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Surgery costs are mixed but not matched The reference costs for surgery should be treated with caution
Like all 'league tables' ever published on any aspect of the NHS, this week's reference costs for surgery have prompted the trusts which find themselves in conspicuous positions to dash for cover. And like all previous league tables, they offer plenty of cover.
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Hopes hang on Hutton Mental health policy analysts ministerial changes with anxiety
As any senior civil servant will tell you, a change of minister can have a more drastic effect on a department than a change of government. So mental health policy analysts are holding their breath with the arrival of John Hutton to succeed Paul Boateng as junior health minister. Labour's ...
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Why no amount of fixing can prevent the conspiracy theory
Your cover feature on the role of the health service commissioner ('The fixer', 8 October) misses the point in relation to people's continued dissatisfaction with the NHS complaints procedures.
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Too soon to pass judgement on Queen Mary savings
Your news story, 'Downgrade of top acute hospital fails to produce planned savings' (page 4, 8 October) is premature in its judgement.
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NNHS Direct: who can be left holding the receiver?
Dr Reynolds is not the first to air concerns about finding enough nurses to staff NHS Direct 'NHS Direct will need 15,000 more nurses', (page 3, 22 October). Professor Jeremy Dale mentioned this too ('Wired for sound', 29 January). But, whether or not recruiting nurses indeed proves to be a ...
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False economies survive change in government
It was reported that two long-haul aircraft nearly collided above us recently. Although we hope nothing like this happens, there is the risk - which is all the more reason for local hospitals increasing the number of reserve beds needed to ensure waiting lists and times are reduced short-term and ...
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I read with interest Steve Ainsworth's article 'Phoney wars' (15 October).
I read with interest Steve Ainsworth's article 'Phoney wars' (15 October). Although the original intention of the writers of the appropriate part of the Statement of Fees and Allowances (SFA or 'Red Book') was that 'telephone advice' would not attract a fee, it is unimportant as the wording did not ...
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Feeling nervous as trusts fall for a quick fix of PFI
David Stelmach (Letters, 15 October) feels it is not the role of the Society of Radiographers to influence trusts in their choice of cost- efficient ways to acquire technology. The society would argue it owes such a responsibility to the professions operating in medical imaging and oncology, to the healthcare ...
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Dr JAF Napier of the Welsh Blood Service, who confuses income and salary (Letters, 24 September)
Dr JAF Napier of the Welsh Blood Service, who confuses income and salary (Letters, 24 September), urges that I be burnt at the stake for suggesting half of all consultants earn more than the average of £100,000. It is, of course, possible that the private practice gravy-train slows significantly after ...
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Winter pressure cash plea meets a cool response from Executive
The NHS Executive has responded coolly to calls for a regular cash injection to help trusts cope with steep rises in emergency cases over the winter months.
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Dobson pushes for more rehabilitation
Health secretary Frank Dobson last week called for higher priority for rehabilitation services to stop illness and injury leading to permanent disablement.
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Complaints 'upsetting'
Campaigners against abuse by doctors, nurses and counsellors have attacked 'punitive and distressing complaints procedures' in the NHS and social services.
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Surgeons admit need to root out 'poor performers' after Bristol
Senior surgeons have admitted that regular performance 'MOTs' are needed to root out poorly performing clinicians and restore public confidence in the profession in the wake of the Bristol babies case.
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Toolkit
A toolkit to help managers and clinicians work more effectively together to meet clinical governance requirements has been launched at a conference by the Institute of Health Services Management. It will be published in December after feedback from the launch and will cost 25 to non-members and 20 to members.
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Violence at work affects one in five
Nearly one in five health workers has been the victim of violence in the past year, research has revealed.
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Mentally ill man wins disability act job rights
Job security has been won for an estimated 2.5 million employees with mental health problems, it was claimed this week after an employment appeal tribunal decision under the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Dispute ends in union re-recognition deal
One of the most bitter and lengthy industrial relations stand- offs in the NHS has been resolved after Northumbria Ambulance trust agreed to sign a recognition deal with Unison.
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Galbraith launches A&E review at Glasgow hospital after boys' deaths
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has responded to public concern over the deaths of two teenagers treated at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary by ordering a review of the hospital's general surgery and accident and emergency services.
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Bristol baby deaths inquiry opens
The public inquiry into the Bristol heart babies tragedy opened on Tuesday with a preliminary hearing to establish its purpose and procedure and to consider applications for publicly funded legal representation.