All articles by *Alison Moore – Page 5
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One step at a time
pct spotlight: In the second of four articles on frontline working in the new primary care trusts, Alison Moore reports on how the shake-up will impact on public health directors
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Unknown quantities
news focus: The demands on PCTs are clear.But are they equipped to do what's required of them? Alison Moore reports
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PMS mood swings
Doctors have mixed feelings about the progress of personal medical services contracts, and the government is cagey about whether its targets are being met. Alison Moore assesses the ups and downs of the schemes
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Spot checks
news focus: As the MMR debate cranks up a notch in the wake of growing measles outbreaks, how much freedom does the public health community have to influence the course of events? Alison Moore reports
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Back to the future
A visit by the Modernisation Agency's director of service improvement to a Derbyshire trust revealed a lasting and productive relationship between the two - not least because Michael Scott used to be in charge there.Alison Moore was at his side
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Canterbury tales
A shake-up of East Kent's hospitals which provoked up to 20,000 people into public protest is still stirring passions three years on. Alison Moore reports
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Brave view world
news focus A fly-on-the-wall TV series will expose Queen's Medical Centre to the unrelenting glare of publicity.Why would a busy acute teaching hospital agree to be filmed? Alison Moore reports
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Stage fright
news focus: With appraisals a compulsory part of NHS life, actors are being used to show staff the right and wrong ways of conducting them. Alison Moore reports
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Sticky labels
When Medway trust became one of the country's reviled 'dirty dozen'no-star establishments, rather than seeing it as a 'failure', the management team drew on widespread support to turn the situation round.Alison Moore reports
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Enter the dragon
NEWS FOCUS: The Modernisation Agency team has arrived at your trust.But what will it actually do? Alison Moore tracks the progress of a visit at a no-star trust. What do both 'sides'stand to gain?
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Starlight express
NEWS FOCUS: The chief executives of the 12 shamed 'no-star'trusts, whose names were revealed last week, know that their jobs are on the line - and so does everybody else.Improve performance - and fast - is the message from the top. Alison Moore reports
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Home truths
LONG-TERM CARE: Private providers of long-term care do not only cater for elderly people. Alison Moore reports on this diverse sector and the role it could play in intermediate care
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Hand in hand
PROFILE: MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR The concordat may not have included mental health but business between the NHS and the independent sector is booming. Alison Moore reports on future prospects
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Four warned
NEWS FOCUS: The new directors of health and social care in England have a pivotal role in the latest NHS upheaval as the regional offices disappear.They know what is being demanded of them, but can they deliver? Alison Moore reports
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For better, for worse
PARTNERSHIP WORKING: What makes for a successful marriage with the private sector and - as with all relationships - can it last? Alison Moore looks at some likely couples
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Acute need
ACUTE HOSPITAL SERVICES The NHS is commissioning more work from the independent acute sector, but long-term contracts are slow to emerge. Alison Moore reports
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Getting won over
CONSULTANT APPRAISAL: Annual appraisal for all consultants became mandatory in April.But some trusts find schemes difficult to set up.Alison Moore reports
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Second helpings
NEWS FOCUS: If Labour sweeps the polls today, there are interesting times ahead for the NHS - from the official end of postcode prescribing to innovatory use of staff; from dramatic cuts in HAs to a boost for the private sector.But what shape would the se
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PEAT practice
The 'traffic-light' inspections found problems not just with hospital cleanliness but issues such as parking and signage. Are they being tackled, asks Alison Moore