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Saying it with flowers
Sickness absence is a huge problem in the NHS. But managers must offer more than gyms to show they care. Janet Snell reports
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Health spending
The government's method of arriving at the figure of 'over 20bn' extra for the NHS in the next three years breaks new ground in mathematics, says John Appleby
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How the savings were made
The orthopaedic inpatient cost for 1997-98 was 1,949 per finished consultant episode. The semi-fixed component of this was 908. Only semi-fixed costs are saved from a reduced length of stay: fixed costs (eg consultants) remain static and variable costs (eg drugs) are largely the same. The average length of stay ...
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Report made mischief out of reflections on the past
Your news story on In The Public Interest was at best mischievous, and at worst downright malevolent. The report rightly reflects on how community health councils need to look again at our role, and recognises that we need to be revitalised. Its suggestions are worthy of serious debate and discussion.
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Report made mischief out of reflections on the past
Your news story on In The Public Interest was at best mischievous, and at worst downright malevolent. The report rightly reflects on how community health councils need to look again at our role, and recognises that we need to be revitalised. Its suggestions are worthy of serious debate and discussion.
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WEB WATCH
Somewhere out there in cyberspace, someone shares your interest in the early history of health economics, the research possibilities inherent in The New NHS, or whatever it is that turns you on. Indeed, the ether is probably buzzing already with fellow enthusiasts sharing ideas. But how to find them?
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WEB WATCH
Somewhere out there in cyberspace, someone shares your interest in the early history of health economics, the research possibilities inherent in The New NHS, or whatever it is that turns you on. Indeed, the ether is probably buzzing already with fellow enthusiasts sharing ideas. But how to find them?
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The Department of Health paid 95.3 per cent of its bills on time last year
The Department of Health paid 95.3 per cent of its bills on time last year, meeting targets set by the Department of Trade and Industry. But the DoH will have to meet a 97.5 per cent target this year and a 100 per cent target next year, small firms minister ...