All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-02-25
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I want to tell you a story
Inviting NHS managers, staff and users to talk about their experiences revealed a culture of frustrated aspirations, bullying and lack of support. Stephen Pattison and colleagues report
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Recovery positions
Scotland's public health white paper goes much further than its green paper, writes Mark Crail
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Out of step
Joint working will prove a hard road if health and social services fail to recognise their very different cultures, says Annie Phillips
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Looping the loop
Information systems and technology - often linked only with number crunching - are vital to clinical governance and can help good clinical practice.
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Getting into the swing
It's time the NHS had a national curriculum for management development - but not a staff college, argues Chris Ham
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Local heroes get stuck in
What can communities do to improve health? Strong communities are a major goal of the Blair government. Its strategy for public health is organised around a three-way contract between the government, communities and individuals, with responsibilities set out for each. The green paper, Our Healthier Nation, cites neighbourhoods as one ...
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Survey shows fall in HA-funded IVF treatment
The amount of in vitro fertilisation treatment funded by health authorities and boards is continuing to fall, according to a survey for the National Infertility Awareness Campaign.
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Experiencing turbulence
They may not be under the same do-or-die pressure as their airline counterparts, but health service chief executives are finding their millennium headaches far from over, writes Mark Crail
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Shock exit follows shake-up at Fife
The chief executive of Fife health board is to leave. News of her departure came just two days after she had said management changes were necessary.
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Which doctors?
Who will make a good doctor, and how can you tell? With 6,000 extra medical school places opening between now and 2005, selection procedures are under the spotlight. Mark Crail reports
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Dobson will identify top executive talent
Health secretary Frank Dobson wants to create a national system for identifying and recruiting a 'cadre of highly-trained professionals' for some of the most demanding chief executive posts in the NHS, it was revealed this week.
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PPS with a Keen sense of determination
The thrill of being plucked from the back benches to become health secretary Frank Dobson's parliamentary private secretary is still fresh for Ann Keen. 'I feel like I'm at the centre of things. I still have to pinch myself really. It's brought a whole new dimension to being an MP.'
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Dangerous precedent
Home secretary Jack Straw's proposals for locking away people with 'severe personality disorders', in case they commit a crime, have enraged mental health campaigners. Laura Donnelly reports
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Indicators to cross over
NHS commissioners will be able to use proposed social services performance indicators to lever up standards of care, according to junior health minister John Hutton.
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PCT guidance slammed as 'confused'
Managers and clinicians have attacked key guidance on developing primary care trusts for being 'confused' and 'disappointing'.
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Commission to look at public interest watchdog role
An independent commission has been set up to 'identify the best way to represent the public interest in the health service'.