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BBC grilling procures a Crisp but variant reply
If history isn't busy worrying about something more important, it may record that Alan Milburn was the first MP to congratulate Michael Martin, the new speaker, on his first day at work - having voted for him rather than for his Geordie neighbour, Dr David Clark, as Tony Blair probably ...
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Visits to homes
The organisation of the influenza programme for those unable to attend the clinic was similar in all practices, which contacted homes for elderly people in their area asking for the names of those due to have influenza vaccinations.
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Tales of the expected
The highs and lows of acute sector demand are far more predictable than is often thought, and can be planned for in summer and winter, write Tony Jewell and Hilary Spiers
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Health without a care
What constitutes health improvement? And with so many differing definitions, what chance has it got, ask Stephen Abbott and Steve Gillam
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Unkindest cut?
Bill Clinton's government thought a massive programme of cuts to the health budget could be withstood by the industry. It may have been very wrong, writes Howard Berliner
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The big check-up
Regulating doctors Edited by David Gladstone Institute for the Study of Civil Society 73 pages £5
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The human side of supervision
Successful supervision in health care practice Promoting professional development Edited by Jenny Spouse and Liz Redfern Blackwell Science 188 pages £16.99
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For experienced eyes only
Making clinical governance work for you Ruth Chambers and Gill Wakley Radcliffe Medical Press 266 pages £19.95
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hospital infections
Nearly one in 10 patients acquires a new infection in hospital, at a cost to the NHS of around £931m. And some of it could be avoided, reports John Appleby