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Slow-acting remedy
A survey of community trusts found little movement towards evidence-based practice and considerable ignorance of the research and development strategy. Kimmy Eldridge and Nigel South report
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on the record
JANE KEEP is special projects adviser at the NHS Confederation and a fellow of Birmingham University's health services management centre. She has worked in the NHS for 18 years, including in acute units in Oxford and Bristol and at a nurse education college in Birmingham.
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Perfect specimen
Botanist David Bellamy with Jessica Oxley (left) and Kathryn Bonner at Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, where he opened a new gallery. It will house a collection of 600 earthenware drug jars which lined the shelves of pharmacies 200-300 years ago. The jars were used to boost an apothecary's status in ...
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The human factor
Trusts and HAs may not have the capacity to cope with the new human resources strategy. Mark Crail reports
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Spend more on services for severely mentally ill, experts tell ministers
Ministers must spend more on developing mental health services, targeting severely mentally ill people in deprived urban areas for intensive help, leading professionals urged this week.
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Don't stop praying
Rarely has mental health been more in the political eye; rarely has there been greater potential to improve mental health services.
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Dobson spends on 'rebuttal officer' as waiting lists soar
Health ministers have come under attack for spending thousands of pounds on a unit to defend government policy as waiting lists head for another record high.
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Dobson gives go-ahead to regional shake-up
Health secretary Frank Dobson gave the go-ahead this week for a shake-up of NHS regions in London and the south of England.
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It's not a letter of credit
At a stroke, health secretary Frank Dobson has removed the right of trusts to determine the pay and rations of their top teams.