Health Service Journal
2001-07-05
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A game fraught with dangers on both sides
COMMENT: Medical posturing and political opportunism imperil the health service -
Assault discourse
VIOLENCE: Increasing numbers of patients vent their feelings in violent attacks on NHS staff. Action is being taken to tackle the problem but, as Ann McGauran reports, success seems a long way off -
BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FLOOR
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By any means necessary
NEWS FOCUS: The NHS's compensation bill has to be cut - but how? A tariff system could be a solution, but would it work, asks Ann McGauran -
CHI to take public evidence on breast tests
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CLOSE CALL
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Cut and run
MANAGEMENT COSTS: The way management costs are calculated is confusing.And why is there no consensus on what the NHS needs to operate efficiently? John Appleby investigates -
Days like this - HSJ 4July 1991
NEWS: Funding delays. . .BUPA blames NHS. . .Ambulance delays. . .DoH adopts new language. . .Treatments under-funded -
DoH pushes 'whole-system'model as emergency service opportunity
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Free personal care adds to budget woes
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GP talks progress despite BMA anger
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Howling in the wilderness
PRIMARY CARE: The huffing and puffing is over. Keeping the wolf from the door will require drastic action by the government to recruit GPs, discovers Mark Gould -
IN BRIEF
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Inquiry follows Dando verdict
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Inquiry slams trust for 'closed thinking' that led to killing
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Keeping mum
CHILDCARE: For many parents, work is only possible once childcare has been resolved. So the NHS is wise to invest in more nursery places, says Claire Laurent -
Let's leave God out of it, Milburn tells managers
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Mood of confrontation clouds plans for private sector role
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NHS 'fixer'moves to troubled trust
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NHS reforms'put primary care's success at risk'
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Non-executive recruitment rules will address 'cronyism' accusations
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On the face of it
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Public services consultant lands key Milburn adviser role
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Pushing through the brambles
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Scene setting
TRAINING: The NHS is working with educational institutes to recruit the people who will eventually provide it with much-needed skills, reports Claire Laurent -
Secretaries lukewarm over report
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Secrets and lies
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Shortcuts: BMA calls for national injury-prevention agencies
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Shortcuts: Government push to reduce junior doctors'hours
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Shortcuts: Local government could play bigger part in health
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Shortcuts: Prescription charges putting off the chronically ill
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Shortcuts: Select committee urges 600-mile walk for health
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The wider picture
NEWS FOCUS: The weather conjured up optimism, but European Health Management Association conference delegates in Granada heard a depressingly familiar story of increasing patient expectation and staff shortages.Joanna Lyall reports -
When tomorrow comes today
NEWS FOCUS: Working together to drive the modernisation agenda. . .Was it a dream come true when management, finance and nurse trainees got together at HSJ's Future Leaders management challenge? Paul Stephenson reports
