Latest news – Page 2507

  • News

    Doctor know

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports

  • News

    A dying shame

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    One patient dies per week in unexplained circumstances on NHS psychiatric wards. A four-year investigation will attempt to explain and prevent such tragedies in the future, writes Mark Gould

  • News

    Fair do's

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The dearth of training in equal opportunities for GPs could leave them open to complaint and must be addressed swiftly, argue James Gerrard and Jamie Bahrami, who carried out a survey of the issue

  • News

    30 building firms jostle for PFI deal

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Construction companies are grabbing the opportunity to be part of the latest NHS building programme, with more than 30 vying for a private finance initiative contract to build a £12m hospital near Leeds.

  • News

    Livingstone holds on to bulk of budget plan

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The London Assembly has resisted its last chance to force the mayor to make cuts to his budget on health, housing and social exclusion.

  • News

    Days like this

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    HSJ 7March 1991 : Managers to face psychological 'audit'. . . High salary warning. . . Trust bids to break deadlock. . . Hospitals refuse contracts. . . Hotel beds pioneer

  • News

    Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall

  • News

    CHC axe fails to kill off optimism

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Widespread recognition that users must have strong voice is heartening

  • News

    Look-backs in anger

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    PUBLIC DOMAIN

  • News

    Rave from the grave as Tory stalwart rejoins the fray

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    POLITICS

  • News

    THE PERSUADERS

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Our weekly guide to healthcare's most influential people

  • News

    NHS workers warned to stay away from farms

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

  • News

    Approval sought for PFI-staffed kidney unit

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

  • News

    NHS plan timeta able for beds begins to slip

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

  • News

    HAs' surplus will not ease cash plight of teaching trusts

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    THIS WEEK

  • News

    monitor

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Every loser wins. Nick Berry had a point, back in 1986. But it hardly explains the GMC, which is taking its suffering to unexplored heights. Monitor has noticed that the stern body has not had an especially good press of late. And the latest tragedy to hit really does take ...

  • News

    Dear Mel. . .

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    I am very worried about this new consultant's contract business. At my hospital 55 of the 60 consultants (the other five are psychiatrists) have said they'll leave the NHS if the government's new proposals are enforced.

  • News

    Dear Mel. . .

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    I was very worried recently when I read about the manager who was ticked off for sending a memo telling his staff not to show the national cleaning hit squad the 'grotty' bits of his hospital. How should he have acted?

  • News

    news focus - Control experiment

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Is the Labour government's promise not to privatise clinical services cracking wide open? Ann McGauran reports

  • News

    Spot the difference

    2001-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to prove they have different health policies from the Labour Party - and that they're bigger and better. Paul Stephenson reports