All articles by *Mark Gould – Page 5
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Safe house
Less One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , more student hall of residence - Mark Gould visits a psychiatric unit which offers a model for the future
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Nurse staffing at risk from plan for expansionof NHS Direct
Published: 31/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5790 Page 8
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Morale high as A&E staff 'tell it like it is'
Published: 31/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5790 Page 4 5
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Research links higher chief exec pay to greater pressure
Published: 17/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5778 Page 10
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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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PFI updates cost trust millions
A private finance initiative hospital which opened seven months ago has been forced to undergo a redesign to meet the requirements of the NHS plan.
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Back on track
NEWS FOCUS: John de Braux, the manager given the task of reviving the trust dubbed 'Britain's worst', is used to a challenge.But That is only to be expected from someone who once worked for British Rail. Mark Gould Reports
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A poisoned chalice
Social workers get a bad press and are sometimes put in impossible positions.Mark Gould examines their plight on the eve of a major restructure and integration of social care with the NHS
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St Helier buys time to revive fortunes
The trust which was the subject of the Commission for Health Improvement's most damning report to date has been given extra time to put together an action plan to turn its fortunes around.
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Howling in the wilderness
PRIMARY CARE: The huffing and puffing is over. Keeping the wolf from the door will require drastic action by the government to recruit GPs, discovers Mark Gould
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Locums 'preying on desperate trusts'
A massive shortage of consultant histopathologists means that trusts are forced to rely on a hard core of sub-standard locums who are putting patient care at risk, senior pathologists have revealed.
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Leicester faces continued media deluge in wake of cancer audit
Public health services in Leicestershire are facing another week in the spotlight following publication of the findings of an audit of deaths from cervical cancer.
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Hackney marriage
Two health workers are out to unseat left-wing MP Diane Abbott. Mark Gould looks at the campaign issues
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Claim-spotter
What looks like the biggest fraud in NHS history was uncovered in a district audit office in Caernarfon. Audit manager Ian Hughes unravelled the story exclusively for Mark Gould
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Down but not out
Outpatient clinics are out-of-date and much of their function could occur in primary care, says the NHS Confederation. But will not some clinics always be needed? Mark Gould examines the arguments