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Time to give nurses their dues
Promise of high salaries for supernurses is little more than a red herring
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Something off the trolley?
If ever you wanted to analyse the effects of spin, the NHS plan is your opportunity. I read it the day it was announced, printed it off the web, and was overwhelmed by its contents, about 150 pages of ideas.
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It's US cash on delivery for the mother superior
August is the silly season, so we should not panic about the decline of seriousness when the papers, broadsheet as well as tabloid, over-react to William Hague's 14 teenage pints or to Madonna's strictures on British gynaecology.
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Out of order
The government's promise of £300m for new equipment comes after two decades of under-investment, which have left much life-saving machinery obsolete. Colin Connolly reports
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Counter argument
The NHS plan proposes a much wider role for community pharmacies - and this is long overdue, says Nick Bosanquet
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Local counsel
An enterprising recruitment scheme is tackling the under-representation of people from ethnic minorities in the NHS and social care workforce by nurturing talent on its own doorstep. Janet Snell reports
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in person
Terence Etherton QC, chair of Broadmoor Hospital Authority, has been appointed chair designate ofWest London Mental Health trust. The new organisation will take over the management of health services provided by the authority and Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health trust next April.
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Electronic records on hold in PFI deal
A unique deal to provide a sophisticated electronic patient record system as part of a private finance initiative scheme has been put on hold, less than two years after it was signed.
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Nurses see through dress code
West Country nurses have been warned to choose their underwear with care following the reissue of a trust's uniform policy.
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Fast-track heart teams's spark spin row
The government has named 10 'fast-track' teams which will receive £1m each to tackle heart disease.