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Another degree of support for staff education
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Appreciating practice in the caring professions By Della Fish Butterworth Heinemann 288 pages £16.99
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Conflicts in public health unravelled
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
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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Phoney wars
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
A hospital which has agreed Britain's largest medical compensation settlement is to hold an independent review of its maternity services.