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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wales' lists climb to 74,000 with scores of 'long-waiters'
Hospital waiting lists in Wales have risen more rapidly than in England, and government figures show hundreds of patients still having to wait more than two years for treatment.
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Unison says pounds3.60 minimum wage will affect few and vows to fight on
One healthcare assistant in 10 is likely to benefit from the proposed pounds3.60 national minimum wage, public service union Unison predicted this week. But it says it intends to go on fighting for a rate of pounds4.61.
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Manager and 999 crew get formal warning
A manager who ordered an ambulance crew to give her and a colleague a lift home after a night on the town has been disciplined. The move follows a four-week inquiry sparked by a tip-off from a member of staff.
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Doctors accuse trust chief over patient cuts
Consultants at Southend Community Care Services trust have accused chief executive Mike Harrison of 'colluding' with South Essex health authority to 'destroy patient services'.
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Alarm unheard or unheeded?
When things began to go wrong at Bristol Royal Infirmary, who knew, and who could have done more to prevent the tragedy? Linda Davidson talks to whistleblower Helen Stratton and HA chief executive Pamela Charlwood
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All together now
Integrated healthcare has a royal seal of approval, but evidence of its effectiveness remains limited. Pat Healy reports
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WHY IS THERE SUCH A CLIMATE OF DISTRUST WHEN ALL SPEAK SENSE...
The NHS is to enter a new world from April next year, led by the newly created primary care groups. Yet there is a struggle between the Department of Health and GPs' representatives about how things will take shape.
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Confederation top team quits en bloc to leave Thornton alone at the helm
NHS Confederation chief executive Stephen Thornton appeared to be isolated at the head of the organisation this week after it emerged that the entire top management team he inherited just six months ago is quitting.