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PCGs could be like dinosaurs stranded in a backwater
Frenetic pace to attain PCT status will leave those who resist vulnerable
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Biting the magic bullet
A while ago I talked to a friend, a psychiatric nurse, about his ideas for the future of mental healthcare. I mentioned the national service framework, the promised funding and the expected reforms.
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Fox's private enterprise knows no bounds
Sitting in a BBC TV studio just before prime minister's question time the other Wednesday, I was asked what I thought William Hague would torment Tony Blair about this week. Fresh back from the EU summit in Portugal, I replied 'Europe'.
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Turned to good account
Consultants' traditional resistance to appraisal is being broken down by a few trusts which are taking the first steps towards assessment. Alison Moore reports
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With due respect
What skills should be assessed in doctors' performance appraisals? One trust came up with a wide range of skills and competencies when it surveyed senior clinicians and managers. June Goodson-Moore and colleagues report
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All change
Two managers talk to Maura Thompson about the challenges they face to improve services and keep up with demand
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Talk to me, doc
Contemporary primary care: The challenge of change Edited by Philip ToveyOpen University Press 186 pages £18.99 paperback £55 hardback
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Market days are here to stay
Reforming markets in health care: An economic perspective Edited by Peter C Smith Open University Press 297 pages £19.99 paperback £65 hardback
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More style than substance on offer
A-Z of Medical Writing By Tim Albert BMJ Books 145 pages £14.95
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Fresh injection of democracy won't hurt
The evening of the England-Portugal Euro 2000 match was not an auspicious time to hold a debate, even in the House of Lords. But Lord Harris of Haringey managed to attract around 20 peers, including soccer-loving health minister Lord Hunt, to discuss NHS account- ability.
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Wide variations in funding of palliative care
A third of health authorities have no strategy for palliative care, despite the government's insistence that decisions on how much financial support hospices receive from the NHS must be taken at local level.