All articles by Ann McGauran – Page 2
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Keep taking the tablets
news focus: Has the NHS Confederation conference done anything to mend the relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry, asks Ann McGauran
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Still crazy after all these years
It is five years since the King's Fund inquiry into mental health services in London, and researchers are taking another look. Ann McGauran reports
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The slow burn
news focus It is 40 years since Richard Doll's landmark report on smoking and health.How much longer before the government bans tobacco advertising, asks Ann McGauran
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Curtain call
A team of managers is being recruited to sort out the problems in NHS operating theatres.Who will audition for the roles, and what will be expected of them, asks Ann McGauran
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Breakfast with frost?
The new NHS Confederation leader Gill Morgan is confident of winning friends and influencing people, but will she 'have the balls to slag off Milburn on the Today programme'? Ann McGauran met her
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Largeing it
news focus - Around 8 million adults in the UK are classified as obese.Of particular concern is the rising incidence in children.Now, the National Audit Office is stepping in. Ann McGauran reports
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A special gift
News Focus Sue Sutherland's single-mindedness has raised the profile of organ donation. Ann McGauran met her
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What lies within?
NEWS FOCUS: The Bristol inquiry report threw a disturbing light on the secretive, powerful world of the royal colleges.Can they deliver the reform that the medical establishment so clearly needs? Ann McGauran reports
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Down in the dumps
NEWS FOCUS: Though debate was cut short at the TUC in Brighton, unions are determined to take a hard line on the rights of NHS staff transferred under public-private partnerships.But Ann McGauran wonders whether the shouting match is obscuring the real is
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A shotgun marriage
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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Assault discourse
VIOLENCE: Increasing numbers of patients vent their feelings in violent attacks on NHS staff. Action is being taken to tackle the problem but, as Ann McGauran reports, success seems a long way off
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By any means necessary
NEWS FOCUS: The NHS's compensation bill has to be cut - but how? A tariff system could be a solution, but would it work, asks Ann McGauran
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The people's debate
NEWS FOCUS: If the NHS can't retain its staff, all the reforms in the world will not solve its problems. Ann McGauran reports
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Cry freedom
NEWS FOCUS: Micro-management of the NHS will continue at the government's peril, reports Ann McGauran