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    Another degree of support for staff education

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the brief item on collaboration between Ashworth and Sheffield Hallam University to offer a degree in forensic care (News, page 4, 27 August).

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    Clinical psychology offers waiting list insights

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    I was interested to read John Henderson's letter (13 August) on a means of waiting list management in child and adolescent mental health services.

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    Colorectal surgery

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Prophylactic antibiotics are increasingly being used to counteract the high risk of hospital-acquired infection in colorectal surgery patients, but there is doubt about the most effective timing, duration and route for their administration. Anne-Marie Gle

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    New voice promises constructive criticism

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    After years as a backroom fixer, one could forgive Tim Clement- Jones, the Liberal Democrat's new health spokesman in the Lords, if he was eager to make his mark with a thrusting, attention-grabbing attack on government health policy.

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    Select committee to probe NHS staffing

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    With increasing clamour for the government to improve pay for nurses and tackle chronic recruitment problems, the Common' s health committee' s decision to investigate NHS staff requirements is timely.

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    The public health white paper, originally due for the autumn, is now likely to be published in in the New Year.white paper.

    1998-10-22T00:00:00Z

    The public health white paper, originally due for the autumn, is now likely to be published in in the new year. According the Financial Times, an official explained that the plan was to launch it before Christmas, 'but we felt it was a bit nannying to tell people about cutting ...

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    Practice as an art

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Appreciating practice in the caring professions By Della Fish Butterworth Heinemann 288 pages £16.99

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    Conflicts in public health unravelled

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Public health the vision and the challenge By Walter Holland and Susie Stewart Nuffield Trust 254 pages £30

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    Answering questions on overcoming fear

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The public health and the National Health Service- your questions answered By Norman Vetter Radcliffe Medical Press 133 pages £16.50

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    Events

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Items are entered free for public sector, voluntary and professional organisations, but we need at least six weeks' notice of your event. Please send details to Uli Jaeger, HSJ , Porters South, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW. Fax: 0171-843 4670.

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    in person

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Professor Elaine Murphy has been appointed chair of the King's Fund's mental health programme, 'Working Together in London'.

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    Phoney wars

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A landmark ruling in GPs' long battle to be paid for telephone advice could cost health authorities thousands of pounds. But the claims should never have been made, argues Steve Ainsworth

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    Delivering the goods

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Community maternity units have played an important role for women but primary care groups are casting doubt on their future. Elisabeth Baxter and colleagues look at a survey of mothers' and midwives' wishes and at GPs' reactions

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    Heading for Reading

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Alison Hyde has had enough. After 20 years reporting or working for the NHS, she's moving out of health altogether and, she insists, she has no regrets

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    Messages from the frontline

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    While primary care groups have a lot of support in principle, worries that practices will be reluctant to co-operate with each other remain. Michael Place and Andrew Street analyse the results of a series of workshops

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    monitor

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Save-our-hospital types giving you a tough time? Just point 'em in Monitor's direction. The Save Bart's campaigners were so incensed by an item about their attempt to bag a bit of free publicity during the NHS 50th anniversary Songs of Praise programme that they took HSJ to the Press Complaints ...

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    15 October 1948

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The divorce between hospitals and the authorities concerned with public and social medicine has already been noticed and deplored. The issue now is to organise practical means of bridging the gap. There is great opportunity for closely integrating local authorities' preventive, after-care and social medicine services within the structure of ...

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    Guidance gives the go-ahead for Welsh local health groups

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has given the green light to local health groups by issuing detailed guidance on their role, structure and funding.

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    HA 'underestimates' PFI plan costs

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The cost of replacing two acute hospital sites with one private finance initiative scheme may have been 'significantly underestimated' according to a report commissioned by the health authority behind the proposals.

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    Record compensation sparks maternity review

    1998-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A hospital which has agreed Britain's largest medical compensation settlement is to hold an independent review of its maternity services.