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Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps
The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.
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How was it for you?
Greenwich Healthcare trust (London) In accident and emergency it was quite quiet [on new years eve]. At 1 1.55pm there were 36 policemen watching TV and about one patient.
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Warning over cost variation
The publication of tables showing huge differences in the cost of hospital treatment has been greeted with some scepticism by senior managers.
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Trusts defend themselves against expensive ranking in index
Trusts divided sharply in their response to the new schedule of reference costs, depending on whether they were ranked among the cheapest or most expensive in the country .
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GP hits out at regular checks on competence
A leading GP has attacked moves to force doctors to take regular competence tests as part of a plan to control and manage family doctors .
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MP's to investigate comprehensive spending review
The Commons Treasury select committee has announced an investigation into the governments comprehensive spending review, focusing on the accountability of the new cross-departmental studies that will form part of it. The Treasury has said that as part of the next review, 13 cross-cutting reviews will be carried out. They include ...
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Deacon launches group to look at community care
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched a joint future group to look into the delivery of community care in Scotland. The group will be chaired by deputy community care minister Iain Gray, and will include a number of NHS chief executives. Ms Deacon said it would investigate funding, including ...
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Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety
The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.
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£1m to reduce pressure on junior doctors in Wales
Welsh trusts are being given £1m to assist them with reducing the intensity of work faced by junior doctors. The money will be used to ensure junior doctors have a reasonable expectation of six to eight hours rest when on call continuously, if possible. British Medical Association Welsh secretary Bob ...
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Edgware Community Hospital gets £21.8m revamp
Barnet Healthcare trust has announced that London regional office has approved £21.8m plans to redevelop Edgware Community Hospital. Chief executive Murray Duncanson said it was delighted that modern, integrated services for the local population would be in place within the foreseeable future. One of the first walk-in centres will be ...
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Just the ticket
Booking systems for hospital admission - to make it as easy as reserving an airline ticket - have improved services for patients and won staff and management approval, the national pilot programme shows. Philp Meredith and coleagues report.
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Three degrees: different types of booking projects
Whole health authority - Dorset The pilot includes the five trusts in Dorset and all GPs. The aim is to ensure that by 31 March 2005 any
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Good RAPPORT: booking online
This pilot has created an online booking system to enable GPs to book patients directly into specific consultant outpatient clinics. The RAPPORT - rapid access project programme for outpatient review and treatment - system will enhance the existing booking systems. It provides a seamless link between the hospital and GPs ...
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Take a long, hard look
A film recording peoples experiences of mental health services through the 20th century makes grim, and sometimes shocking, viewing. And its long - but not in the context of participants lives, writes Laura Donnelly
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The impossible dream
The World Health Organisation s goal of health for all by 2000 has clearly failed. Will its strategy for the 21st century fare any better, wonders Wendy Moore
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Health for some by 2000
Global From 1990 to 1997, the number of countries where life expectancy at birth is over 70 years has risen from 55 to 84; access to safe water has nearly doubled from 40 to 72 per cent; and infant mortality has fallen from 76 per 1,000 live births to 58. ...
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GPs alienated by fast roll-out of NHS Direct
The rapid implementation of NHS Direct has alienated many GPs and may hinder its future development, according to a study of London s first two schemes.
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Probe rules on injection accident
An independent inquiry has blamed a misunderstanding between Brighton Health Care trust and BUP A theatre nurses for an incident in which 19 patients were injected with a potentially blinding solution.
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Days like this
Managers will have access to medical audit results, health secretary Kenneth Clarke pledged when he announced £31m to develop the system in hospitals and general practice. I have yet to hear a convincing argument why someone managing a hospital should not have access to the general results of clinical audit, ...
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Extra £90m to ease generic drug costs
The government has performed a partial U-turn in its policy on dealing with the knock-on effects of the spiralling cost of generic drugs.