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'Nothing like it used to be'
Jenny Bond, the BBC's royal correspondent, has trailed many a royal visitor round various healthcare establishments. She believes the visits are useful. 'I have seen it all around the world,' she says. 'After they leave, the staff and patients' day is brightened and their spirits lifted.
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One's first trip to a Belfast hospital
Before the first ceasefire in Northern Ireland it was impossible to organise a royal visit to any of the hospitals there because the security risk was so great. The Duchess of Kent, patron of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, would instead host receptions for hospital staff at Hillsborough Castle.
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Bowing is optional: the Princess Royal goes to Devon
It took six years for the Princess Royal to reschedule her visit to Exeter and District Community Health Services trust - her 1993 visit had to be cancelled because of bad weather.
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HA backed in appeal against compensation
The NHS Litigation Authority is backing an appeal by East Kent health authority against a High Court judgement which, it claims, jeopardises the whole national cervical screening programme.
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in brief
The long-awaited protection for whistleblowers in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 is set to come into force in spring or early summer, giving staff who raise concerns about malpractice at work protection from victimisation or dismissal. Anyone victimised for making a protected disclosure will be able to bring a ...
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Effective Health Care
Effective Health Care is an independent report based on systematic reviews of the research evidence, produced by the NHS centre for reviews and dissemination, York University. The bulletin aims to provide NHS decision makers with information on the effectiveness of interventions and the delivery and organisation of healthcare.
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monitor
Monitor can report that it's New NHS, New Upholstery in Frank Dobson's Richmond House eyrie. Our interior decor correspondent called in recently to find the dull grey sofas of the Bottomley-Dorrell era swept away and replaced by a couple of homely burgundy settees. And at no extra cost, either. Turns ...
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A NICE beginning But there's still a long way to go before real change can be achieved
The welcome appointment of a senior, career health service manager as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's first chief executive means that work on building up the organisation can now at last begin (see news, page 5). And not before time.
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Short cuts Denham plans speed-up on non-executive posts
Health minister John Denham has announced government plans to speed up the appointment of trust and health authority non-executive directors. He told last week's NHS Executive conference on human resources that regional boards had set in place 'work to look at how we can streamline processes and avoid some of ...
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Short cuts Expert panel to help Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry
A group of 35 experts in 14 different specialties has been appointed to help the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry. Evidence will be taken from the medical royal colleges and other professional organisations when the inquiry resumes on 19 April. In its first three weeks, the inquiry took oral evidence from ...
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Short cuts Free eye tests for elderly people reintroduced
Free eye tests for people aged over 60 were restored on 1 April, reversing the policy of the past 10 years. The Royal National Institute for the Blind estimates that 500,000 people could have their sight saved as a result. Health secretary Frank Dobson said restoring free eye tests was ...