All articles by Barbara Millar – Page 3

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    Going the distance

    1999-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's 'advanced' new approach to allocating funds will take the remoteness of communities into account for the first time, writes Barbara Millar

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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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    A world of experience

    1999-07-15T00:00:00Z

    NHS managers who break their careers to work abroad benefit enormously but may experience problems on their return - and find that employers are less enthusiastic. Barbara Millar reports

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    Missing the connection

    1999-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Clinical evidence is being undermined by inadequate access to the Internet and by poor training. Barbara Millar reports

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    Elders flower

    1999-06-17T00:00:00Z

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    Now this might hurt a bit...

    1999-06-17T00:00:00Z

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    Apron strings

    1999-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Much of the 'paranoia' about freemasons could be dispelled if only they came clean. That is the view of the home affairs select committee which has just published its second report on freemasonry in public life.

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    Plane sailing

    1999-05-20T00:00:00Z

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    Skye's the limit

    1999-05-13T00:00:00Z

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    At the midnight hour

    1999-04-15T00:00:00Z

    The government's refusal to fund a national pay deal for the millennium holiday is ruining the party for human resources managers. Barbara Millar reports

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    Causing a stir

    1999-04-08T00:00:00Z

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    Their levelling best

    1999-03-25T00:00:00Z

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    Safe-cracking

    1999-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Imminent merger will not lessen the heat on a trust under fire over health and safety. Years of scrutiny are still ahead, writes Barbara Millar

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    Wait watchers

    1999-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Casualty Watch observers returned to their posts one month on from a national exercise to discover all was not well. Barbara Millar reports

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    Whole new ball game

    1999-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Policies must command respect in the wider community if health service reforms are to work, the IHSM's Scottish conference heard. Barbara Millar reports

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    Shark repellent

    1999-02-11T00:00:00Z

    NHS credit unions can offer staff cheap loans and a way to bypass undesirable lenders, but their numbers are still low, writes Barbara Millar

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    Out of kilter

    1999-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Scotland has a new strategy for mentally disordered offenders. Barbara Millar reports

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    Fall from grace?

    1998-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Do recent incidents mean Victoria Infirmary trust in Glasgow deserves the attentions of a clinical inquiry 'hit squad' any more than other trusts? Barbara Millar says opinion is divided

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    SNP: still no policies

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish National Party listened to healthcare staff, patients and pressure groups at its 'people's assembly', but with elections to the Scottish parliament approaching, it is yet to create a health policy of its own. Barbara Millar reports

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    Home removal services

    1998-08-13T00:00:00Z

    As community care reforms continue to depress the market in private residential care and small homes are lost, how will services meet all elderly people's needs?