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Chlamydia cinema
After NHS Hull controversially bought a yacht as part of a youth development scheme, it appears other primary care trusts have come up with equally innovative approaches to improving public health. Or, as the Daily Mail put it, they have taken the opportunity “to blow taxpayers’ money in more imaginative ...
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CommunityClimate change confusion
Civil servants are notorious sticklers for detail, but one glaring blooper somehow made it past Whitehall quality control.
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CommunityHSJ Offer - Free cinema tickets to see Imagine That
Registered users can get up to four free cinema tickets to see the new film Imagine That. Sign in now to claim your free tickets. Hurry, tickets are limited
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CommunityUnder current
NHS Choices contains handy advice for members of the public who fear that they may have symptoms of swine flu, with details on death rates and extra help for high risk groups.
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CommunityBad language
Unsolicited press releases bearing little relation to health policy and management have a tendency to annoy busy HSJ journalists, but rarely do they offend or shock.
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CommunityLookey Likey: Andy McKeon and Robert Kilroy-Silk
Like chat show host and Eurosceptic Robert Kilroy-Silk, the Audit Commission’s managing director of health Andy McKeon has had a glittering media career.
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CommunityParty piece
After being accused of being teetotal on Question Time, health secretary Andy Burnham will have been keen to prove otherwise at the Department of Health’s annual drinks reception for journalists last week.
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CommunityFlight of fancy
Some NHS trusts get terribly wound up over visiting times, imposing strict restrictions on the numbers and ages of those who can see patients.
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CommunityWhere's Darzi?
Lord Darzi’s official leaving date may not be until the recess, but his Richmond House office looked pretty bare as HSJ passed it on the way to a briefing at the DH.
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CommunityGhost of a chance
When Derby Hospitals foundation trust made a chaplain available for staff spooked by ghostly sightings, managers strenuously denied claims that they were planning an exorcism.
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CommunityLookey Likey: O'Brien and Schofield
Health minister Mike O’Brien and TV presenter Phillip Schofield are both blessed with a mop of grey hair and the gift of the gab.
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CommunitySpin cycle
Political spindoctors are clearly gearing up for a general election, taking every opportunity to seize the initiative.
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CommunityMoyes not so happy to be in two places at once
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes claims he supports the decision to separate his post into chief executive and chair on his departure.
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CommunityA nasty shock to the Googles
Hsj.co.uk, is all for responding to web users’ demand for content, but some requests will probably never be fulfilled.
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CommunitySir Bruce Keogh cuts up rough
The normally charming NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh told HSJ that medical managers who think they can carry out a couple of operations a week are “just crazy”, and “nobody would regard you as a hard-hitting surgeon”.
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CommunityHSJ and a bit of satire and Darzi's sorted
Interesting to dissect the reading habits of the pre-reshuffle health ministers - a parliamentary answer last week revealed that while most of Lord Darzi’s colleagues had several “periodicals” delivered to their private office in May, he survives on just HSJ and Private Eye.
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CommunityLookey Likey: Wilder and Moyes
Bushy haired actor Gene Wilder bears quite a resemblance to Monitor chief executive Bill Moyes, one reader has found.
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CommunityWhen is good news not good news?
Talk about hiding your light under a bushel. HSJ contacted Camden primary care trust press office this week to ask for a picture of its staff using a swine flu planning tool it invented, which is being recommended nationally by the Department of Health.
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CommunityOff Diary: not itching to reveal their STDS
Journalistic perks are few and far between when you write about the NHS.