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MSF in turmoil over PPP stance
Prime minister Tony Blair's speech on public service reform this week threw the MSF union into turmoil as its leader appeared to make a U-turn over the private sector's role in the NHS.
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NHS 'icon'gets performance role
Margaret Edwards, chief executive of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals trust, has been appointed to a new post as director of performance for the NHS.
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Hutt opts for waiting times rather than list targets
The NHS in Wales is to abandon waiting-list targets and focus on waiting times.The move was confirmed by health minister Jane Hutt while speaking at the Innovations in Care conference in Cardiff last week.She also said the new measures will be phased in over the next year, with waits for ...
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Healing old wounds
Hugh Ross exudes brisk efficiency and steely intelligence. He makes you want to think sharper, sit up straighter.He looks as if he would be very good in a crisis.Which he is.
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How to get promoted
Public health is in danger of being sidelined unless special efforts are made to incorporate it into primary care trusts, warn David Hunter and Neil Goodwin
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Days like this
Confusion over pace of change. . .Nichol rules out havoc. . .Reform petition fears. . .Fundholder queue-jumping. . .'village idiot'gaffe
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From our own correspondents
A health service on the road to modernisation? That wasn't the experience of HSJ's Maura Thompson (left) or Lesley Hallett (below)
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Consultant and nurse vacancies remain stable
Vacancies for consultants and nurses in England have changed little over the last 12 months.The three-month vacancy rate for consultants was 3 per cent in March - a rise of 0.2 per cent on the previous year.And vacancies for qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors fell by 0.5 per cent, ...
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Personal data complaints on the rise and showing no sign of slowdown
Complaints about how NHS bodies handle data have tripled in the last year and are likely to keep on rising.
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Clampdown demanded on enforced treatment
Mental health campaigners are calling on the government to take action against the rising numbers of patients being subjected to enforced treatment.The Mental Health Alliance has drawn up a charter, Care Before Compulsion, to influence future reforms of the Mental Health Act. In 1995,10 per cent of admissions to psychiatric ...
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Trust failed to check up on locums
The Commission for Health Improvement has criticised a hospital trust, accusing it of not conducting checks on locum doctors.