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Voices of dissent
Community health councils keep managers on their toes, says Steve Ainsworth, and should not be resented by health authorities
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Divide opens over PCG governance
Doctors' and managers' leaders divided sharply this week in their response to official guidance setting out governance arrangements for primary care groups.
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Hospital's future in doubt in wake of suspension of second doctor
A Scottish hospital at the centre of a row over standards of care has suspended a second consultant after a patient's death.
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Prima Donna
Without a newly defined role, there's real doubt that community health councils have a future. That's where Donna Covey, new director of the Association of CHCs for England and Wales, comes in. Lynn Eaton went to meet her
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Scots information strategy due in September
The Scottish NHS information strategy will be published in mid- September, the same month as those for England and Wales - if current deadlines hold.
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Every step of the way
When poliomyelitis struck teenager Gordon Palmer in 1950, the two- year-old NHS was there to see him through, and he remains a loyal supporter
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Unison strike threat hits PFI project
A strike ballot called over a private finance initiative scheme at University College London Hospitals trust has been condemned by managers as 'pointless and politically motivated'.
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Initial problems
Will the NHS profit at all from the turf wars between accountancy's professional bodies, asks Mark Crail
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'Iron law' of wealth
A better state of health A prescription for the NHS By John Willman Profile Books 297 pages 8.99
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Three of a kind: who's who
ACCA, founded in 1904, is an international body. It has 60,000 qualified members and 125,000 students in over 130 countries. About 24,000 ACCA-qualified accountants are outside the UK. Over half its students come from outside the UK and Ireland. Around 1,200 ACCA-qualified accountants work in the NHS and it has ...
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No pay rise for many private sector staff
Thousands of private sector healthcare staff will get no pay rise this year, even though employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill vacancies, according to a survey of more than 300 care and nursing homes.
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Message in a throttle
The Department of Health has not escaped New Labour's passion for news management. Patrick Butler reports on the department's high-profile spin doctor
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Monitor
Summer brings so many health risks that Monitor hardly dares get out of bed these days. What with public health and photo-opportunities minister Tessa Jowell's brave crusade against deadly cheeses, and chief medical officer Sir Kenneth Calman's wholly unexpected warning that 'consumers cooking burgers and similar minced meat products should ...
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In person
Patrick Boyle, director of facilities and procurement management with Haringey Healthcare trust in north London, has been appointed general manager of Westcare Business Services, a common services agency that provides corporate support to Western health and social services board in Londonderry.
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WEB WATCH
If your access to the wonderful world of communications technology comes from within the NHS, then you are most likely already aware of NHSweb. If not, http://nww.inform.nhsweb. nhs.uk will produce only an annoying insistence on the part of your web browser that the site has no DNS entry.
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700,000 bill for test scare
A Welsh hospital in a cervical cancer scare faces a potential damages bill of at least 700,000 from affected women and their families.