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Nurses' unions split over new discretionary points system
Senior nurses will be eligible for up to 1,200 extra on their salaries from next month under the terms of a discretionary awards system out for consultation.
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Unison strike threat hits PFI project
A strike ballot called over a private finance initiative scheme at University College London Hospitals trust has been condemned by managers as 'pointless and politically motivated'.
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Campaigners claim ageing is an 'achievement'
Britain's ageing population should not be viewed as a problem but as 'one of the major achievements of the 20th century', says a report from the Continuing Care Conference.
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No pay rise for many private sector staff
Thousands of private sector healthcare staff will get no pay rise this year, even though employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill vacancies, according to a survey of more than 300 care and nursing homes.
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36.6% applying to medicine are ethnic minorities
The number of ethnic minority candidates trying to become doctors and dentists is greater than their proportion in the community, statistics released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service last week show.
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Hospital's future in doubt in wake of suspension of second doctor
A Scottish hospital at the centre of a row over standards of care has suspended a second consultant after a patient's death.
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Surgeon off duty after phone row
A Welsh trust has suspended a consultant surgeon after she smashed a telephone against a wall. Janet Higgs claims the incident happened on 27 July because she was frustrated at not being able to operate on a patient.
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Message in a throttle
The Department of Health has not escaped New Labour's passion for news management. Patrick Butler reports on the department's high-profile spin doctor
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Prima Donna
Without a newly defined role, there's real doubt that community health councils have a future. That's where Donna Covey, new director of the Association of CHCs for England and Wales, comes in. Lynn Eaton went to meet her
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Cornish rescue plan demands 4m savings
Managers have been told to come up with new initiatives to save 4m as a result of health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to save four Cornish community hospitals.
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New ACHCEW director sets out her stall with 'adapt or die' ultimatum
The incoming director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has issued an ultimatum to CHCs: adapt or die.
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In person
Patrick Boyle, director of facilities and procurement management with Haringey Healthcare trust in north London, has been appointed general manager of Westcare Business Services, a common services agency that provides corporate support to Western health and social services board in Londonderry.
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Chartered territory
For the first time, CIPFA's new president is from the NHS - and a woman. She talks to Matthew Limb
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Initial problems
Will the NHS profit at all from the turf wars between accountancy's professional bodies, asks Mark Crail
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Three of a kind: who's who
ACCA, founded in 1904, is an international body. It has 60,000 qualified members and 125,000 students in over 130 countries. About 24,000 ACCA-qualified accountants are outside the UK. Over half its students come from outside the UK and Ireland. Around 1,200 ACCA-qualified accountants work in the NHS and it has ...
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Creature comforts
Pets - or companion animals - have a role in public health, say campaigners. Barbara Millar looks at growing interest in the therapeutic value of furry friends
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Animals and healthcare through the ages
The use of animals in therapeutic programmes is an ancient practice, first recorded in 9th century Belgium, when disabled people were allowed to care for animals in the belief that it would 're-establish the harmony of soul and body'.