All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-06-22
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The way that you do it
Most questions at the CHI roadshow concerned the operation of reviews. Gillian Bean, from a local patient support group, asked how CHI proposed to gather the opinions of organisations such as hers.
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WEB WATCH
Remember Alasdair Liddell? He jacked in his job as planning director at the NHS Executive to go off and work for a dot. com. If you're wondering what he's up to these days, he's a director of iMPOWER, 'the provider of choice for online solutions to enable the citizen, entrepreneur ...
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'X'marks the split
Unison is rethinking its relationship with the Labour Party and there are signs it may be moving towards a more oppositional stance. Tash Shifrin reports
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Professional scrutineers
The professions modernisation action team is chaired by health minister John Denham.
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Taking a pounding
The increasing use of private beds for mental health patients is costing the NHS a fortune and demoralising community services staff. Alan Simpson reports
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in person
Stephen Coneys is new director of primary care for Birmingham health authority. A former state registered nurse, he has been working as assistant to the chief executive and head of contractor operation. Mr Coneys, a leading mountaineer, says he has 'experienced and learned from some spectacular failures including frostbite and ...
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Smoking targets too low: MPs
A scathing report on the tobacco industry from the Commons health select committee has condemned the government for failing to match antismoking rhetoric with action.
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Race lost on points
Black healthcare staff are victims of discrimination under the discretionary points system for pay, a survey claims. Ann McGauran examines how fair the arrangements are
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No kidding
With district general hospitals doing less paediatric work, there are worries that they no longer have sufficient expertise. Is it time for all children to be treated in specialist centres, asks Stuart Smalley
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Sticky wicket for jambusters
Imaginative thinking must be the hospital menu planner's bread and butter
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Ombudsman hits out at Internet relegation
A furious row has broken out between the health service ombudsman and the NHS Executive over the circulation of ombudsman's reports.
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Towards good practice
A highly motivated workforce equals high-quality patient care, says the RCN. Key motivators are 'proper' financial rewards and good human resource policies such as family-friendly working. But equally important to nurses is access to professional development and training.
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A year to get in gear
The ombudsman has warned that NHS trusts have a year to complete investigations - or risk him stepping in before procedures have been exhausted .
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Politicians would do well to be as forthright as WHO
Ministers' vision of the NHS should be as open as the World Health Report