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Brendan Ryan has been appointed medical director at South Manchester University Hospitals trust. He succeeds Dr Philip Jones, who stepped down recently after a period of ill-health. Mr Ryan is a consultant in accident and emergency medicine and was formerly one of two trust associate medical directors.
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Monitor
Monitor isn't just here for the nasty things in life. In the spirit of partnership which pervades our glorious NHS, this week some handy hints to guide you through the clinical governance agenda, starting with a breakthrough from the Townsend Centre for International Policy Research, where they've stumbled on an ...
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Trust withholds overpayment details
A Scottish trust has been criticised for continuing to withhold details of an internal inquiry into alleged overpayments to managers despite a commitment to publish the report in full.
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Plan to cut back independent inquiries into killings floated
Independent inquiries into killings by mentally ill people would cease to be mandatory under draft proposals commissioned by the Department of Health.
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MPs want power to vet senior NHS appointments
MPs should have the power to vet senior non-executive appointments to NHS bodies in much the same way as US congressional committees hold 'confirmation hearings', according to an MPs' report.
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'No hiding place' as detected fraud doubles
The government has launched a 'counter-fraud charter 'on the back of figures showing that the value of fraud detected in the NHS almost doubled last year.
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Clean bill of health for accounts
The NHS's accounts have received a clean bill of health for an unprecedented fifth year running, NHS finance director Colin Reeves was due to announce yesterday.
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Forward march
Nursing students in Unison protest about student hardship during a National Union of Students march through London last week. Unison says student nurses often face high accommodation charges because of work placements, as well as the 'more common difficulties of just making ends meet'.
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Coe in limbo as prison job goes to outsider
One of London's best-known chief executives appears to have been left in limbo after a secondment to lead the prison service's healthcare taskforce was cut short and his post at East London and the City health authority filled.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
NHS employers have been told that they should only consider international recruitment 'when its professional and service value can be clearly demonstrated' and 'it will have no adverse effects upon the recruit's home healthcare system'.
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In Brief: NHS 'beacon' sites
A website has been launched giving details of the 290 NHS 'beacon' sites to help spread best practice. The sites are funded with £10m a year from the New Opportunities Fund.
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In Brief: East Kent health authority
East Kent health authority has decided not to challenge court rulings that the screening service at Kent and Canterbury Hospital was negligent in not detecting cell changes in three women who developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Last weekend HA chair Francis Stewart wrote to the women apologising for ...
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In Brief: Breast Test Wales Annual Report
Breast Test Wales' annual report says it is 'on course' to reduce breast cancer deaths by 25 per cent by 2002. More than 3,700 cases have been detected since it was set up 10 years ago, helping to cut death rates among women aged 55 to 69 from 109 per ...
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In Brief: Help the Aged
Managers should make sure staff give priority to the essential care needs of elderly people - such as help with personal hygiene, eating and drinking and going to the toilet - according to a good practice guide published by Help the Aged.
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Two-week cancer target 'backfires'
The government's two-week target for cancer referrals has backfired, forcing many women with breast cancer to wait several months to see a specialist, according to new evidence.
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Managers and public are 'forces of conservatism' stifling change
NHS managers and the public are as guilty of stifling change as prime minister Tony Blair's 'forces of conservatism' in the medical profession, according to a leading supporter of the latest reforms.
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NHS told 'don't give up' on social services
Health authorities and trusts have been urged not to give up on poorly performing social services departments, following health minister John Hutton’s announcement that 17 are failing so badly they are on an ‘at risk’ register.
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AIDS strategy 'must tackle rising infection'
The government's national HIV and AIDS strategy will need to tackle rising levels of sexually transmitted infections in young gay men and 'micro-epidemics' among heterosexuals, according to the National AIDS Trust.
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Do the oaky cokey
Alice Hipwell helps Calderdale Healthcare trust collect acorns to celebrate national tree week, in a joint project with Calderdale council. The acorns will be planted in a 'millennium wood' on land near Halifax, West Yorkshire.