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Acute anxieties
general hospitals: Every district general hospital has suffered at least 15 years of neglect. Now it is time to empower front-line staff and overcome consultants' reluctance to join the modernisation agenda. Mike Pollard reports
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Cut to the Chase
news focus: What exactly was the sequence of events that led to the discovery of a backlog of thousands of ultrasound referrals at a north London hospital? Laura Donnelly unravels a curious story
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Spot checks
news focus: As the MMR debate cranks up a notch in the wake of growing measles outbreaks, how much freedom does the public health community have to influence the course of events? Alison Moore reports
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Late delivery
news focus: Failures in psychiatric services tend not to attract public interest or political response.Two reports into major service failures relate an all-too-familiar story.Paul Smith reports
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Prize guys
distinction awards: Women get disproportionately few; ethnic minorities may be short-changed; white men in 'glamorous'specialties get most. The distinction award scheme for consultants is in the process of radical reform, but the issues involved are compl
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Can we please divert money from crazy recruitment ideas and spend it on some operations
Letters: Pay and recruitment