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Short cuts Leeds HA sets up healthcare for Kosovan refugees
Leeds health authority is monitoring the health of 161 Kosovan refugees who flew into the city last week. HA and social services officials worked together on a programme of immediate checks when the group arrived, and a spokesperson said attention would continue to be paid to 'the possible emergence of ...
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Short cuts Millennium Dome to have its own medical centre
A medical centre will be established at the Millennium Dome, funded by the organisers but managed by an accident and emergency consultant from Greenwich Healthcare trust. The centre will be staffed by a doctor and emergency nurse practitioner from the trust and a paramedic and technician from London Ambulance Service ...
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Short cuts BMA wins equal pay victory for part-time doctors
The British Medical Association has claimed a 'major equal pay victory' in a case involving 867 doctors working part-time in mental health. An employment tribunal in Birmingham heard three test cases brought by the BMA, which argued that the refusal to give mental health officer status and benefits to part-time ...
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Wales director under fire at inquiry
A senior Welsh Office official was this week accused of overlooking concerns about paediatric cardiac surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary in the 1980s.
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Ministers give London mayor a public health role
Ministers have bowed to demands from health campaigners to give London's mayor responsibility for public health issues.
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Trust chief executive scoops director's post at IHSM
A long-serving trust chief executive is the new director of the financially troubled Institute of Health Services Management, following the departure of Karen Caines.
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The Marples CV: coasting to success
Chief executive of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch trust since 1992.
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Medical negligence changes will force swift 'owning up'
Radical changes to the way medical negligence cases are handled came into force this week.
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Audit is 'not an excuse' for lack of improvement
Public sector managers should not use their auditors as a convenient excuse for failing to improve services, leading audit organisations have warned.
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Counter-fraud teams bring hundreds of jobs
The NHS is to recruit hundreds of senior and middle managers as counter-fraud specialists for a £3m network of 'fraudbusting teams'.
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Ex-manager in court on fraud and deception charges
A former trust manager has appeared in court on charges of fraud and deception. Walter James Hurley, 49, former manager of sub-contracted services for Lifecare trust in Surrey, is accused of committing six offences involving up to £500,000.
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Campaigners slam 'parachuting in' of high-level Executive secondee
Hospital campaigners have accused two Hertfordshire trusts of 'parachuting in' a senior NHS Executive manager to 'force through unpopular changes in healthcare'.
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Beware a London power surge Mayor's strong influence highlights need to rethink the regional offices
News that London's powerful new executive mayor will have a considerably stronger role in health matters than was first planned has its down side (see news, pages 2-3). Of course the mayor should be required to consider the health impact of their policies. So should all local authorities. But there ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
Whatever became of health action zones? Since most exist almost entirely in the collective imaginations of their partner organisations ('early days yet to see results... process of building partnerships takes time...'), they are perhaps the ultimate in NHS virtual reality - and therefore natural web entities.