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More ideas for coping with the millennium crisis.
'Front load' elective activity to the first six months of 1999 to allow for lower levels of planned activity in January 1999 and December 2000.
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Deliberate self-harm
If the NHS is to achieve the targets for suicide reduction in The Health of the Nation1 and the green paper Our Healthier Nation, the problems that lead people to harm themselves must be addressed.
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Box 1 Feature which predict repetition of self-harm Repetition
a history of self-harm prior to the current episode
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Box 2 - Aims of psychosocial assessment after deliberate self-harm
to identify factors associated with suicidal behaviour
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Box 3 - Main types of interventions evaluated in trials
brief psychological therapy (problem-solving therapy)
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Opportunities knocked
Despite evidence that doctors support more flexible work structures, a survey suggests that such opportunities are not being created. Steve Atherton and Joan Murray report
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End of an era
Thousands of Asian doctors who came to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s are about to retire, with huge implications for general practice. Jo Carlowe reports
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Racist attack leaves GP shaken
Sajal Sengupta is 60 and a GP in Ferndale, Mid Glamorgan. His story is typical of many Asian doctors who arrived in Britain as part of the
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'A sad attitude to part-time workers'
Introducing more flexible work arrangements is recognised as an important step to tackle recruitment and retention problems.
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Report urges caution on revamped charter
The patient's charter is 'flawed and constraining' and the government should consider carefully what it aims to achieve with a replacement, a King's Fund report has concluded.
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MPs told of new need for doctors
MPs have been warned that the European working time directive will create additional demand for extra doctors.
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Patients' deaths spark call for swift action on hospital suicides
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has called for action to 'stem the flow of hospital suicides' in the wake of two reports into 13 patient deaths at neighbouring trusts.
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Finance staff training scheme hits the road
Up to 16,000 NHS finance staff will be offered training to help them cope with the government's sweeping health service reforms.
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Dorrell had 'time of stress' over CJD
Former Conservative health secretary Stephen Dorrell told the BSE inquiry this week that he experienced a 'time of stress' during intense media speculation about new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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Report identifies 'bottlenecks' in Scottish A&E
Recommendations to streamline the admission and discharge of emergency patients were made this week by the Accounts Commission for Scotland.