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Spreading the word
The POPPi Guide Practicalities of producing patient information By Mark Duman and Christine Farrell The King's Fund 120 pages £10.99
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Anne Walker has been appointed chief executive of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service trust. She was previously director of commissioning (acute services) at West Herts health authority, although more recently she was acting chief executive of West Herts HA.
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Salary bands settle junior doctors' pay deal dispute
The long-running battle over junior doctors' pay has been settled. Just over 79 per cent of the 14,000 junior doctors who voted in a British Medical Association referendum backed a deal negotiated with the Department of Health. Most junior doctors receive 50 per cent of their normal hourly rate for ...
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Researcher says DoH figures are 'misleading'
Department of Health waiting lists are 'unrepresentative, invalid and misleading', a health services researcher has claimed. Dr Paul Armstrong, senior lecturer in health services research at East London University, has investigated figures showing the percentage of people treated within different lengths of time. He says the quoted percentages are based ...
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Number of people on Welsh lists rises substantially
Welsh waiting lists have risen again. Figures for April, released last week, show the number of people waiting for inpatient and day-case treatment rose by 800 over the month, to 80,603.Of these, 6 per cent - 4,593 - had been waiting for more than 18 months. Outpatient waiting lists also ...
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New inquiries to study contracts and public health
The Commons health select committee has announced two inquiries. The first is on consultants' contracts, focusing on 'the effectiveness of contracts in determining the amount of work conducted by consultants for the NHS and for the independent sector, and the impact this has on the NHS'. Submissions should reach the ...
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Nuffield Trust wants framework for genetic issues
Concerns that the revolution in medical genetics will be too costly for the NHS have been voiced in a report from the Nuffield Trust that also calls for a new regulatory framework for dealing with genetic technology issues and public education. Report co-author Dr Ron Zimmern said human genetics would ...
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Cool response to MPs' calls on DSPD funding
The government has given a lukewarm response to MPs' calls for 'substantial initial funding' and more safeguards in its proposals for dealing with dangerous people with severe personality disorder (DSPDs).
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Milburn cautious on inquiries into killings by the mentally ill
Health secretary Alan Milburn has indicated that the government may be reluctant to abandon automatic inquiries into killings by people with mental health problems.
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Sexual health and HIV plans to merge
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced that the long-delayed national HIV/AIDS strategy will be merged with the government's sexual health strategy.
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The new funds
The government is to increase funding for the treatment and care of people with HIV and AIDS by more than 13 per cent.
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What's in a letter: from category C to B?
Sir Richard Tilt's inquiry also called for £55m to be spent upgrading security facilities at the three special hospitals to prison category B standard, from category C. There have been seven escapes in the past decade and none since 1994.
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Dispersed asylum seekers 'need improved health access'
Health authorities need to improve health assessments for asylum seekers and ensure they have access to primary care and mental health services, according to the Audit Commission.
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Finance chiefs are in the money
Finance directors are seeing their pay rise faster than human resources directors, according to figures from Pay and Workforce Research.
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Days like this
Labour election pledges. . .Buy-out firm's new venture. . .Cervical screening crisis. . .Kitchens' rodent problem. . .PAC's financial warning
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Getting back on its feet
Turning the NHS around has been likened to steering a supertanker: you can't just change things overnight, because the ship has a momentum all its own.
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Two dozen of the best: the team
The 24-member performance team, chaired by public health minister Yvette Cooper, includes some real heavyweights, not least:
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How to bring down waits
Staff at London's University Hospital Lewisham hospital have slashed the average wait for a dermatology appointment from 48 to 13 weeks. They compared the number of routine and urgent slots with numbers and types of referrals - and found there were too few routine appointments available.
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Turning up the heat
Proposals from an expert group on critical care are already looking ahead to the service demands of next winter. And there's money available, too. Kaye McIntosh reports