All articles by Ann Dix – Page 2

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    In development

    2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

    my brilliant career - health promotion The new primary care trust public health role should extend the opportunities for health promotion. Ann Dix talks to one manager who has made the transition

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    Up they go

    2001-12-06T00:00:00Z

    So how difficult is it for nurses to break through the glass ceiling into top management? Ann Dix finds out

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    Stick or twist

    2001-11-15T00:00:00Z

    My brilliant career - research and development: What does the job of research and development director involve? Former nurse and general manager Kim Archer tells Ann Dix about the challenges of her job

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    Going public

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    From 'flower-power' to graphic design, health promotion to public health. . . Ann Dix charts a career that has been far from conventional in our new series on senior managers

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    Delayed LIFT-off

    2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The NHS plan has earmarked up to £1bn and set out ambitious targets for primary care premises. Yet a survey of GPs and managers gave it a vote of no-confidence. Ann Dix reports

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    Private firms could run as well as finance primary care centres

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Private companies providing finance to develop primary care premises may play a key role in the managing of the centres in what could amount to a national franchise for primary care.

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    Money talks

    2000-11-16T00:00:00Z

    In our occasional series profiling people in contrasting roles, Ann Dix quizzes two finance directors - one in a whole-service trust, the other in a PCT

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    Cancer experts call for action on GMC's confidentiality rules

    2000-11-02T00:00:00Z

    General Medical Council rules on patient confidentiality are threatening cancer research and monitoring of the national cancer plan.

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    Getting personal

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Two human resources directors - one for a PCT, the other for London Ambulance Service - talk to Ann Dix about the highs and lows of their jobs

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    The NHS Executive

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The NHS Executive has pulled back from compelling health authorities and trusts to sign a public assurance that all their clinical and non- clinical risks are assessed and properly managed by the year 2000.

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    Getting into a pickle over a red herring

    1998-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Ann Dix fails to find a champagne drip at Damien Hirst's restaurant

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    A new lease of life

    1998-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Managers & Medicine

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    Turning cystic fibrosis into an art

    1998-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Managers & Medicine

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    Taken on board

    1998-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Unwelcome arrivals on some trust boards initially, nurse executives are proving their worth. But keeping a balance between corporate management and professional leadership can be a headache. Ann Dix reports

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    Private cash plan for health centres

    1998-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Redevelopment schemes for up to 30 health centres could be 'batched' together into single private finance initiative deals in an attempt to boost private sector investment outside the acute hospital sector, health minister Alan Milburn revealed last week.