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Horses for courses?
Who are the favourites to succeed Sir Kenneth Calman as chief medical officer? Barbara Millar reports on the best bets
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Villains no more?
It is sometimes difficult to know with this government whether managers are considered part of the problem or part of the solution. Last week's fleshing out of plans for a system of clinical governance under which chief executives will be held accountable for clinical failings is a case in point ...
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Waiting for the party to begin
The New NHS white paper emphasises the need to improve clinical governance. The government's plans for a National Institute for Clinical Excellence and a Commission for Health Improvement are to be elaborated soon.
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Why Bickerstaffe is still no Buddy of New Labour
I don't know where you were when the Easter pay debate erupted. But St Ives in Cornwall was as good a vantage point as any. Pay is notoriously low and seasonal in the West Country, though indices of poverty (and thus of NHS grants) are distorted by high levels of ...
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Dying for a good meal?
The NHS serves 3 million meals a day - more than any other organisation in the UK, even McDonald's. But more than a third of hospital patients suffer from malnutrition. Barbara Millar reports on initiatives to improve standards