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New guidance issued to spur joint working
The determination of ministers to force closer co-operation between health and social services is underlined in the first ever joint national priorities guidance, issued last week.
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No happy returns
Health minister Alan Milburn wants to encourage trained nursing staff who no longer work in the NHS to return. But is the number of would-be returners really as many as he would like to believe? Mark Crail reports
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Private health industry is 'in turmoil'
Private healthcare is 'an industry in turmoil' and the government's 'lack of interest' means the NHS 'is not maximising its opportunity', according to industry analysts.
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Performance indicators
On the eve of new performance indicator frameworks, John Appleby says much useful information remains to be extracted from existing statistics
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A job for strife
The health service commissioner has been investigating patients' complaints for the past 25 years. Richard Oswald, a former NHS manager, looks at the office's past, present and future.
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Plaster makes perfect
Christine Smith, a technician from Calderdale Healthcare trust, applies a new form of plaster cast at a four-day workshop in Bradford. The technique uses a single material and results in shorter, lighter and more comfortable casts than traditional methods.
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Money's too tight to mention
One of the most fiercely opposed hospital merger plans has failed to deliver the promised millions in of pounds in savings. Last week, managers met the public to explain why. Lyn Whitfield was there
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monitor
Who says the NHS Confederation never upsets anyone? The row after its pay evidence featured on Radio Four's To d a y programme as 'previously unpublished' proof of a nursing crisis had to be heard to be believed. It seems Confed boss Stephen Thornton anticipated an uproar and tried to ...
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Widdecombe sets out stall in right-wing vision for NHS
The Conservatives broke 16 months of near-silence on health this week to emerge with a bold, distinctly rightwing vision of a 'core' NHS, supplemented by private healthcare.
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Nyes not Tonies
An award for good practice named after the founder of the NHS was one of the 'appetisers' thrown to Labour delegates at Blackpool, but they made it clear that pay is still the key issue. Patrick Butler reports
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On the record
PHIL GRAY became chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy this summer. He was formerly head of labour relations for the Royal College of Nursing.
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WEB WATCH
Rumour and speculation are rife during times of change, says Manchester health authority chief executive Neil Goodwin. And the best way to counter them, of course, is to provide access to reliable and comprehensive information - which is just what the HA is doing with its new website.
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Complaints about equal opportunities do not paint the whole picture
Your news story on equality practice (page 2, 10 September) pointed showed many trusts not turning policy into action.
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London still needs to address:
the large number of premises requiring upgrading or replacement;
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GPs set to benefit from telephone advice ruling
Health authorities could have to pay thousands of pounds in back pay for GP telephone advice, following a landmark ruling by the NHS appeals authority.
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Government efforts to improve care in the community will fail unless shortages of supported and secure accommodation are remedied, according a report.