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Past and failed
How have the eager young would-be medics we saw on TV in 1984 fared? Mark Crail reports
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GP systems 'poor value for money'
More than a quarter of GPs regard their computer system as poor value for money, according to a survey by the NHS Executive.
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HAZs warning
The lessons of earlier area-based approaches to health and social welfare should be heeded if health action zones are to avoid past pitfalls, says Joan Higgins
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monitor
So St James' boss David Johnson has been appointed chief executive of the new Leeds 'super trust'. But Monitor is curious to unravel the mystery of who the other three candidates were who were interviewed for the £125,000 post. Leeds health authority chief executive Ron De Witt was one. But ...
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Prospects of partnership
The strategic joint working envisaged in the The New NHS white paper requires a partnership approach at the front line, argues Bob Hudson
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The power and the pilfering
This may be the age of the £125,000-a-year trust chief executive responsible for 15,000 staff and a budget of more than £400m, but can any manager in today's NHS claim the untrammelled power and influence - let alone the unquestioned personal authority - of the group secretary and house governor ...
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Shadow of polio
A poster by Reginald Mount urges people to protect themselves against the disease in an exhibition about the history of needles in medicine. You Won't Feel A Thing is at the Wellcome Trust's History of Medicine Gallery at 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
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Shouting in Unison
Ministers had an easy ride at union conferences last year. Now the honeymoon is over. Dolly Chadda reports
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this week
Dateline Glasgow 3am: a triage nurse pacifies a patient in Glasgow Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department. Photo-journalist Harriet Logan's pictures of the NHS at work in Glasgow and Sheffield are included in an exhibition organised by Network photographers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NHS. It opens on ...
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10 projects worth £900m given the green light in second wave of PFI
Ten hospital building projects worth almost £900m were given the go-ahead by ministers this week in a second wave of private finance initiative approvals.
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Supertrust signs up £125k chief executive
A £430m new 'supertrust' this week recruited what is thought to be the country's highest-paid chief executive. David Johnson, once a hospital porter, will head Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust. The post carries 'a remuneration package' of around £125,000.
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Dyfed Powys aims to wipe out £20m deficit
A Welsh health authority has launched a recovery plan to tackle a £20m deficit in funding for the local health service.
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White paper reconfiguration could leave Scotland with just 27 trusts
Detailed proposals to make a radical reduction in the number of Scottish trusts have been issued by health boards.
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In Brief: Clinical academics
Clinical academics are to receive a staged pay award of 4.2 per cent this year, after the University Colleges Employers Association agreed to translate the recommendations of the doctors and dentists review body into staff salaries. Nonclinical academics will receive a staged award of 3.8 per cent.