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Monitor
Monitor's uncanny ability to foretell the future - despite the odd cock-up, such as when Mo Mowlam didn't become health secretary - tempts a new prophecy: the Tories, unable to stomach the prospect of 'Shagger Norris' as their candidate for mayoral office in London, will eventually select the squeaky-clean and ...
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In person
Tony McLean has succeeded Sally Gorham as chief executive of Essex and Herts Community trust. Ms Gorham, who had held the post since 1995, is now chief executive of Harlow primary care group. Mr McLean, a qualified nurse, was deputy chief executive of Allington trust, Ipswich, where he oversaw the ...
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Dentist 'named and shamed' after rejecting ruling
A dentist who refused to implement recommendations by the health service ombudsman or apologise to the patient who complained is the first to be publicly exposed under a new naming and shaming policy.
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Whistleblower Bolsin takes the stand at Bristol inquiry
Dr Stephen Bolsin, the anaesthetist credited with uncovering the Bristol Royal Infirmary tragedy, took the stand this week at the public inquiry into the deaths of babies who underwent heart surgery at the hospital.
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EU drive to limit junior doctors' hours is 'unworkable'
NHS managers have described a plan to extend the EU working- time directive to junior doctors' hours as 'unworkable' .
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Guidelines aim to tackle bugs acquired while in hospital
Health minister John Denham has announced new standards on the management of hospital-acquired infections, such as the 'superbug' MRSA.
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In Brief: NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
Duncan Eaton has been appointed chief executive of the new NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. He is chief executive of Bedfordshire health authority, president of the Healthcare Supplies Association and was a member of the Cabinet Office review of NHS procurement in 1998 that led to the agency's creation. The ...
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In Brief: The Children (Leaving Care) Bill
The Children (Leaving Care) Bill has been introduced to the House of Lords. It requires local authorities to map out a 'clear route to independence' for young people when they are 16, keep in touch with care leavers until they are 21 and help with education and accommodation until they ...
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In Brief: Refugee children do not always get care required
Refugee children do not always receive the healthcare they need, according to a King's Fund report released this week . It says the NHS needs 'considerable support' to deliver appropriate services, and will need more once the Asylum and Immigration Bill is passed. The report suggests schools could have a ...
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In Brief: The BMA has written to Tony Blair asking to cancel third world debt
The British Medical Association has written to prime minister Tony Blair urging him to cancel all the unpayable debt owed to the British government by the world's poorest countries. The BMA, which is supporting the Jubilee 2000 campaign, said it hoped Mr Blair would match and then exceed US president ...
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In Brief: Family planning clinics
About 1.2 million women but only 80,000 men attended family planning clinics last year, according to Department of Health figures. But nearly four-fifths of women requiring family planning services saw GPs.
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MPs put health officials on spot in Formula One tobacco ads row
Senior health officials were subjected to embarrassing scrutiny by MPs last week over the government's decision to exclude Formula One motor racing from its tobacco advertising ban.
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Do the rights thing
Health minister John Hutton meets children from Liverpool's Gilmour county primary school and London's Torriano junior school at a reception to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of the child last week. The children gave presentations at the London event, at which Mr Hutton read ...