All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-07-22 – Page 3

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    Mind the gap

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Fluoridation campaigners believe they have won the argument, but the detail remains to be resolved. Mark Crail reports

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    Getting on with the work whatever the words

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Public healthcare is 'no longer sustainable'

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Government-backed healthcare is in 'turmoil' and private healthcare will see 'explosive growth' in the next decade, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Its study of six western European countries says 'it is becoming increasingly clear that public healthcare systems are no longer sustainable' because of the demands ...

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    Sharp implement

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    The Culyer reforms' impact on patient care may still be uncertain, but they have raised the profile of research which benefits health providers, writes Barbara Millar

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    Jail for supply-theft man

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    A former commercial manager who stole £42,000 from Wirral Hospital trust has been jailed for 21 months.

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    Made to measure

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Trying to solve the nursing shortage has led one trust to develop a tailored programme to help nurses trained overseas to gain UK registration. Jackie Hulse and colleagues report

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    monitor

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Monitor wishes to join the grovelling rush to congratulate Sir Alan Langlands on his reappointment as NHS chief executive for a further four-year term. Jolly well done, sir. It obviously scotches all that scurrilous gossip about Big Al getting ready to up sticks and quit - so what can account ...

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    Treasury moves to placate opposition from unions

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    The Treasury issued guidance on standardising PFI contracts last week in a move widely seen as an attempt to appease union critics of the scheme.

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    MPs want pay-bed watchdog

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    MPs investigating private healthcare have called for two different systems to regulate pay beds in NHS hospitals.

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    in person

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Tim Woods has moved from Barnsley District General Hospital trust to become finance director of Nott ingham City Hospital trust.

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    Unknown quantity

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    What exactly will a nurse consultant do? Pat Healy reports on plans for a pilot scheme to develop the role

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    A tension seeker

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Employing a trust audit pharmacist has lessened tensions between GPs and hospital prescribing services and improved medicines management. Martin Shepherd and colleagues report

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    WEB WATCH

    1999-07-22T00:00:00Z

    The case against animal research is a relatively easy one to make. Produce a few cuddly bunnies, talk emotively about evil scientists with electrodes, and there you have it. The case for cutting up small furry animals, on the other hand, is more complex but has other advantages, not least ...