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Travellers' checks
If people will travel to Belgium to buy a new car, why can't they do the same for a hip operation? Is a European health market about to open up? And if so, how will the NHS fare in the stormy waters of competition? Martin Wakeley reports
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Outpatient waiting
Understanding how the outpatient system interacts with the rest of the NHS is important - but assessing waiting-list performance is far from straightforward, writes John Appleby
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CHCs' successor bodies 'set to cost five times as much to run'
The successor bodies to community health councils - to be abolished in the Health and Social Care Bill - will cost nearly five times as much to run, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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As 'dirty hospitals' clean up their act, ward sisters acquire powers over sub-standard companies
Follow-up visits to 50 'dirty hospital' trusts which failed inspection standards last autumn have revealed that 41 of them have moved from 'red' to 'amber' status.
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Over 100 labs 'h had mortuary problems'
The hospital at the centre of the bodies-in-the-chapel row will this week lose its accreditation for histopathology - including mortuary and post-mortem facilities.
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Rallying round: as chief executive Ken Williams steps down, support steps up
Ken Williams' wife Jenny is director of health improvement and commissioning at Milton Keynes primary care trust.
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Scotland set for longterm care funding
The Scottish Parliament was set to make a sharp break from English policy on funding elderly people's long-term care this week.
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DoH in £60m staff scheme to think about the future
The Department of Health is to roll out a £60m scheme to give NHS staff 'protected time' to plan their part in the modernisation agenda.
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Funding shortfall as intermediate care loses out to local pressures
Concerns about a funding shortfall for intermediate services have loomed after it emerged that most of the new money, about £500m, has been allocated to local authorities without being ringfenced.
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Edgware probe sparks national guidance rejig
A government watchdog has called for changes to NHS Executive guidance in the wake of its investigation into the controversial hospital reconfiguration in Edgware.
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Leading PR firm loses Alder Hey contract just before organ report
A leading public relations agency for the NHS has lost a contract for Alder Hey Hospital just ahead of publication of the findings of the inquiry into organ retention.
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In brief: Alzheimer's disease
Three drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease - Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl - have been approved for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. But patients have to meet a number of strict criteria, including having been assessed by a specialist clinic as having a moderate or ...
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In brief: Keyhole surgery
Keyhole surgery should not be carried out on people with first-time hernias of the groin, according to NICE, which says there is insufficient evidence to recommend it.But it should be considered for recurrent hernias or those which appear on both sides, the guidance suggests.
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In brief: Complaints
The annual number of complaints against hospital and community health services in England rose slightly in 1999-2000 by 0.6 per cent to a total of 86,536.Of these, 60 per cent were resolved locally within the performance target of four weeks.The number of written complaints against GPs and dentists rose 2 ...
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In brief: Epsom and St Helier trust
Plans to change services at Epsom and St Helier trust in Surrey are 'fatally flawed' and could lead to the closure of Epsom General Hospital's accident and emergency department and intensive care unit, according to London Health Emergency and Unison. In a joint report they claim that the plans to ...
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In brief: Judi Clements
Judi Clements, chief executive of Mind for nine years, is leaving because of diabetes-related health problems and arthritis.David Peryer, chair of the council of management, said she would be 'sorely missed'.Mind is currently undergoing a restructuring to concentrate on support to local offices, to increase its fundraising profile and to ...
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Threatened committee criticises government data
Medical practices committee chair Ro Day has written to health secretary Alan Milburn to express 'serious concern' about the government's use of 'incorrect and misleading' information to justify the proposed abolition of the committee and its replacement with a financial formula. The government's claim that there are 50 per cent ...
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CHI review concerned over trust cardiac services
The Commission for Health Improvement has published the report of its fourth pilot clinical governance review, which looks at North West Wales trust.The report raises a 'significant concern'about 'lack of provision of co-ordinated cardiac services'over the trust's two main sites, and suggests that its human resources strategy should be updated.The ...
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MP bids for commission to regulate private dentistry
A private members'bill to bring private dentistry into line with other private health services and ensure it is regulated by the Care Standards Commission has been introduced to the Commons by Ann Clwyd.The Private Dental Practitioners'Bill is supported by the Consumers'Association, which has lobbied the government to extend the new ...
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Private sector 'Holy Grail of full employment'claim
Employment prospects in private healthcare should rise dramatically in the first quarter of this year, according to a Manpower quarterly survey. Both private and public healthcare employers expect to take on more staff but the private sector is 'more bullish', anticipating 45 per cent job gains, compared to 31 per ...