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Days like this - HSJ 14 November 1991
NEWS: Lamont boosts NHS spending. . . Row over draft report. . . Homewood in union recognition clash. . . DoH suppresses computer supplier information. . .Public health chiefs 'need more resources'
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What lies within?
NEWS FOCUS: The Bristol inquiry report threw a disturbing light on the secretive, powerful world of the royal colleges.Can they deliver the reform that the medical establishment so clearly needs? Ann McGauran reports
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Enter the dragon
NEWS FOCUS: The Modernisation Agency team has arrived at your trust.But what will it actually do? Alison Moore tracks the progress of a visit at a no-star trust. What do both 'sides'stand to gain?
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Clinging to the wreckage
NEWS FOCUS: When the mental health service failed Gilbert Kopernik-Steckel, it cost both him and his mother their lives.Paul Smith talked to Gilbert's sister about the lessons to be learned
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Hit and miss
NEWS FOCUS: An appalling succession of errors and system failures led to the horrifying death of Victoria Climbie.As the inquiry continues, Mark Gould traces a sorry tale
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Exit right?
NEWS FOCUS: The star-ratings system claimed its first scalp last weekwhen a no-star trust chief executive quit - hounded out of office, claim her supporters. Is she a scapegoat or did she deserve to go? Laura Donnelly reports
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Welcome power shift from self-regulation
COMMENT: But National Clinical Assessment Authority must prove its worth
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It could have been you - or you
COMMENT: Dartford and Gravesham chief exec's forced departure will worry many
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Breaking the bank
WORKFORCE PLANNING: Expenditure on agency nurses is at an all-time high, and increasing numbers of nurses are working exclusively for agencies.Andrew Cole asks whether the trend will continue
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Easy come easy go
WORKFORCE PLANNING: The NHS has contributed to the boom in agency work - by ignoring the needs of its staff. Jan Hesketh explains