All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-06-04 – Page 3
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Royal family values
Royal family values: harnessing 'all the knowledge and skills available to us' from both orthodox and other medical traditions was 'not a wholly revolutionary proposal', Prince Charles told a conference organised by the Foundation for Integrated Medicine. But he recalled that his well- known sympathy for complementary medicine had caused ...
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Income and health
INEQUALITIES ARE AT THE CENTRE OF LABOUR'S HEALTH AGENDA, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND WEALTH IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, ARGUES JOHN APPLEBY
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THIS IS A HYPE-FREE WAY TO STAY UP-TO-DATE
Congratulations on the publication of Managers and Medicine (30 April). I found it accessible, hype-free and, above all, a good read. It is a timely reminder of the principles that underlie all our work in the health service.
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Key Points
Small general hospitals can adapt to changing demands in a number of ways. These include expanding day-case work and increasing outpatient services.
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WHAT'S IN A PROFESSION, FROM ONE WHO KNOWS
Peter Heaton's amusing letter (14 May) raises an interesting issue. My own perception of a 'health professional' is someone who has chosen to spend their career in a healthcare setting, and has trained to do a healthcare job.
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Sour note on a milk run that seems to run and run
As you read this, several passenger transport vehicles and their crews from the local ambulance service will most likely be at your hospital waiting to take home patients who are probably being assembled at a central collection point. But it makes no economic, logistical or humanitarian sense to continue to ...
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Models of perfection
Small general hospitals will have to adapt and change if they are to survive.
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monitor
The snazzy new NHS Primary Care Group Alliance is a lobby group in tune with the times. Picking up the government's new emphasis on health promotion, its press launch eschewed the wine, nibbles and danish pastries that often feature at such events. Instead, hacks were offered mineral water. And just ...
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in person
Mark Taylor (above) has been appointed chief executive of Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital trust. Mr Taylor was formerly chief executive of the Royal Brompton before its merger with Harefield. Former Harefield chief executive John Hunt becomes deputy chief executive and corporate management director of the new trust. Other appointments ...
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Widdecombe returns in Tory reshuffle
Outspoken right-winger Ann Widdecombe has been made shadow health secretary in a reshuffle of the Conservative front bench.
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this week
Sylvia Diggory, the first ever NHS patient, shares a 1948 leaflet introducing the new service with Terry Waite at a 50th anniversary concert in Manchester. Ms Diggory was a 13-year-old patient at Park Hospital, Trafford, where Aneurin Bevan launched the NHS, and was picked to be part of the occasion. ...
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