All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-03-04 – Page 3
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Insurance pooling: a cautionary tale
Municipal Mutual Insurance is often referred to in public sector finance circles as a lesson in the dangers of insurance pooling. The company stopped trading in September 1992 after the intervention of the Department of Trade and Industry, which was worried about the level of Municipal Mutual's reserves. The company ...
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Settling in: the portfolio career
As chair of South Western and then South and West regional health authority at the height of the market reforms of the early 1990s, Rennie Fritchie was popular and admired as the liberal, caring (and only female) face of the NHS policy board.
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Dobson stalls on proposal for free long-term care
A general welcome for the report of the Royal Commission on Long- Term Care quickly turned to concern this week when the government made it clear that early action was not likely.
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Bending the rules
Plymouth health action zone is about to start work on two strands of prescribing-related policy via its lead pharmacist and the coterminous local primary care group.
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Beacon status and 'Oscars' offered for best
The government has unveiled details of the 'beacon services' and Nye Bevan award schemes, first announced last year.
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King's Fund criticises spirit and cost of asylum bill measures
Forcing asylum seekers to disperse around the country will cost the NHS money and increase the risk of racial discrimination, the King's Fund has warned.
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MPs call to limit PFI to pilot projects amid staff and patient care worries
MPs have called for reduced use of the private finance initiative in the health service until its impact has been properly evaluated through pilot schemes.
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