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MONITOR
Well hello readers - especially James Barbour, NHS Lothian chief exec, beautifully photographed amidst the Scottish crags just two weeks ago in HSJ. One correspondent, who preferred to remain anonymous, recalled that in the early 1970s 'before attaining the heights of hospital secretary at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children' ...
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SPENDING UNDER LABOUR
DATA BREIFING: When New Labour took office it was committed to keeping to the previous Conservative government's public spending plans. But surely this would have compromised its pledges on the future of the NHS? John Appleby reports
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First impressions
NURSING RECRUITMENT: Nurses from overseas are increasingly important to the NHS, but the way in which they are introduced varies considerably. Fiona Johnson and Karen Greenwood report on setting up an induction programme
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Events
Bristol inquiry 12 October, Bristol 'Learning from our mistakes - clinical governance and the Bristol Royal Infirmary enquiry' is a conference sponsored by the Socialist Health Association and NHS Consultants Association. The event aims to identify the key issues arising from the Bristol Royal Infirmary and other recent untoward incidents ...
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Rules of engagement
REGULATING MANAGERS: Should managers be regulated in the same way as other healthcare professionals? Institute of Healthcare Management chief executive Stuart Marples argues in favour, and Jeremy Davies finds out other managers'views
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Grateful dread
NEWS FOCUS: The UK's experience of major terrorist attacks has paled into insignificance alongside the thousands of deaths in America last week.But could we cope with a comparable event? Lynn Eaton reports
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Down in the dumps
NEWS FOCUS: Though debate was cut short at the TUC in Brighton, unions are determined to take a hard line on the rights of NHS staff transferred under public-private partnerships.But Ann McGauran wonders whether the shouting match is obscuring the real is