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Lowest wage rate 'won't affect NHS'
The national minimum wage will have no impact on the NHS, according to research.
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Shadow of polio
A poster by Reginald Mount urges people to protect themselves against the disease in an exhibition about the history of needles in medicine. You Won't Feel A Thing is at the Wellcome Trust's History of Medicine Gallery at 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
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Building up confidence
Reactions to the announcement of 11 new hospital developments, 10 funded by PFI, vary from 'great news' to 'reckless'. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Shouting in Unison
Ministers had an easy ride at union conferences last year. Now the honeymoon is over. Dolly Chadda reports
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You've been framed
Proposals for the new performance framework have won the confidence of the NHS - with some reservations. Mark Crail reports
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Taste of a different vintage
Do they still make 'em like the old days? Barbara Millar on some memorable managers
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All rolled into one
NHS MERGERS Management and Mayhem By Roy Lilley and Eve Richardson Kogan Page 146 pages £14.99
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Why integration falls apart
HUMAN SERVICES INTEGRATION By Michael J Austin Haworth Press 178 pages $60
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Have they seen the future?
This week's announcement that 11 more hospitals have been approved under the private finance initiative is further proof that the government has succeeded in delivering a policy which defeated its predecessor (see News, page 3). Full marks to Frank Dobson and friends for consistency and integrity.
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A stab at putting Bill to rights
Last month, the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality, established in September 1996 to fulfil the president's campaign promise to deal with the growing public backlash against managed care, presented its final report to him.
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Don't count your dosh before it's delivered
Though I'm too old to be a junior hospital doctor, it's an occupational hazard in my line of work to be woken at night to diagnose troublesome cases. So naturally I was wheeled out mid-week to examine an inflamed Times headline which was obviously running a temperature.