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in person Denise White
Denise White has been appointed director of nursing and operations at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital trust in Birmingham. She was previously deputy director of nursing and clinical development at Sandwell Healthcare trust.
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in person Noel Flannery
Noel Flannery, former deputy director of the Institute of Health Services Management, has been appointed a non-executive director of Kingston and Richmond health authority and will represent it on the board of Richmond primary care group.
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in person Susan Pyper
Susan Pyper has become chair of Sussex Weald and Downs trust, which was mistakenly called Sussex Weald and Sutton trust in last week's issue.
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monitor
After last week's revelation that John Denham is, in fact, best known not as a health minister but as a 17th century poet and sometime English civil war soldier, Monitor can now exclusively reveal still more surprising news about his boss. When not holding sway at Richmond House, Dobby Dobson ...
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Treasury blocks coronary framework
Wrangles between the Treasury and the Department of Health have been 'central' to lengthy delays in publishing a national service framework for coronary heart disease, according to HSJ sources.
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GMC set to offer help on patient protection
The General Medical Council is to offer help to senior NHS managers who are 'anxious' about their responsibility to provide quality care, its president has told the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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news in brief
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has promised to increase its membership among ethnic minorities, and to rid its publications of stereotypes. The commitments on racial equality are part of a strategy to establish the groundwork for 'increased diversity' in the new regulatory body which is ...
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Nurse education set for 'hands-on' revamp
Nursing education is to be overhauled to increase the role of trusts and ensure that students qualify with more practical skills.
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Gaps between rich and poor in South West 'very serious'
Pregnancies in under-16-year-olds are a third higher in Plymouth and Swindon than the average for England and Wales, according to the first comprehensive report on inequalities and health in the South West region.
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