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Unkindest cut?
Bill Clinton's government thought a massive programme of cuts to the health budget could be withstood by the industry. It may have been very wrong, writes Howard Berliner
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The big check-up
Regulating doctors Edited by David Gladstone Institute for the Study of Civil Society 73 pages £5
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The human side of supervision
Successful supervision in health care practice Promoting professional development Edited by Jenny Spouse and Liz Redfern Blackwell Science 188 pages £16.99
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For experienced eyes only
Making clinical governance work for you Ruth Chambers and Gill Wakley Radcliffe Medical Press 266 pages £19.95
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hospital infections
Nearly one in 10 patients acquires a new infection in hospital, at a cost to the NHS of around £931m. And some of it could be avoided, reports John Appleby
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Stocking to be head of agency
Director of South East regional office Barbara Stocking has been named director of the NHS Modernisation Agency.
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Number of members struck off UKCC register increases again
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has reported a rise in the number of members being struck off.
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Cancer experts call for action on GMC's confidentiality rules
General Medical Council rules on patient confidentiality are threatening cancer research and monitoring of the national cancer plan.
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Historic concordat sparks new fears of workforce crisis in NHS
The government has launched its concordat between the NHS and private healthcare sector, putting it on a formal footing for the first time and raising fears it will worsen the staffing crisis in the NHS.
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Trusts told to prepare for new fuel crisis
Trusts are being told to stockpile supplies and fuel, and regional offices must be ready to provide round-the-clock crisis cover, if Britain hits a second fuel crisis.
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In Brief
Microbiologists say they are winning the battle against hospital-acquired infections like Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).Dr Bob Masterton and colleagues from Western General Hospital in Edinburgh have discovered that levels of resistance to antibiotics have stopped rising for the first time in 10 years.
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Equal pay case to boost salaries for women managers in NHS
A ground-breaking equal pay case has forced the Department of Health to review the way salaries are determined for top women managers.
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Mental health experts attack plans to detain without trial
The government is pushing ahead with controversial proposals to detain dangerous people with severe personality disorder without trial.
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Local services 'must be responsible for bringing prison care up to scratch'
Local NHS mental health services should take the lead in ensuring that levels of care for prisoners match current good practice in the NHS, according to a report by the government's working group on prison nursing.
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Health committee: government response
The government has published its response to the Commons health committee's report on mental health.Noting the committee's concerns about the experience of black and minority ethnic users and continuing inadequacies in services, it promised to charge its mental health taskforce to tackle the issues.But it responded to the select committee's ...
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NHS must identify barriers to ethnic jobs
NHS organisations must identify any barriers to employing staff from Asian and other ethnic communities to ensure that hospitals and other services reflect the community they serve, says health minister John Denham. Launching a package of measures to improve recruitment from ethnic groups, Mr Denham said that all NHS organisations ...
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Doctors want to spend more time with patients
The British Medical Association's general practice committee wants GPs to double the time they spend with patients from seven minutes to up to 15 minutes. The BMA says that an average GP carries out 10,000 consultations per year but cannot spend enough time with each patient to guarantee a quality ...
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MPs pack meeting over replacements for CHCs
More than 50 MPs packed a meeting of the all-party group on community health councils last week. Vice-chair of the group Labour MP Deborah Shipley said there was 'standing room only' at the meeting, requested by junior health minister Gisela Stuart. Ms Shipley said there was 'a need for more ...