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Since 1991, a total of 29 trusts and health authorities have been found to have broken health and safety laws. Last year, Surrey Heartlands trust, Premier Health trust, Community Health Sheffield trust, Leeds Community and Mental Heath trust, Gloucestershire Ambulance Service trust, Eastbourne Hospital trust and Swindon and Marlborough trust ...
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Hearing voices
Staff whose views are rarely made public speak out on the meaning of the NHS's 50th anniversary in a new book, Other Voices. Author Patrick Butler explains
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Milburn outlines his vision of 'third way' for public services
Health minister Alan Milburn last week set out his view of the way forward for public services, harnessing the Blairite jargon of the 'third way' to range far beyond his NHS brief to take in education and social services.
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Opening up
Managing high security psychiatric care Edited by Charles Kaye and Alan Franey Jessica Kingsley Publishers 240 pages £19.95
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A 'third way' to promotion?
comment: Health minister's vision is safely built on public service values
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How to tell if the NHS is serious about improving the nation's health
I read with interest 'All quiet on the front line' (pages 24-26, 14 May), as performance indicators are, on the face of it, a very useful tool and appear to provide a sensible transition from management theory to management practice. Defining a standard, measuring performance, comparing performance to the standard, ...
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Let me know if you care about sharing
Roy Sharma (Letters, 4 June) asked: 'Why are we so close to the primary care group deadline without vision, partnership and plans?'
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The public health specialist who fled 'marriage' to half- a-dozen GP partners
A growing interest in public health and a dissatisfaction with general practice led Steve Hajioff to make a major career change in his 30s.
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Sir Alan Langlands
The NHS chief executive gains a knighthood in the NHS's 50th anniversary year. Sir Alan has been chief executive since 1994, when he succeeded Sir Duncan Nichol, having served as his deputy. Sir Alan is a former general manager of North West Thames regional health authority.
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PCG commissioning plan threatens emergency ambulance services
Allowing primary care groups to commission emergency ambulance services would drive up costs, increase bureaucracy, hamper performance and fragment the service, ambulance managers have warned.
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Analyst warns that hospital merger savings are an illusion
Government hopes of saving pounds50,000 with every hospital merger are largely illusory, a leading health policy analyst warned last week.
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Panel beaters please apply
For an organisation which restructures itself more frequently than the Italian government, the NHS doesn't seem to do it very efficiently. In its pursuit of political correctness and 'visible equity' the NHS treats its staff unfairly, prolongs disruption and damages clinical services.
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CHCs join revolt over director appointment
Community health councils are in rebellion over the appointment of a new director for their national association in moves that could disrupt the patient watchdog movement's conference.
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Widdecombe attacks 'bungled PR'
Shadow health secretary Ann Widdecombe launched her first assault on the government's NHS record this week as health secretary Frank Dobson claimed 3,100 beds would open or stay open thanks to the government's waiting list initiative.
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Attracting more young GPs: successful schemes in County Durham and south London
County Durham has one of the oldest established schemes to attract young GPs. Now entering its third year, 'Career Start' has already offered 15 vocationally trained GPs the opportunity to sample work in general practice without making a life-long commitment to one surgery. Two have now taken up partnerships within ...