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Strip tease
days before England's first World Cup encounter, researchers from the Royal Free Hospital, London, and Bradford Royal Infirmary have reported that the thin weave of the official England team shirts offers little protection against harmful ultra-violet rays. Consultant dermatologist Andrew Wright, holding England striker Alan Shearer's number 9 shirt, says ...
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Skeleton service
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital gave local people a chance to see the NHS in action last weekend. Here, eight-year- old Nicholas Harrington finds out more about plaster casts from technician Mariano Martinez-Tenorio. Nicholas's sister Laura and father David lend a hand with staff nurse Alberta Awotwi.
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Ready for take-off
Comprehensive studies of primary care pilot schemes could provide ministers with justification for their reforms, writes Barbara Millar
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Tender is the plight
Dudley health authority's move to sell community nursing to the highest bidder ended in resignations and retreat. Pat Healy reports
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Shake up or ship out
Everyone who works in the NHS is used to periods of turmoil and uncertainty, and finance staff are one group that now feels under threat. The early 1990s saw an enormous growth in their number as trusts and health authorities struggled to cope with the internal market. Promotion was rapid ...
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Pastures new
Toby Harris's controversial departure from the CHC movement comes at a time of deep uncertainty over its future, writes Patrick Butler
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Skye's the limit
Airline-style bookings, where patients know the date of their hospital appointments when they leave their GP, is part of a drive to improve electronic communications in the NHS in Scotland. Barbara Millar reports
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Jobs can be made for sharing
Sue Williams and Sue Osborn work for Barking and Havering health authority and have the only chief executive job-share in the NHS.
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IHSM losses mount as turnover plummets
The Institute of Health Services Management crashed to a pounds180,000 operating loss last year as turnover dropped below pounds2m for the first time in six years and membership continued its slow downward spiral.
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Holding the line
Milton Keynes had a lively bank holiday weekend judging by calls to NHS Direct, the 24-hour helpline launched in March.
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Sue Machell: 'It's harder for women in a hospital'
Sue Machell, chief executive of Croydon Community trust, accepts that there is a different culture in the community.
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Forum to unite quality groups in healthcare
A forum bringing together national organisations offering accreditation and other quality assurance services in healthcare is to be launched next month.
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Juniors praise Milburn on time, jobs and food
Health minister Alan Milburn won a standing ovation from junior doctors last week with promises to take further action on working hours, improve access to part-time consultant posts and provide better food in trust canteens.
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Firm pulls out of PFI scheme
A contracting firm has pulled out of Scotland's flagship hospital building project a month before contracts were to be signed.
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Something of the fight?
With her appointment as shadow health secretary Ann Widdecombe's rehabilitation is complete.