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Monitor likes to think of itself as a benign force; the voice of humanity, perhaps, in an ever-changing world. Imagine the shock, then, to find that one of Monitor's treasured readers had taken offence at attempts to provide a wee bit of cheeky relief amid the torrents of national plannery. ...
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Dear Mel. . .
During the recent hot weather we found the temperature in our wards went up dramatically. Unfortunately, we had insufficient fans to refresh our patients and they became rather over-heated. What should I do?
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Appeal Court ruling creates new anomaly in care charging
An Appeal Court ruling has created a further anomaly in care charging policies, while raising concerns that the cost will force cuts in mental health services.
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Points mean prizes
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has launched a scheme with high street retailer Boots to encourage people to become organ donors.
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Days like this
Managers' representatives have attacked NHS chief executive Duncan Nichol's demand for action on waiting lists. He wants no patients waiting more than two years for treatment by March 1992, and has said managers' performance-related pay would be judged on waiting times. But the Institute of Health Services Management said he ...
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Talking it through
Nurses found a lot to like in the NHS plan, but. . . Laura Donnelly reports from a summer school for nurse leaders on the profession's worries for the future
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Hold your privates
The government is determined to ensure consultants pull their weight in their NHS work - but how tough will the crackdown really be, asks Kaye McIntosh
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Clean sweep
The government promises that dirt and grime are to be banished from hospitals - now. Lyn Whitfield wonders if a quick fix is really the answer
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Money for old hope
Clinical genetics have been transformed since the mapping of the genome. Patrick Butler reports on a Scottish case that could have far-reaching repercussions
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Cash-hungry, volatile and high-risk: the genomics industry
The business of genomics is not dissimilar to that of Internet commerce:
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Conspicuous consumption
TB is perceived as a poverty-related disease of the distant past, but it is making a comeback, especially in London, writes Laura Donnelly
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'Entrenched prejudice': exploding the myths
The East London and the City HA report is determined to 'explode some of the important myths about TB'.
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Hit and miss as ministers send in the heavy mob
Encouraging a media feeding frenzy is not the way to tackle waiting lists
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More to a clean-up than mops
Facile approach to the topic belies complex issues lying at its heart
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A glimpse of Patientville 2001
One of the most frustrating things about being a member of a modernisation action team was being sworn to secrecy about our discussions until after the NHS plan was published. Even more frustrating was knowing we had no control whatsoever over what went into the plan - that was for ...
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WEB WATCH
Three years ago, fewer than a million people in this country made use of the Internet - around 2 per cent of the population. Since then, growth has been dramatic: one estimate suggests nearly 20 million people are now online, and National Statistics says 6.5 million households in the UK ...
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A kick in the goolies for Willie, the NHS's friend
A couple of days before the launch of the NHS plan, I was taken aside by a senior Tory MP at a leaving party for Robin Oakley, victim of a management shake-up at the NHS's perennial alter ego in the state sector, the equally loved and hated BBC.