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BOOKS: Excel for Clinical Governance By Alan Gillies Radcliffe Medical Press 256 pages £27. 50
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Events
Bristol enquiry conference 1 June, Bristol 'The Bristol Royal Infirmary enquiry: implications for the NHS, healthcare professionals and patients' is a one-day Socialist Health Association conference presenting main findings and recommendations, the parents', management and CHC perspective, the consultant's and nurses' role, and Lord Hunt's address on the way forward.
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Maternity cash boost 'built on policy vacuum'
The government's £100m cash boost to upgrade the country's maternity services has been built on a policy vacuum, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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Appetites whetted as Blair goes to the polls
Mung beans, couscous and very cheesy sauce were ingredients in one of the last initiatives rustled up by the government before prime minister Tony Blair went to the polls for a 7 June election.
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Locums 'preying on desperate trusts'
A massive shortage of consultant histopathologists means that trusts are forced to rely on a hard core of sub-standard locums who are putting patient care at risk, senior pathologists have revealed.
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Budget cuts shake MSF membership
NHS members of trade union MSF are considering leaving the organisation amid fears of a 30 per cent cut in its health sector budget.
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Clinical team defends ex-Radcliffe appointee
The clinical governance support team has defended its appointment of a nursing director who was strongly criticised for poor support, guidance and supervision of staff while at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.
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Leicester faces continued media deluge in wake of cancer audit
Public health services in Leicestershire are facing another week in the spotlight following publication of the findings of an audit of deaths from cervical cancer.
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Axing tax breaks for private medical insurance saves Treasury millions
The government's decision when it came into power to axe tax breaks for elderly people taking up private medical insurance could have saved the Treasury up to £135m, according to a new report.
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BMA condemns shackled screening of refugees
The British Medical Association in Wales has condemned the treatment of 20 asylum seekers who were taken to University Hospital of Wales in handcuffs for TB screening.BMA Wales secretary Dr Bob Broughton said the incident contravened the 'basic human right'of the refugees brought from Cardiff prison.He said it was 'totally ...
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Negligence claims soar to 10 per cent of NHS budget
Negligence claims against the NHS have soared to £3.9bn - around 10 per cent of its annual budget.Claims actually settled during the last financial year were worth £386m which, according to the National Audit Office, represents a seven-fold increase since 1998. Its report also says that legal costs outstrip the ...
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Hague plans to cap long-term care contributions
Opposition leader William Hague has revealed plans to cap the contributions people would be expected to pay towards long-term care at around £25,000-£30,000.Speaking on a visit to a care home, he said he wanted to set up a long-term care fund from a person's savings, a lump-sum payment from a ...
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Free personal care for elderly people is vote-winner
A poll by Help the Aged shows that 15 per cent of people with a 'preferred party'would switch their vote during the general election to a party which promised free personal care for elderly people.The charity also found that 54 per cent of floating voters would be swayed by the ...
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Government pledge to review dentists'pay system
The government has pledged to review dentists'pay and working patterns following a report by the Commons health select committee which claimed the current system was encouraging them to quit the NHS.The announcement came as junior health minister Lord Hunt said every NHS dental practice would be offered a share in ...
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Employment head leaves RCN for 'hands-on'HR post
Royal College of Nursing employment relations director Steve Griffin is to leave the union to take up a key NHS human resources post.Mr Griffin, who has been with the RCN for three years, has been appointed executive director of human resources at West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance trust, which will run ...
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'Sidelined'chief exec to launch legal action
The most financially troubled health trust in Scotland is facing legal action from a former manager who claims he was effectively made redundant when he was passed over for the chief executive's job.
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Scots plan for £300m cash boost
Health services across Scotland are to share almost £300m this year to spend on capital projects.
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