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Socio-economic factors 'don't explain rankings'
Variations in health authority performance cannot be explained away by variations in social and economic conditions, a King's Fund study has concluded.
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Looking deeper
Health improvement programmes By Salman Rawaf and Peter Orton The Royal Society of Medicine 176 pages £14.95
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Dear Mel. . .
Our hospital social club has just started running 'exotic' entertainment evenings. On Tuesdays it's a hen night for the ladies with male strippers and so on, while Thursdays are stag nights for the lads with the female variety. The club makes quite a lot of money which it donates to ...
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Days like this
Community reforms held up. . .Alan Langlands appointed. . .PM asked for pay guarantees. . .Fewer women appointed. . . north-south split
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Thresholds critical 'if nine-month waiting-list goals are to be met'
The nine-month waiting-time target expected in today's national plan can only be met if clinically defined referral and access thresholds are introduced, according to King's Fund fellow in health systems Anthony Harrison.
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Crash course
NHS trainee managers were hanging on to their hats last week when they piloted their way through HSJ's one-day simulation event. Tash Shifrin reports on the ups and downs of the day
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Legal ruling may see CHI go public
A landmark court ruling could force the Commission for Health Improvement to hold its investigations in public.
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Faith and hope in health charities
Patient power? The politics of patients' associations in Britain and America By Bruce Wood Open University Press 224 pages £19.99
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Casting a verdict on history
Landmark? Last chance? Election winner? Will today's national plan for the NHS fulfil the many hopes invested in it? Kaye McIntosh asks key players for their assessment
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Short Cuts: Council votes to sort cash crisis with outside help
Local councillors have voted to call in the auditor general for Scotland to investigate the cash crisis at Tayside University Hospitals trust. Members of Angus council unanimously voted to write to Robert Black to ask him to investigate the £11.1m overspend and the £8m deficit forecast for this year. Although ...
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Trust to be questioned on conduct during Neale case
Northallerton Health Services trust is facing tough questions over why it gave gynaecologist Richard Neale a £100,000 payoff, bought his private consulting rooms and gave him a reference that allowed him to practise at other hospitals.
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Headhunters hired to get Carter's successor
The Scottish Executive is facing new charges of 'cronyism' following the announcement that Ronnie Cleland is to play a leading role in recruiting a new chief medical officer for Scotland.
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Short Cuts: Cancer care programme to be extended in Wales
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has been asked to extend its programme on cancer care in Wales. NICE will carry out a two-year programme to provide guidance for clinicians and managers on the organisation of cancer services, minimum standards, access to new drugs and support for cancer patients and ...
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Mental health strategy damned as MPs call for hospital closures
The Commons health select committee has launched a fierce attack on key strands of government policy on mental health.
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MPs call for 'pilot' elections to trusts
MPs have urged the government to consider elections for members of trust and health authority boards.