News – Page 1841
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Climate of change delays free nursing
The organisational changes currently underway in the health service were a key factor in the government's decision to delay full implementation of free nursing care paid for by the NHS.
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Contract talks gather momentum
The process of negotiating a new national contract for GPs, being led by the NHS Confederation, was formally started last week with the publication of a statement of intent from the confederation and the British Medical Association's GP committee.
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Many happy returns?
Efforts to lure nurses both in the UK and from overseas into the health service - and keep them there - have met with a mixed response.Anne Gulland reports on progress so far
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First base: elastic pledges on numbers
Is a pledge still a pledge when it has an elastic deadline?
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Cause and effect
How do chief executives feel about the latest NHS reorganisation? A survey of reactions to Shifting the Balance revealed some disturbing findings.
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Fight club
The threat of violence towards GPs has led South Essex health organisations to set up a special allocation scheme. Carolyn Larsen and colleagues explain GPs have had the right since 1999 to remove a patient immediately from their list for actual or threatened violence or aggression.
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Catch phase
The crisis in managing communicable disease will deepen as the NHS reorganisation moves consultants in the specialty into primary care trusts, says Surinder Bakhshi
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in person Professor Ray Robinson
Professor Ray Robinson is to join the British Dental Association to work alongside its newly formed policy directorate.He will help develop its strategic policy-making as well as provide external health input on oral health issues.