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Scotland on course for a bleak winter
Scotland may be heading for another winter crisis as bed blocking has reached 10 per cent of total capacity in some areas.
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RCN broadens membership in bid to modernise
Members of the Royal College of Nursing have voted to admit trained healthcare assistants and new types of nurse trainees, such as cadets, in a landmark vote. The move was supported by 78.1 per cent of members taking part in a month-long ballot and was unveiled at the RCN's annual ...
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BMA launches guide on personal medical services
The British Medical Association's GP committee has produced a guide jointly with the NHS Alliance and National Association of Primary Care on personal medical services pilots that will be sent to all GPs. The guide will be issued with a letter warning GPs to 'weigh up the options carefully' before ...
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Decision to abolish CHCs will not get judicial review
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has confirmed it is not going to proceed with a judicial review of the government's decision to abolish CHCs, following health secretary Alan Milburn's refusal to fund one. The association had received a QC's opinion suggesting it had 'good grounds' ...
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Trusts to monitor hospital-acquired infections
Health minister John Denham has announced that all trusts will be required to monitor levels of hospital-acquired infection, focusing on infections that pose a serious threat to health such as 'superbug' methicilin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. The government aims to prevent 15 per cent of the 100,000 HAIs annually, saving the NHS ...
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Funding bid for telemedicine project for cancer care
A £300,000 bid is being made to the Scottish Executive's new opportunities fund for a telemedicine project aimed at driving up standards in cancer care in Fife, Tayside, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. The project, one of the most extensive of its kind in Britain, would give clinicians access ...
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Planning regulations in store for mobile phone masts
London mayor Ken Livingstone has agreed with Green Party proposals to make mobile phone masts subject to normal planning regulations and ban them from Greater London Authority and Transport for London land 'until such time as clear evidence is available relating to the possible health risks'. The government set up ...
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Extra £154m for NI health fails to dispel winter pressure fears
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has secured an extra £154m for next year's health and social services budget. But she says the 7.2 per cent increase is not enough - and the chief executive of the province's biggest acute trust has warned that there is still 'a mountain ...
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Manslaughter law threat to managers
Senior managers and doctors could face criminal charges under government proposals to change the law on involuntary manslaughter, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has warned.
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London Ambulance Service pushed to limit with £1m deficit
London Ambulance Service trust finished the past financial year with a £1m deficit and a net deficit of £587,000 after previous surpluses were taken into account.
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The future on a shoe-string
If you earn your living telling people that computerising the NHS is an expensive and near-impossible business, don't visit Highland trust at Inverness. The shock could be too great.
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Technology to fit the bill
It costs the health service up to £65 to process just one invoice, but the electronic solutions in the pipeline will mean significant savings, says Seamus Ward
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GP system uses images to limit the use of keyboards
MediDesk has introduced its new clinical system made by GPs for GPs.
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Nurse roster contract
A consortium of five trusts in London has awarded HMT Systems the contract to supply the RosterPro nurse rostering system.
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Hospital tests risk tool
Risk management procedures which have been successfully applied in the defence sector are being brought to the NHS through new software being piloted at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
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In Brief
A clinical governance audit tool, based on 20 key indicators, has been developed by SGS. The audit model can be used either to develop existing quality management systems or as a stand-alone 'gap analysis' tool. Based on the ISO 9000 framework, the model has been piloted in an NHS community ...
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BT rolls out GP service
Following a successful pilot in north Nottinghamshire, BT Health has launched its managed IT services for GPs, Primary Connect, on a nationwide basis.
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Philips wins airport x-ray deal
Philips Medical Systems has installed an integrated chest x-ray screening and reporting system throughout the four terminals at London's Heathrow airport to screen people arriving in the UK for diseases such as TB.
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Trust sets up paperless records for ICU staff
Guys and St Thomas' Hospital trust is introducing an electronic clinical record, creating a completely paperless environment in its intensive care unit.