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Emergency ambulance services still poor, says Audit Commission
Ambulance trusts which hit national targets are still offering a 'persistently poor' service to some people, says an Audit Commission study published today.
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IHSM members need to know the truth about its troubled finances
Recent correspondence on the subject of the Institute of Health Services Management has prompted me to go back over this summer's reporting of news from the institute in HSJ, now the institute's only source of regular media profile.
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Take a walk on the wild side
Does a trade union background help prepare you for management? As the TUC meets this week in Blackpool, managers who were once activists talk to Patrick Butler
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Super idea puts paid to talks
Managers are miffed that they were not forewarned about the government's 'nurse consultants' plan, and are wondering how it will affect the already complicated pay discussions.
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Hidden talents
You have spent six years training in medicine, then get a reasonable job. You work hard for a number of years, then suddenly your world is turned upside down. There is a revolution and you are forced to work for the rebels, treating the injured. You escape, but fear for ...
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Fraudbusters making 'substantial' progress
Health authorities are making 'substantial progress' in beating contractor fraud, according to a survey by the Health- care Financial Management Association.
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Northern Ireland at risk from fraud
Northern Ireland could be losing millions of pounds a year through fraud in primary care, a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office has concluded.
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Farewell to internal market folly Did it really exist? And has it gone for good?
It preoccupied the NHS's 1 million staff for years on end. It provoked heated debate among the public - and their implacable suspicion - on a scale rivalled only by the poll tax. Now it's consigned to the dustbin of history it appears not to have had much impact on ...
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Euro health policy will target poor
A new European-wide health policy, setting targets for reducing health inequalities between east and west and rich and poor, was due to be ratified by health ministers in Copenhagen this week.
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Scottish GPs demand more say in reforms
GPs have called for a bigger say in the government's reform of the Scottish health service.
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UCLH in court victory over Unison strike
One of London's largest trusts has won a last-ditch court battle to avert strike action planned for next week.
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Stroke resource pack puts condition on map
Could I congratulate HSJ on two excellent articles on stroke and especially 'Pressure Point' by Carol Cooper (Managers & Medicine, 27 August). She really hits the nail on the head. For too long stroke has been the Cinderella condition. The Stroke Association is pushing for better services for patients, and ...
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HA launches community-wide network pilot
Kingston and Richmond health authority this month launches one of the first of the community-wide network pilots promised by The New NHS white paper.