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Establishment man is new chair at King's Fund
The King's Fund moved this week to reaffirm its establishment credentials with the appointment of former Department of Health permanent secretary Sir Graham Hart as its new chair.
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Short Cuts: RCN launches union rights consultation
The Royal College of Nursing is consulting its members on the Fairness at Work white paper, asking whether they agree with its view that union negotiating rights should cover professional issues such as patient care. Josie Irwin, of the RCN's labour relations department, says views put forward will feature in ...
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Tone of contention
Attacked by the press and dogged by controversy, South Africa's health minister, who will be speaking at next week's NHS Confederation conference in London, is, nonetheless, a gutsy reformer. And she's not afraid to take on her critics. Pat Sidley reports
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Corps services
After a critical report on military health services, army and civilian staff at an MoD hospital unit in one NHS acute trust are soldiering on together, writes Lyn Whitfield
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Short Cuts: Healthcare workers top suicide risk list
Healthcare workers are prominent among the occupational groups most likely to kill themselves, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and ward orderlies are in the top 10 groups of women most likely to take their lives. Among men, doctors, dentists and pharmacists ...
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There is a third way: 'muddling elegantly'
Desperately seeking solutions Rationing health care By David Hunter Longman 224 pages £14.99
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Using his faculty
James McEwen, the Faculty of Public Health's new president, believes local action is the key to making public health work. Barbara Millar reports
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Fair shares of the kitty?
Are chief executives overpaid? Barbara Millar investigates the controversy surrounding managers' pay
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Light fantastic
Pain control nurse Sharon Baldwin at the launch of Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust's Snoezelen room - thought to be the first in the UK to be used for acute pain control.
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Going, going. . . not yet gone
Everyone agrees the government should get rid of the Mental Health Act. But they may be disappointed. Mark Gould reports
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The graduate
Nursing auxiliary Sharon Smith meets education secretary David Blunkett as he visits Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, to launch a scheme offering staff who missed out on formal education the opportunity to 'return to learn'. Fifteen members of staff are taking part in the project, which is a joint initiative by ...
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Scots parliament will 'have handle' on health
The new Scottish parliament will have unprecedented power to interfere in the running of health boards and trusts, and could jeopardise partnerships between the NHS and local government, some managers fear.