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In brief: Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed in principle to extend membership to trained healthcare assistants and new types of nursing trainees, including cadets. A final decision will be made at its annual general meeting.
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In brief: NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation has appointed Melissa Robinson as London relations manager, to develop links with the mayor and Greater London Assembly. She joins from GJW Government Relations, a political consultancy. She previously worked for the Labour Party press office, the Fabian Society, and the then shadow chancellor Gordon Brown.
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In brief: Gisela Stuart
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has announced that £5m will be spent developing digital TV pilots to give patients 'easier and faster access at home to health advice and information'.
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In brief: Lothian University Hospitals trust
Lothian University Hospitals trust has put part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh's site on the international property market.
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In brief: General Social Care Council for England
The government has postponed the start date for the General Social Care Council for England. It will now start work in October 2001, rather than April. Health minister John Hutton said this was to make sure the 'necessary groundwork' was in place.
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In brief: New Opportunities Fund
The New Opportunities Fund is giving a £1m grant to Bromley-by-Bow healthy living centre to provide additional facilities including exercise groups, singing for asthma, arts and health activities such as silk painting, a new food co-op and allotments.
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In brief: North East Lincolnshire primary care trust
Newly formed North East Lincolnshire primary care trust has set up a residents panel with advice from local councils, police and voluntary groups to give the public a say in developing health services.
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Government may press on with a 'closer-to-home' beds strategy
The government looks set to push a long-term strategy to expand 'closer to-home' intermediate care services - despite a lack of evidence about whether such schemes actually work.
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Troubleshooter blasts HA for failure to tackle £20m deficit
A damning report on West Sussex health authority says it has failed to provide strategic leadership or implement the government's modernisation agenda.
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Hutton moves on home care costs
The government is to issue statutory guidance to eliminate 'huge variations' in charges for home care services, health minister John Hutton has announced.
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Councils appeal over mental health services bill
Four councils barred by the High Court from charging mental health patients for after-care services have appealed against the ruling this week.
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CHI boosts communications for abuse investigation
Further details have been issued of the Commission for Health Improvement's investigation of North Lakeland Healthcare trust, ordered by health secretary Alan Milburn in the wake of a report detailing abuse of elderly patients with mental health problems. A five-strong team has been appointed and CHI has announced it intends ...
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Public sector chiefs unite on anti-fraud measures
A public service forum to combat fraud has been launched by the Institute of Public Finance, the commercial arm of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. The Better Governance and Counter-Fraud Forum aims to bring together chief executives from local government, the health service, housing and police services ...
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Deacon seeks views on Scottish NHS Direct plan
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched formal consultation on introducing a '24hour health and care advice line' to Scotland, which does not have NHS Direct. It will offer health and advice, build links between out-of-hours services and 'provide an improved, more appropriate response to 999 callers who do not ...
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Scrutinised ambulance trust now meeting targets
East Anglian Ambulance trust, which was the subject of a regional office inquiry last March amid public concern about its performance, is now meeting national response times. The trust reached the scene of 96.4 per cent of emergencies within 19 minutes and 51.2 per cent within eight minutes last month. ...
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Mind highlights injustices for mental health patients
Mind has issued a survey showing that 78 per cent of professionals who responded believe people with mental health problems have difficulty getting justice if they are victims of crime.
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Hospital warns smokers: 'Give up or go outside'
City Hospital in Birmingham is planning to push smokers outside if they cannot quit. The hospital restricts smoking at the moment, but from 3 July will ban it from all parts of the building, except 'certain areas such as an outside garden which has been set aside for smokers unable ...
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DoH awaits cost of Euro court's landmark ruling over pensions
The government has been struggling this week to assess the cost to the NHS of a landmark European Court ruling on pension rights.
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Blow to hospital's 'radical redesign'
The £4.2m 're-engineering' of Leicester Royal Infirmary failed to transform the hospital 'to the extent and at the pace' intended, according to a report from Sheffield University and Warwick Business School.
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Health needs left out of regeneration plans
Health and social services are frequently left out of plans to regenerate run-down areas, a report by Leeds University's Nuffield Institute for Health has found.