All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-11-30
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Right on target
An enterprising scheme to help mothers in one of the most deprived areas of the country is being staffed by members of their own communities. Barbara Millar reports
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A problem shared
It's pooled budgets with a difference in one part of east London, as the NHS helps social services withstand swingeing cuts in service provision. Tash Shifrin reports
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monitor
Parallels between Princess Di (as was) and finance directors are rare. Colin Reeves would never have called himself 'the people's finance director' - it wasn't in his nature. Yet news that the NHS' top bean-counter is to pack away his scientific calculator for the last time has shaken the foundations ...
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The long and winding road
Race, culture & ethnicity in secure psychiatric practice Working with difference Edited by Charles Kaye and Tony Lingiah Jessica Kingsley 284 pages £18.95 paperback
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Type-righting lessons
The huge rise in the type-2 diabetes population - and the introduction of major new drug treatments - is set to pose some increasingly tough management decisions, writes Jenny Bryan
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Proposals unveiled for Scottish independent sector
Plans for improving the regulation of Scotland's independent healthcare sector have been unveiled by Scottish health minister Susan Deacon. The proposals have been developed following responses to the Scottish Executive's consultation paper, Regulating Private and Voluntary Healthcare, which was published earlier this year. They include the regulation of private hospitals, ...
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Giant gorilla in their midst
For a primeval swamp, New England isn't a bad place to be in mid-October: the trees are trumpeting their extraordinary colours against a bright blue sky.
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Take the shock out of the future
Business planning for healthcare management Second edition By Carolyn Semple Piggott Open University Press 164 pages £18.99
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Finders, keepers
Can the UK's largest employer solve acute staffing shortages in all sectors? Jeremy Davies reports
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Figure skating without ice
Reference cost data that should reveal all never discloses full story
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At face value
The team guide to communication By John Middleton Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd 213 pages £19.95
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The new drugs and how they work
Until recently, the question of which comes first in type-2 diabetes - loss of pancreatic function or development of insulin resistance - was only of academic importance, since there was no effective treatment for insulin resistance.
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Supernurse jobs double as wage shortfall leaves posts unfilled
The government is under fire for doubling the number of nurse consultants as the posts are not attracting the £40,000-plus salaries promised by prime minister Tony Blair.
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Gardening leave 'inadequate system for solving disputes'
Senior NHS managers, many of whom are living with the threat of suspension because their face no longer fits, need a formal procedure for when things go wrong.
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Ribbon development
With still no sign of the government's long-awaited HIV strategy, and downward pressure on funding, campaigners are losing patience. Jeremy Davies reports