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Towards the ideal
Thirty years ago when I was a student of healthcare organisation we were taught that the ideal healthcare system in the world was the NHS.
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WEB WATCH
We all love protocols and guidelines. They're so New NHS, and they provide the perfect defence when something goes wrong. Now, thanks to the publishers of those old treeware-based Guidelines and Guidelines in Practice, you can consult them without ever having to visit the hospital library.
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Scottish patients may get to see surgery mortality rates
Patients in Scotland could be given greater access to mortality rates for surgery teams under proposals to be put forward by consultants.
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'Patient flow' proposal for Wales
Acute general hospital services in Wales should in future be planned to match 'patient flows' rather than health authority and trust boundaries, according to the report of the acute services development group.
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Confed warning on revalidation
The process of revalidating doctors will be compromised if employers are not on the five-yearly assessment panels proposed by the General Medical Council, according to the NHS Confederation.
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'Tidy up' blamed for IHM's missing 1,500
The Institute of Healthcare Management has admitted to having just 8,500 members - up to 1,500 fewer than was claimed when it was formed in October last year.
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Blair spells out NHS promises
Prime minister Tony Blair used his speech at the Labour Party conference to hammer home the government's plans for the NHS, should it win a second term.
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PFI pioneer builds up backlog of 3,000 'unreported'x-rays
The country's first fully operational private finance initiative hospital has amassed a backlog of about 3,000 'unreported' x-rays since its official opening in April.
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PCT directorships - fantastic offer shoppers can refuse
Sheffield health authority has taken to the streets in search of non-executive directors for the city's new primary care trusts.
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Days like this
The Department of Health has issued 'contradictory' regulations on the role of community health councils, CHCs claim. Though they now have the right to represent patients when family health services authorities hear complaints against GPs, rules issued last week say CHCs have 'no role in the relationship between a GP ...
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A long-day's journey into night
Personnel issues are dominated by the implications of the NHS plan. Delegates at AHHRM's annual conference thrashed out the crucial points. Ann McGauran reports from Dublin
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Things can only get. . . different?
The Lib Dems are still keeping - a bit of - faith with Labour, and blame the Conservatives rather than Tony Blair for the NHS's problems. Lyn Whitfield reports from their Bournemouth conference
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Well endowed: but still not cool and hip
The Liberal Democrats should really have felt at home in Bournemouth. Voted some years ago as the 'next coolest city on the planet', it has been waiting for its moment ever since.
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Would you like cash back?
Yes, please, says the BMA - about 14 per cent would do nicely. As the annual pay review tussle hots up, Laura Donnelly and Tash Shifrin find out who wants what, and how badly
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On best behaviour
The full force of the Human Rights Act is about to hit health service employers with a sledgehammer. Colin Wright reports
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The three degrees
As the submissions were handed in, health authority senior managers learnt that they can expect a 3. 25 per cent pay rise.
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Germ warfare
Public health professionals need to regain the public confidence lost in the BSE crisis. Claire Laurent reports
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Lassa fever: diagnosis in hours
Developments in molecular diagnostics led to a swift diagnosis of Lassa fever in a 52-year-old British aid worker in March. Treatment has to be within six days of onset if the prognosis is to be good, so speed of diagnosis is vital.
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Give them a medal if they stick to poverty initiative
Preventing 10,000 premature deaths a year is surely an Olympian feat