All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-01-28 – Page 3
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'Unproductive and unfulfilled'- but how nice to be the butt of management contempt at last
As I am one of his 'unproductive and unfulfilled' public health doctors, I was interested to read Steve Ainsworth's assessment of my competence.
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Dig the new breed?
When health secretary Frank Dobson declared he would purge 'Tory deadbeats' from trust boards 18 months ago, he made it clear that a new type of chair would succeed them.
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GP premises law could boost HAZs
The government is considering secondary legislation to give health action zones 'new freedoms' and incentives to develop primary care premises in deprived areas.
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Trust hit by fresh blow
Discussions on the future of a suspended Scottish trust chief executive have been delayed following the resignation of the trust's chair.
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HAs beens?
The future for health authorities is unclear as primary care groups take on part of their role. But should they be changed or replaced? And with what?
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Bob Becomes GM
Bob Williams has become general manager, paramedic emergency services, for Greater Manchester Ambulance Service trust. He joined GMAS from Derbyshire Ambulance Service, where he was a sector manager paramedic.
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How Castle helped nurses storm pay barrier
A big pay increase for nurses? Baroness Castle of Blackburn has seen and done it all before. As an embattled social services secretary in 1974, she gave nurses a massive 30 per cent rise.
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Lucky bar steward
A new trust chair is confident of grappling with a £90m turnover - he manages the finances of the Labour club in the PM's constituency. Patrick Butler reports
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Bangs and M*A*S*H
It may be treating the victims of landmines and helicopter crashes in an old factory, but the UK field hospital in Sipovo, Bosnia, is not immune from more familiar NHS problems.
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Ballot winners choose to focus on health issues
Two winners of the private member's bill ballots last December have chosen to address health issues, with one bill standing a good chance of becoming law.
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Trying to stay calm in the face of an ill-informed attack on my profession
Public health specialists
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Chief causes of wasteful radiology - and six questions doctors should ask
Investigation when results are unlikely to affect patient management because the result is usually irrelevant. For example, degenerative spinal disease is as normal as grey hairs in middle age.
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Appointments
Paul Williams is to be the chief executive of Bro Morgannwg trust. The new trust is taking over the services run by Bridgend and District trust, which Mr Williams has led for six years, and services in Neath and Port Talbot provided by Glan-y-Mor trust.
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Animal genetic blueprint created
British and US scientists have completed the first genetic blueprint of an animal, paving the way for a better understanding of human health.
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Anatomy of a hernia
A hernia is a rupture or tear in a piece of tissue (usually muscle) inside the body which allows some underlying structure to protrude through the hole. Common sites include where the oesophagus passes through the diaphragm (hiatus hernia); the belly button (umbilical hernia); and the groin (inguinal and femoral ...
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