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Whistleblower policy hailed as NHS 'model'
A 'whistleblowing' policy which guarantees the right of trust staff to go public with their concerns has been commended as a 'model' for the rest of the NHS.
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For what it's worth
The NHS is a strongly redistributive social benefit 'worth' up to pounds1,900 a year in post-tax income to the poorest one-fifth of households. Government economists calculate that households in the top 20 per cent income group, by contrast, benefit to an estimated value of pounds1,330. The average value of the ...
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Whooping for joy
The expected four-yearly outbreak of whooping cough failed to materialise for the first time in 1994, after medical researchers succeeded in dispelling fears that immunisation against the illness caused brain damage.
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Lord Justice Phillips
Lord Justice Phillips, chair of the government's BSE inquiry, opens its preliminary session in London last week. He said former ministers, civil servants and animal feed manufacturers would be questioned about the spread of 'mad cow disease', but the 'primary object of the inquiry is not to attribute blame but ...
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Key Points
The white paper proposals for partnerships in the NHS of the future are much less developed than those for performance.
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Key Points
The white paper proposal to fund primary care groups according to a set formula is beset with difficulties.
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MERGING MANAGEMENT WOULD REDUCE WASTE
As another ex-nurse, I write in response to N Brown's letter (22 January) about the amount of money spent on chief executives.
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Monitor
It's all very embarrassing when you give someone the boot and are then forced to give them their job back. Which must explain why South Thames regional office has insisted on saying that Lady Helen Gardiner has had her appointment as chair of Surrey Ambulance trust 'extended'. 'It's an extension ...
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PROBLEMS NEED SOLVING
Further to Lee Whitehead's response (Letters, 15 January) to Michael Howlett (Letters, 27 November), I endorse the view that the 'care continuum' of supported housing should be available in every locality. I also suggest that today's solution is tomorrow's problem: once the housing needs of people suffering mental ill health ...
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The woman WHO's taking over
The election of Gro Harlem Brundtland as director-general of the World Health Organisation will provide it with a new lease of life and open doors to world leaders.
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Take your partners
The white paper emphasises collaboration and puts forward a range of proposals. But is there a
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In person
David Black has been appointed medical director of Queen Mary's Sidcup trust, where he has been a consultant physician and geriatrician for the past 10 years. Dr Black was also previously clinical director of the adult medicine directorate and a part-time operations manager at the trust.
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There is scope for Powys-like protest
There is scope for Powys-like protest in its decision since the project group reports: 'The one trust option is greatly feared in the north of the country' and there is 'cohesive opposition from the local trust, GPs and local councillors'.
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Stage struck
Doctors can hardly conceal their glee, the unions are furious, and managers have been warned that their pay rises
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Survivors
Survivors: health secretary Frank Dobson meets Minnie Hodges, aged 107, during a visit to Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham. Mrs Hodges was in hospital after a fall, and was preparing to return home at the time of Mr Dobson's visit. She told reporters afterwards that she believed John Major was Britain's ...