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'Hello!' begins a chatty Alan Langlands. 'I am sending this e-mail to all chief executives of health authorities and NHS trusts in England to see how many of you can receive e-mail using this route, and to check we have your correct contact details.' The Exec is planning a 'learning ...
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Patients 'at risk' from locum use
Poor management of locum doctors is putting patients at risk and wasting millions of pounds, says the Audit Commission.
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Key points
In the US, state medical licensing boards have the power to prevent sick doctors from practising if they do not undergo treatment.
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Microwaves of excellence radiating good practice from hospital wards
The health secretary recently announced a beacons of excellence scheme which invites the NHS to nominate good practice so that it can be spread.
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Troubled e-mail fails to stop GP intranet link-up
Health authorities have been told to press ahead with connecting all computerised GP practices to NHSnet by the end of the year, despite a recent flood of complaints about its electronic mail service.
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Doubled pension payments may threaten reforms, say managers
Shocked managers' leaders have warned that the government's NHS modernisation plans could be at risk after learning employers will have to almost double their contributions to staff pensions over the next two years.
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Days like this
Clarke denies pre-empting legislation... Doctors dismiss extra consultant posts as 'sop'... White paper critics 'risk worse'...
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Dame Rennie replies
I was interested to read Maggie Scott's letter (1 April) and her concern of bias in relation to my appointment as commissioner for public appointments.
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Critics of forced treatment tone down criticisms following report
Responses to an initial report by the government's Mental Health Act review team suggest that opposition to compulsory treatment in the community may be crumbling.