Health Service Journal
2002-03-07
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180-mile round trip to private hospital by taxi
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Action plan will tackle delayed discharge
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BBC angle insulted us
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Broad welcome as human cloning gets go-ahead
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CHI attacks 'inaccurate' story
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Closing the door after the cart-horse has bolted
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Covering managers in glory?
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Days like this
Labour would make HAs fund aftercare. . Glasgow board agrees 'patient hotel'. . Trust federation snubbed. . Special hospitals complaints shake-up -
Dear Mel. . .
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Emap launches magazine for senior public sector managers
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E-procurement deal for trust
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Events
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Fighting chance
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First the good news. . .
wait watcher: The reduction of the 15-month wait revealed in the latest official figures is welcome. But progress on meeting other targets is less encouraging, warns John Yates -
Former acting chief McKay opts for Leeds in 'logical move'
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Fry-by-night gets stuck into Lib Dem funding debate
POLITICS -
Green light for reform blueprint
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Guidelines redrafted on informing patients of risk
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Half the battle
leadership: The government is firmly committed to involving the private sector in the NHS.But commercial managers could find themselves at a disadvantage.Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe and John Alban-Metcalfe report -
Heart patients treatment pledge
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Heart services set for tougher targets
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If at first you do not fail, then try, try again
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in brief
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In development
my brilliant career - health promotion The new primary care trust public health role should extend the opportunities for health promotion. Ann Dix talks to one manager who has made the transition -
in person
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Innocent casualties of war
YORKSHIRE TERRIER -
It is not an April Fool - the NHS needs more cash still
There has been no serious effort to match spending to the hail of targets -
Joking apart
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Leaders scorrn 'punitive' cross-charging
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Lib Dems to debate health tax
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Live and kicking
A chief executive who laid himself bare to staff questioning online believes webchats could be a effective way to communicate with staff. Is he right, asks Ann McGauran -
monitor
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NHS faces huge cash shortfall
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Not much is likely to change round here
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Parasites label is apt
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Plain ignorance is no excuse for prejudice
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Scaling new heights
From April, dentists will have a formal role within primary care trusts.Could it be the first step in treating the decay of NHS dental services? Paul Smith reports -
Scots mergers to create single board
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Scottish figures falling despite tonsillectomies
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Sock it to 'em
Combative, principled and with an eye for detail - Jennifer Trueland finds out what makes the Scottish health minister tick -
Spare a thought for the unsung heroes of our hospital operating theatres
Letters NHS staff recognition -
Star-ratings lead to 'perverse' priorities and wait-list fixing
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Study reveals HR link to patient mortality rates
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Sweepstake proves that waiting lists can pay
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Take it from here
primary care: With poverty and ill-health inextricably linked, where better to give welfare advice than in GP practices? Peter Greasley and Neil Small offer a template for how to do it -
The best of both worlds
long-term care: By joining forces with a housing association, one trust has been able to provide long-term care in purpose-built accommodation and retain clinical responsibility for patients. Diana Carne and colleagues report -
THE PERSUADERS
Our weekly guide e to healthcare's most influential people No 60 -
Touche 'cover-up' revealed the true inadequacies of private hospitals
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Unhelpful and divisive statements about consultants do nothing to take forward the modernisation process
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