All News articles – Page 2076
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Cyberschool days
As more and more education providers offer web-based open and distance learning courses, Dolly Chadda looks at the prospects for NHS staff to learn online
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Days like this
Confidentiality warning. . . No extra powers for CHCs. . . De-recognition of unions put forward as strategy idea. . . 'Inevitability' of trusts. . .
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What's up, docs?
The Shipman case sounded the death-knell for the GMC in its current form. But what might replace self-regulation? Kaye McIntosh considers the options
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Taskforce moves in on 'doubled' overspend
The management of troubled Tayside health board came in for fresh criticism this week as a taskforce was sent in to 'deliver an effective financial recovery plan' to turn around a £12m deficit run up by its local acute trust.
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Feeling the pressure
Stress in health professionals Psychological and organisational causes and interventions Edited by Jenny Firth-Cozens and Roy L Payne John Wiley & Sons 264 pages £17.99 paperback £39.95 hardback
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Fleet of foot
An early retirement culture and dissatisfaction with work have left an increasingly worried government with a staffing vacuum, writes Janet Snell
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News focus
The Waterhouse report has exposed the failures of local authorities looking after children in care. But the NHS, too, should examine its role in meeting the health needs of this vulnerable group. Lynn Eaton looks at hopes for future partnership
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Waiting-list rise sparks funds plea
The largest increase in inpatient waiting lists for more than a year shows the need for greater strategic planning and resources to prevent seasonal overheating, says the NHS Confederation.
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Work record is questioned at tribunal hearing
A manager who accused a trust chief executive of sexual harassment was questioned this week about her work record at an employment tribunal hearing.
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Winning hearts and minds
Work pressures make life difficult for managers and clinicians - and dangerous for patients. Thelma Agnew hears frank talk at a seminar on work culture
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Milburn may not mourn his passing, but managers will
Health secretary's return may have been the final straw for Langlands
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How to settle old scores
The GP quiz book 2 Further detection and management of physical disease By Alick Munro Radcliffe Medical Press 191 pages £17.95
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One hundred years of solicitude
The Labour Party seems reluctant to look back to its origins a century ago. But its history and that of health policy are closely intertwined.
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Of primary importance
The major providers of mental healthcare are often those in primary care with the least training to deliver it - a situation being remedied by one specialist centre, writes Elizabeth Armstrong