All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-05-13
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Monitor is delighted to hear of a planned VIP visit to London by Sir Bernard Tomlinson. Apparently the man who reviewed the capital's health service back in 1992 was 'delighted' when the idea was put to him, and former London Implementation Group boss Bob Nicholls is currently canvassing for volunteers ...
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Key recommendations
Encourage good leadership: for example, through education in core curricula.
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Key points
Special hospitals are facing their third major upheaval in a decade with their proposed assimilation into mental health trusts.
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Picking up the pieces of software headache
Further to your news story, 'Failed software fiasco costs hospital £64,000', (page 6, 15 April), the original contract between ICS Medical and Leicester Royal Infirmary trust was struck by sales and technical personnel who left the company shortly afterwards to join a competitor organisation.
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POLITICS MICHAEL WHITE Great expectations - but not a map in sight
What surprised me most as polls closed on Super Thursday wasn't the speed of William Hague's slap-down for Alan Duncan over his alleged 'back to the drawing board' candour in the New Statesman. Neither the gaffe nor the slap-down really amounted to much. No, it was the way in which ...
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Private emergency unit set up in Surrey
A new company is aiming to create a chain of private 'emergency care units' for people willing to pay to bypass long waits in NHS accident and emergency departments.
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Public health white paper due soon despite rumoured rows
The government's much delayed public health white paper is now expected at the end of the month, despite continuing tensions between health officials and 10 Downing Street over some of its key proposals.
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NAO finds dramatic fall in NHS deficits
Health authority and trust deficits have been dramatically reduced, according to a National Audit Office report that also passes the NHS's accounts unqualified for the fourth year running.
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Days like this
Thatcher warned of white paper stress... managers 'threatened with sack'... Clarke denies U-turn on GP contracts... grading jam...