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Zero options
news focus Already zero-starred, four trusts now face the indignity of having their management franchised.And the way the news was communicated did little to soothe their hurt. Mark Gould offers a shoulder to cry on
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Curtain call
A team of managers is being recruited to sort out the problems in NHS operating theatres.Who will audition for the roles, and what will be expected of them, asks Ann McGauran
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A new broom
news focus Can a new town offer a clean slate for an altogether different model of primary care? Or is Quidditch Lane and its environs an artificial community? Barbara Millar reports
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Life in the fast lane
EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE Governments keep expressing their commitment to improve the IT skills of NHS staff. So is the European computer driving licence what they have been looking for? Lyn Whitfield reports
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Photographic memories
news focus Besieged by the press, two Scottish hospitals have had to cope with the most high-profile patients and their bereaved families.
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Despairing of disparity
NHS's progress is being hampered by lack of investment in social services
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Let's have real communication
Overpaid spin-doctors doing ministers' bidding are not what the NHS needs
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Call of the wild
HSJ MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE Elsie Jones and her dodgy hips, non-executives with wandering hands, arson. All part of a day's work at the HSJ Management Challenge, says Lyn Whitfield
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Skirting the issue
nursing workforce: Part-time nurses are an increasingly vital resource but are undervalued by managers, a survey has shown. Christine Edwards and colleagues report
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Nurture not nature
primary care trusts Primary care groups and trusts were an innovative idea, but they have achieved little, and failed to shift the balance in the NHS.They are in need of organisational sustenance, argues Matthew Bond
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A new role which calls for much preparation, but let's applaud new opportunities presented
Letters: Primary care trusts