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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.
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How having a knees-up can do a world of good
A colleague answered the phone for me the other day. He left a message saying, 'Russell of Kensington rang - he can't make it tonight.'
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NHS scanning going out to private sector
The Society of Radiographers is calling for government action to stop the 'creeping privatisation' of NHS scanning.
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Giving people what you want
Campaigners have accused a health authority of pre-empting the results of public consultation on its reconfiguration plans.
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Genning up on genetics
In the disruption surrounding the setting up of primary care groups, the cutting of waiting lists and the merging or closing of hospitals, it is easy to ignore what is on, or just over, the horizon. Genomics falls into this category.
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Waiting games
Health secretary Frank Dobson said 'hospital waiting lists have fallen by 45,000 over the past three months'.
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Scant evidence that performance-related pay is a motivator for staff
Performance-related pay and job evaluation
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Heroic effort of NHS in Omagh tragedy
I was glad to see HSJ reported on the tragedy of the Omagh bombing and the heroic efforts of staff at Tyrone County Hospital and other hospitals in Northern Ireland (News, 20 August). The way colleagues in Omagh in particular dealt with the results of this carnage is an example ...