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Shake up or ship out
Everyone who works in the NHS is used to periods of turmoil and uncertainty, and finance staff are one group that now feels under threat. The early 1990s saw an enormous growth in their number as trusts and health authorities struggled to cope with the internal market. Promotion was rapid ...
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A 'portfolio' CV with a wide mix of experience
Andy Leary set himself a target: to become a finance director by the age of 40. On 1 June he achieved his ambition, taking up the post at Lincolnshire health authority. But his route to the job has taken him through a variety of posts at HAs and the NHS ...
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Strip tease
days before England's first World Cup encounter, researchers from the Royal Free Hospital, London, and Bradford Royal Infirmary have reported that the thin weave of the official England team shirts offers little protection against harmful ultra-violet rays. Consultant dermatologist Andrew Wright, holding England striker Alan Shearer's number 9 shirt, says ...
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Auditor urges rule on 'insider knowledge'
The NHS should draw up clear rules to prevent potential 'conflicts of interest' among senior managers who leave to work for private companies that do business with the health service, says a hard-hitting auditor's report.
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Five ambulance trusts to go in northern region reconfiguration
Five ambulance trusts could disappear under reconfiguration proposals commissioned by health authorities in Northern and Yorkshire region.
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Operations cancelled as workers strike over 'multiskilling' job losses
Hundreds of non-urgent operations were cancelled this week as staff at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff went on indefinite strike in protest at jobs cuts caused by a contracting-out deal.
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IHSM losses mount as turnover plummets
The Institute of Health Services Management crashed to a pounds180,000 operating loss last year as turnover dropped below pounds2m for the first time in six years and membership continued its slow downward spiral.
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No going back
health secretary Frank Dobson opened a new primary care and community health centre in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency last week. Camden and Islington Community Health Services trust has now been able to move existing services out of hospital. Mr Dobson is pictured with GP Iona Heath.
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Trust chair checks law after hepatitis op case
A trust chair is considering a legal challenge to guidelines that allow doctors carrying communicable diseases to perform operations.
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Forum to unite quality groups in healthcare
A forum bringing together national organisations offering accreditation and other quality assurance services in healthcare is to be launched next month.
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Juniors praise Milburn on time, jobs and food
Health minister Alan Milburn won a standing ovation from junior doctors last week with promises to take further action on working hours, improve access to part-time consultant posts and provide better food in trust canteens.
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Campaigners win battle over mixed-sex unit
A trust ordered to abandon plans to build a new mixed-sex unit for mentally ill patients has set up a working party to hammer out a design with single-sex facilities.
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A gender for change
Back in 1991, the Department of Health, acting on behalf of the NHS, became the first government department to sign up to Opportunity 2000.
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Barbara Stocking: 'Discrimination gets easier to handle with age'
Barbara Stocking is the NHS Executive's regional director for Anglia and Oxford. She warns women trying to make it to the top that they can expect to run up against discrimination.