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In similar vein
Proposals to reorganise the Scottish blood service bear more than a passing resemblance to recent changes south of the border - and seem set to cause as much controversy, writes Barbara Millar
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Site unseen:
Site unseen: construction workers on the site of the pounds63m Cumberland Infirmary redevelopment in Carlisle, one of the first wave of private finance initiative building programmes to secure approval.
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Situations vacant
Twenty years ago, the brightest and best medical graduates were queuing up to become GPs. Today, general practice is acknowledged to be in serious difficulties. The number of young doctors entering GP training schemes fell by more than 20 per cent in the 10 years to October 1997, more doctors ...
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WEB WATCH
There are times when the Institute of Management gives a good impression of suggesting that if you're not running a FT-SE 100 company then you are not really managing. Its last annual management pay survey reported rises of 10 per cent for directors due to 'business growth'. Eat your heart ...
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King's Fund overspends by pounds2m
The King's Fund overspent its budget by more than pounds2m last year as changes brought in by new chief executive Julia Neuberger began to take effect. But it still has investments worth pounds150m to cushion the blow.
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All aboard?
Senior finance managers are increasingly worried about how primary care groups will work. Lyn Whitfield reports on an exclusive HSJ/HFMA survey
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What they say about primary care groups
Mark Millar, finance director, Suffolk health authority
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The NHS according to those who work in it Are alarm bells ringing yet in Richmond House?
Health ministers set great store by what they call evidence-based policy-making. Anxious not to repeat the mistakes of their Conservative predecessors, they make much of their laudable efforts to consult and evaluate: witness, for example, the comprehensive studies of the primary care pilot schemes (see pages 12-13). Not for them ...
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Scottish health minister promises 'decisive action'
In Scotland, where the Commission for Health Improvement's remit will not apply, health minister Sam Galbraith promised 'decisive action' over poor performance in the health service.
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Trust chair checks law after hepatitis op case
A trust chair is considering a legal challenge to guidelines that allow doctors carrying communicable diseases to perform operations.
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Barbara Stocking: 'Discrimination gets easier to handle with age'
Barbara Stocking is the NHS Executive's regional director for Anglia and Oxford. She warns women trying to make it to the top that they can expect to run up against discrimination.
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Tough powers set to curb nurse agencies
Tough new powers to curb nursing employment agencies which fail to carry out health and registration checks on agency nursing and auxiliary staff could become law within six months.
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Legal aid rule changes
Major changes in the way the Legal Aid Board deals with medical negligence cases could be on the way. These have already been foreshadowed by the government, but a report just issued by the board fills in dates and details.
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Policy initiatives throw light on problem: AIDS services can benefit from strategic thought
It is encouraging to read of the continued tenacity, and now 'glimmer of hope' (News, page 5, 14 May) of those fighting to retain London Lighthouse.
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How one trust aims to extend its Wheech
Western General Hospital trust in Edinburgh is `'reinventing itself', creating 'one-stop shop' clinics and establishing a patients' council to oversee its progress.
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Hilary Pepler: 'All the other chief executives are men'
Hilary Pepler, chief executive of North Mersey Community trust, says: 'You have to create a culture where people feel it's all right to leave a meeting early to go to a parents' evening at your child's school - but it must apply to men as well as women.
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Public Health Alliance points out missing link
The Public Health Alliance was the instigator of the research described by Stephen Peckham and colleagues ('The missing link', pages 22-23, 28 May), and of the forthcoming report on the research, A Public Health Model of Primary Care: from concept to reality. PHA has a reputation for radical and innovative ...
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Five ambulance trusts to go in northern region reconfiguration
Five ambulance trusts could disappear under reconfiguration proposals commissioned by health authorities in Northern and Yorkshire region.
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Anne Williams: 'I'm a better manager because of my children'
Anne Williams, chief executive of the Surrey Hants Borders trust and the mother of six-year-old twins (pictured right), admits: 'I was a bit of a workaholic before I had kids but I didn't see the service through the eyes of a user. Having young children gives you an insight because ...