Health Service Journal
2002-02-14
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. . . but the odd grumble remains
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A day in the life
consultants' hours - Rescheduling consultants' working week can help bring them within the limit set by the European working-time directive.Sheila Will and Andrew Will explain -
Acute anxieties
general hospitals: Every district general hospital has suffered at least 15 years of neglect. Now it is time to empower front-line staff and overcome consultants' reluctance to join the modernisation agenda. Mike Pollard reports -
Board members can run but not hide
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Borough anger at NHS funding
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Can we please divert money from crazy recruitment ideas and spend it on some operations
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Cancelled ops plan under fire
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Cut to the Chase
news focus: What exactly was the sequence of events that led to the discovery of a backlog of thousands of ultrasound referrals at a north London hospital? Laura Donnelly unravels a curious story -
Days like this
Leaked memo. . .GPs excel in purchasing. . .Private sector expansion . . .Double whammy for women . . .RHA contracts torn up -
Events
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Franchise trusts claim to be victims of 'more NHS bashing'
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Future leaders on the fast track
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'Genial'Milburn's 'rottweiler' transformation
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Happy clappy
news focus: The New Health Network denies that its members are a bunch of New Labour luvvies out to hijack the healthcare debate.But they certainly have the ear of key government figures.So who exactly are these enthusiastic supporters of all things Blair -
Hopes high that publicity blitz will be shot in the arm for MMR jab
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Hunt 'must act to end NIC CE panto'
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in brief
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in person
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IT underspend 'will be cleared by end of this financial year'
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Junior doctors 'coerced' to falsify paperwork
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Labour denies widening of NHS charges
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Late delivery
news focus: Failures in psychiatric services tend not to attract public interest or political response.Two reports into major service failures relate an all-too-familiar story.Paul Smith reports -
Left and right jabs make MMR debate a sore point
opinion POLITICS -
Managers' code of conduct will not save incompetents
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Mergers 'suck up'managers' time
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Messages of support for Whittington. . .
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monitor
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MRSA bacteria infection figures released
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NHS Direct access pledge
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No NHS monopoly on the desire to care well for patients
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Patients left in the dark over anti-depressants
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Picture of Eiffel Tower was in mauvais go¹t
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Poor show for reform
books: Two reviewers share their thoughts on a report which argues for major changes to our taxation system -
Pressure of managing an ambulance trust may have nothing to do with the trust's size
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Prize guys
distinction awards: Women get disproportionately few; ethnic minorities may be short-changed; white men in 'glamorous'specialties get most. The distinction award scheme for consultants is in the process of radical reform, but the issues involved are compl -
Saving face
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Scottish boads still in deficit despite £90m cash injection
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Silence is golden
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Socialist perceptions of 'parasites' are unlikely to survive stark choice in a time of need
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Spot checks
news focus: As the MMR debate cranks up a notch in the wake of growing measles outbreaks, how much freedom does the public health community have to influence the course of events? Alison Moore reports -
THE PERSUADERS
Our weekly guide to healthcare's most influential people No 57 -
Training status PCTs' £3m windfall
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Unison looks to rock Milburn's foundations
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We can benefit from a positive attitude
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