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In brief: Medical Protection Society
The Medical Protection Society and a private hospital settled a claim over inadequate post-operative monitoring for £250,000, only to see the claimant die just two months after the settlement was agreed. The money, most of it earmarked for her future care and modifications to her home, has gone to her ...
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Getting personal
Two human resources directors - one for a PCT, the other for London Ambulance Service - talk to Ann Dix about the highs and lows of their jobs
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Schizophrenia
A number of non-pharmacological interventions for people with schizophrenia may reduce the risk of relapse and cut hospital admission rates. Paul Wilson, Clive Adams and Anne-Marie Bagnall report on current evidence
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Dunkirk spirit as NHS copes with fuel crisis
The government obtained consent from the Queen and Privy Council earlier this week for contingency powers to control the distribution of fuel across the UK in the face of a blockade of oil refineries and distribution depots.
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Dumped organs claims 'unfounded'
An inquiry into allegations that a hospital threw away children's organs with rubbish has found them to be 'completely unfounded'.
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Chief resigns from mistreatment scandal trust
The chief executive of a trust at the centre of the Commission for Health Improvement's first 'hit squad' investigation has tendered his resignation.
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Bastards let us down: NHS Direct bidder
The main rivals for the software contract to complete the roll-out of NHS Direct have reacted bitterly to news that French insurance company Axa Assistance has won the £68m-a-year deal.
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Milburn's promise of help to assess bed needs welcomed
NHS managers have welcomed health secretary Alan Milburn's promise to provide them with a 'model' to help calculate the numbers of beds needed in the NHS, despite warnings that the initiative is unnecessary and centralist.
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Intermediate care model 'more expensive'
An evalutation of an intermediate care unit at Southampton General Hospital has found that the model is more expensive than acute hospital care and produces no added benefits for patients.
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In brief: Health partners
The Local Government Association has written to all local authorities with a five- point plan that urges them to work with 'health partners' to develop effective, yearlong strategies to improve social care for older people and eradicate bed-blocking.
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has launched a 'national plan for pharmacy', promising that by 2004 prescriptions will be routinely issued by e-mail, NHS Direct will send callers to pharmacies if appropriate and to improve use of an 'action team' for medicines.
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In brief: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
More than 9.5 million people cannot afford to keep their homes decently heated,4 million cannot afford fresh fruit and vegetables or two meals a day, and 6.5 million cannot afford a warm, waterproof coat a major study of poverty by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has established.
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In brief: NHS counter-fraud
Contact details for information about training in NHS counter-fraud were given incorrectly in 'Cut to the Chase' (news focus, page 12,31 August).Training manager David Snell can be reached on 01189-505669 or e-mail David.Snell@cfos. nhs. uk The modular course referred to leads to an accredited counter- fraud specialist qualification, compulsory for ...
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Respect 'prized higher than pay'say nurses in jobs quiz
Pay is not the 'panacea' for improved nurse recruitment and retention, according to a report from Middlesex University business school.
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On the buses: what staff want
In South West region, a taskforce led by Julie Burgess, director of nursing at North Bristol trust, was established to help trusts meet the new standard.
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Employers face tough tests on working lives
NHS employers will have to submit more than 40 pieces of evidence to show their commitment to improving staff working lives as part of a tough standard to be launched alongside the new performance assessment framework for human resources.
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'Stonewalling'working-time directive won't wash
Senior doctors' leaders have accused the NHS of 'stonewalling' on local arrangements to implement the European working-time directive.
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Recruitment round-up
NHS recruitment and retention issues are in the news ahead of the publication of the nurses' evidence to their pay review body today and the TUC Congress in Glasgow.