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Carnall knowledge
New South East region director Ruth Carnall is frank on coming to grips with 'serious performance issues', the size of her supposedly affluent and articulate patch, and the challenge of finding a clean pair of tights. So why do she and her London counterp
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Why are finance directors so ashamed of their pasts?
When John Bacon tries to shrug off almost three decades spent in finance, one begins to wonder what the dirty secret is.
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Choice words
The election manifestos of the medical and nursing lobbies reveal a determination to confront the 'unmentionable'. Mark Gould discovers their passions
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Inhale and hearty
Exercise, chilly lessons, bodybuilding, meals of suet and porridge - a new book recalls the heyday of the open-air school for sick children. Our woman with the frozen ink: Tash Shifrin
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Primary concerns
Delegates at the NHS Alliance spring conference didn't exactly grasp the GP retention incentives with both hands. Paul Stephenson reports
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traffic lighting
In a jam: traffic-lights come in for criticism Royal College of Nursing director of policy Pippa Gough said there were real problems with the traffic-light system, which will eventually take in all NHS organisations.
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Bring out your dead values
The media enjoyed a field day over the Alder Hey body parts scandal, competing to find the most heart-rending tale.
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Aggrieved GPs hit out at reel lives, but genial Dr Tone has got time to chat
Days before Tony Blair took it upon himself to address the Royal College of General Practitioners on the sensitive subject of frontline services, I was talking to one of Alan Milburn's advisers about the morale of doctors.
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Hard to believe UK nurse could not fill RCN job
The appointment of Dr Beverley Malone, a US citizen, to the post of general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing ('Stars and gripes', news focus, page 18, 15 March) is an indictment of the nursing profession in the UK.
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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Time to debate the future of research in PCTs
We are a small, multiprofessional group of clinicians, currently trying to drive forward research programmes in the NHS.
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DoH flounders like beached whale when 'matron'model exists
I fail to understand why both the title and role cause such confusion. It is true that the NHS gave up the title years ago, but matrons have remained in voluntary hospices up to this present day.
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There is more to incentive than six figures
So Dr Briony Lovett feels that only £102,000 or more constitutes the 'carrot of a decent income' ('The seven-year hitch', pages 26-29, 8 March). The reality of private practice is that it is focused among a relatively small number of medical specialties.
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The knock-on effects are high if GPs want to engage in the new mental health agenda
Ann Richards and her colleagues (letters, 1 March) have finally let their guard slip and revealed the real reasons for their polemical stance ('Eye off the ball', page 27, 25 January).
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Analysis of Lib Dem health plans got the good news right - and the bad news wrong
Paul Stephenson's 'Election 2001' news focus ('Spot the difference', pages 12-13, 8 March) gave welcome coverage to Liberal Democrat plans for more training places for doctors, nurses and therapists; more beds; more scanners; pay rises for low-paid NHS professionals;
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They were the weakest link
Once they were formidable figures, working close alongside ministers, but their increasing irrelevance led to their inevitable demise.Joan Higgins charts the rise and fall of regional chairs
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Key points
The role and autonomy of regional chairs has been eroded since they were established in 1974.
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Careless whispers
One benefit of the elective component of the management training schemes is the chance to see how different parts of the service interact during the same time period.
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Push me, pull you
Hospitals and universities have a long history of interdependence, but the mutual trust this relies on is in danger of disappearing.Tom Smith says it is time to stop them moving apart