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Series of scandals leads to 'legal duty of quality' move
Hospital managers will face legal action if clinical care fails to meet acceptable standards, health minister Alan Milburn announced this week.
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Drugs theft hospital doctor found guilty
A doctor who injected himself with drugs stolen from his employers in a bid to cope with excessive hours was found guilty of theft and illegal possession by magistrates last week.
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Dismissal of a dinosaur
Events at the National Blood Authority last week carry a far-reaching symbolic significance. Health secretary Frank Dobson's very public dismissal of NBA chair Sir Colin Walker is destined to form a memorable milestone on the long trek from the Conservatives' market-based NHS to New Labour's so-called 'modern, dependable' one.
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Taste of a different vintage
Do they still make 'em like the old days? Barbara Millar on some memorable managers
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Be part of the deal
Junior doctors have a poor knowledge of the New Deal, so how can they know if it is being implemented? Nicola Cooper explains how trusts can get them involved
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'Carrot and stick' to cut waiting lists
A £32m performance fund has been created to encourage health authorities to meet new waiting list targets.
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HAs ordered to get primary care groups sorted by July
Managers' leaders, health unions and GPs this week welcomed new guidance from the government on the future shape of primary care commissioning.
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RCN calls for free long-term care for elderly
All older people should have free long term healthcare, the Royal College of Nursing said this week in evidence to the Royal Commission on long-term care for the elderly.
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Building up confidence
Reactions to the announcement of 11 new hospital developments, 10 funded by PFI, vary from 'great news' to 'reckless'. Lyn Whitfield reports
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In Brief: PAS system
North Hants trust and Loddon Community trust have ordered a £1.75m PAS system from local supplier SMS. The system includes SMS's clinical and management information system Infocom.
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In Brief: Heart Hospital
London's newly built private hospital, the Heart Hospital, has opened a telemedicine facility in conjunction with Interclinical Telemedicine Network, even before it has begun admitting inpatients. The partnership began receiving live case data in March from the El-Maadi military hospital in Cairo.
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In Brief: United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust
Guernsey's board of health has joined United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust in installing Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG package for hospital system support.
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In Brief: Denise Platt
Denise Platt, head of social services at the Local Government Association, has been appointed the new chief inspector of the social services inspectorate of the Department of Health. She succeeds Sir Herbert Laming and will take up her new post in July.
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In Brief: David Pace
David Pace has retired as finance director of the South Thames region after a 44-year career in the service. Mr Pace began working at Friern Hospital in 1954 and is believed to be the longest serving finance director in the NHS.