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In Brief: The Commons health select committee to launch inquiry
The Commons health select committee is to launch an inquiry into 'what action the tobacco industry has taken, and is taking, in response to the scientific knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking and the addictive nature of nicotine'. The inquiry will also look at 'the role of the government ...
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In Brief: Guidelines on euros
NHS organisations are not obliged to deal in euros and should only do so if this represents value for money, according to guidance issued by the NHS Executive. It also says that dealing in euros can be done through the normal banking system, and separate euro accounts will not usually ...
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In Brief: Almost one in three pregnant women smokes
Almost one in three pregnant women smokes, and the number has shown no sign of falling for eight years, according to research for the Health Education Authority to coincide with the government's 'No Tar! Mum' campaign, launched on Tuesday. The HEA says it is vital for health professionals to raise ...
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In Brief: Hugh Ross statement
Hugh Ross, chief executive of United Bristol Healthcare trust, was referring to the NHS, rather than the trust specifically, when he said issues relating to consent for postmortems and tissue retention had 'perhaps' been handled 'in a somewhat cavalier fashion' in the past (news, page 5, 15 July).
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Four into one merger plan for Manchester stirs opposition
Proposals to create a city-wide mental health trust in Manchester have sparked opposition.
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Troubled mental health trust to lose three of its top executives
A mental health trust which came under fire for poor conditions and a 'lack of financial control' is to lose half its executive directors.
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Cash injection for Welsh NHS includes £5m in capital funding
Extra cash has been found for the NHS in Wales, including a small amount for capital investment.
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Ambulance dispute taken to Assembly
Former chief ambulance officer John Beecher, who won more than £200,000 in an out of court settlement from Welsh Ambulance Services trust last week, is planning to raise issues about his case with the Welsh Assembly.
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Branching out
Children from Warley Road Primary School test out a 'living shelter' made of willow at Manor Health Park, Halifax, with Judy Stewart, senior health promotion specialist at Calderdale Healthcare trust.
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Short Cuts: UKCC prepares ethnicity survey across register
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting is preparing to issue forms to all 637,000 people on its register, asking them about their ethnic origin in an attempt to compile a comprehensive picture of the ethnic breakdown of its professions across the UK. The exercise has been ...
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Short Cuts: HEA launches safer-sex website for holiday youth
A web page offering safer-sex advice for young people going on holiday has been launched by the Health Education Authority with help from Sun agony aunt Deidre Sanders, who answered questions online. The project follows a survey of 400 people aged 18 to 32, 16 per cent of whom reported ...
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Short Cuts: Hutton agrees East Yorks community trust merger
Junior health minister John Hutton has approved the merger of two community and mental health trusts in East Yorkshire. East Yorkshire Community trust and Hull and Holderness Community trust will combine on 1 October to form Hull and East Riding Community Health trust. The decision follows an earlier move to ...
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Short Cuts: Welsh coast leukaemia probe finds no link evidence
Welsh health and social services minister Jane Hutt has announced that an independent examination of claims of a higher than normal incidence of leukaemia among children living on the north Wales coast has found 'no evidence' of a link. The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment examined ...
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Short Cuts: Half of Britain's wealth held by richest 10 per cent
Inequalities in wealth in Britain are 'extreme', with 10 per cent of the population owning half of all wealth, according to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It shows that young, single people and lone parents have little wealth, but half of all households in Britain have savings, pensions ...
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2000 throws up PR nightmares
Tales of millennium revellers 'vomiting to death' make 'bad PR', a year 2000 communications workshop heard last week.
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Deficit grows after finance chief quits
A London trust that saw the abrupt departure of its finance director at the end of May has admitted that it is facing much 'worse than anticipated' financial problems.
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Hole world in her hands
Rebecca Mullen from charity Fight for Sight shows off one of 750,000 'pinhole postcards' being distributed free to discourage people from looking directly at the sun during next month's eclipse. The cards are available at Vision Express and in 200 cinemas. Fight for Sight is concerned that people could damage ...
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Security review for all three special hospitals
The government has announced a review of security at all three special hospitals as part of its response to the Fallon inquiry into Ashworth Special Hospital's personality disorder unit.
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Dobson praises PFI for early hand-overs
Health secretary Frank Dobson returned to his defence of the private finance initiative last week by telling MPs that publicly funded hospitals were still being delivered late while PFI projects were being handed over early.
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Take it from the top on career development
Chairs and chief executives should be 'role models and champions of life-long learning', according to government guidance on continuing professional development in the NHS.