All Health Service Journal articles in 2001-09-06 – Page 3

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    Hearing Voices - a new occupational hazard

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    COMMENT: Frantic attempts to find replacement to CHCs is getting out of hand

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    Seeds of an idea

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

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    A shotgun marriage

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    NEWS FOCUS: What is stopping trusts from reaching long-term agreements with private healthcare providers? Information about the concordat is difficult to come by, so Ann McGauran took a closer look

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    Waits and measures

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    COMMENT: Progress on these targets is key to future of service - and government

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    Out of sight, out of mind

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    NEWS FOCUS: Moves are being made to put prison health services on the straight and narrow.Laura Donnelly joined prison service director general Martin Narey on a visit to one prison struggling to turn its service around

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    MONITOR

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Monitor has been deeply shocked - in a supportive and developmental way of course - by happenings at the Commission for Health Improvement. No, not a re-issue of his fave press release - 'CHI continues routine assessments' - but what can only be described as a step change upon the ...

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    A poor performance

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    WAIT WATCHER: In the first of a monthly series tracking progress in cutting waiting times, John Yates guages the scale of the task ahead - and questions the chances of achieving it

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    IN PERSON

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Wendy Saviour is the new chief executive of Melton, Rutland and Harborough primary care trust.She was director of strategic development at Lincolnshire health authority.Mike Alexander has also been appointed as director of finance for the trust.He was acting chief executive at the PCT on secondment from United Lincolnshire Hospitals trust, ...

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    Temporary setback

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    NEWS FOCUS: Bank and agency staff are often inexperienced and ill-prepared for the task, says the Audit Commission.And they are costing too much.Paul Stephenson reports

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    Strain spotting

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

    COUNSELLLING SERVICES: One acute trust has set up a counselling team for staff and patients to ease the stress of the hospital environment.Greg Madison explores the benefits of such an arrangement

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    Testing times

    2001-09-06T00:00:00Z

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