News – Page 1919
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Directory inquiry
Patients'views are now supposed to be central to the NHS.So why have they had no input into the health service's new guide? Claire Laurent reports
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A job That is Taylor-made
The new choice as deputy NHS chief executive has been welcomed by managers and unions.Ann McGauran finds out why
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Slow the pace of reform - or find the money
With only months before poll day, NHS problems are piling up for Labour
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A fig-leaf to cover confusion
Hinchliffe amendments could defuse embarrassing CHC abolition row
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Four cheers for disruption
Once upon a time it used to be thought that the NHS was unassailable. Even hard-line Conservative ministers came unstuck in their ill-advised attempts to persuade the public that better healthcare systems were available. But under New Labour, the NHS has never looked more frail and vulnerable.
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THE PERSUADERS
Name Chai Patel CBE Job Chief executive, Westminster Health Care plc Style New Labour's favourite private healthcare operator, and 'without question, the best networker'in the sector.
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MPs ponder Pooled resources as Gisela tries some figurative painting
Oh dear, Tony Blair is in trouble with Gordon Brown again for shooting his mouth off. No, I am not referring to his admission at question time that the government's 'five economic tests' on the single currency will be examined within two years of the coming election (if Labour wins).
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Doing the hurdles
Senior mental health managers want to deliver the national service framework - but to what extent will lack of resources and trust hold them back, ask Edward Peck and Stefan Wigg
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Ask the boss: the survey sample and methodology
The survey sample in 2000 comprised 64 managers in the most senior post responsible for mental health services in health authorities, local authority social services departments and NHS trusts in London.
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Pulling out the stops
Media interest in the launch of a drug to help people give up smoking was exploited by one authority to promote its smoking-cessation service.Mark Langdon and colleagues report
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Voice recognition
Primary care groups have taken steps to meet the NHS plan's agenda for greater public involvement, but are they up to the job? A survey suggests they need new skills.Michael Shepherd reports
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Involving the public: a long way to go
Almost all (99 per cent) of respondents had a policy on public involvement or were developing one.