All articles by Paul Smith – Page 8
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Capital's health divide widens
Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report.
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Capital's health divide widens
Health gaps between rich and poor are still growing across London, despite the government's much publicised pledge to cut them by 2010, according to a report.
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Abroad consensus
NEWS FOCUS: Refugees and asylum seekers may be in poor health when they reach Britain.But after a period of NHS care the health of some has actually deteriorated, reports Paul Smith
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Dead weight
NEWS FOCUS: CHI moved in to investigate heart and lung transplantation at a London hospital following a disturbing number of patient fatalities. Paul Smith reports on its wide-ranging recommendations
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A very big cheese
Sir Donald Wilson, who died this month, inspired fear and respect in equal measure. Paul Smith charts the career of an ‘NHS hero’, renowned for his passion, his flamboyance - and his dairy farm Aspirations to a New Labour no-blame ‘modern and dependable’NHS were unlikely to appeal to Sir Donald ...
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Triumph for best practice as A&E trolley waits are slashed by NPAT
Trolley waits at 16 accident and emergency departments have been slashed through an initiative headed by the National Patient Access Team.
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The old grey superheroes
NEWS FOCUS: Managers want to do good, too.But the bean-counters and the clinicians do not always see eye to eye.Paul Smith reports on research into what motivates managers and medics
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'No threat' to GMC from new assessment body
The General Medical Council has insisted that it does not see a longterm threat to its role as a regulatory body from the newly created National Clinical Assessment Authority.
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A virtuoso performance
conference focus : Conductor and management guru Benjamin Zander got the conference off to a 'transformational'start by getting delegates singing, clapping and joining hands.Paul Smith was there
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No-fault system may end NHS defensiveness but push up cost
A no-fault compensation system, one of the options to be considered as part of a radical shake-up of the clinical negligence system, could leave the NHS paying out even more to the victims of medical mistakes.
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The Windsor change
NEWS FOCUS: Labour's back with a vengeance. What did the Queen's speech reveal about its ambitions for health in the second term? Paul Smith reads between the lines