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'Tis the season for the NHS to make some creative seasonal adjustments and avoid predictable crises
'Tis the season for the NHS to make some creative seasonal adjustments and avoid predictable crises
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Short cuts Widdecombe makes waves over Blair 'turbulence'
Shadow health secretary Ann Widdecombe has accused prime minister Tony Blair of breaking a pre-election promise to managers that Labour would not cause major upheavals in the NHS. In a debate on the Queen's speech, she said the government's health proposals would cause 'top to bottom turbulence in our health ...
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Short cuts Scottish residential care still moving to community
Scottish office statistics published last week show a continued move away from hospital to community-based residential care. The number of places for geriatric assessment and long-stay care, people with learning disabilities, mental health patients and psychogeriatric patients in NHS hospitals decreased by 1,500 in 1997 to 21,000, while the number ...
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Short cuts Midwives recommend HIV test for pregnant women
The Royal College of Midwives has recommended that all pregnant women should be offered HIV testing and that testing should be recommended in areas where rates of infection are high. The recommendations are made in a leaflet produced with the Department of Health, launched by the RCM and public health ...
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Short cuts Complaints system tender winners announced
The NHS Executive has announced that the tender for the contract to evaluate the NHS complaints procedure has been won by the London Health and Economics Consortium (part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Public Attitude Surveys Ltd and the King's Fund. The research will look at ...
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Short cuts Scope backs disablement services authority call
One of the UK's largest disability organisations has backed a disability consortium calling for the government to establish a disablement services authority. Scope has supported a campaign run by emPOWER, which says an authority would 'address significant and expensive variations in the quality and distribution of NHS disablement services', such ...
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Short cuts RCN secures £350,000 for nurse injured at work
The Royal College of Nursing has secured an out of court settlement of £350,000 for former nurse biological science tutor Carole Webster, who was left disabled by an accident at St Bartholomew's and Princess Alexandra and Newham College of Nursing in 1993. A stiff door suddenly stopped, forcing her to ...
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Short cuts 24-hour helpline aims to fill housing advice gap
Thousands of people every year suffer homelessness because they get bad advice or none at all, according to a report by Shelter based on a survey of more than 1,200 people. The report marks the launch today of Shelterline, a 24-hour housing helpline. It can be contacted on 0808-800 4000.
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Fund urges realism 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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on the record
TOM JONES is director and co-founder of MJM Healthcare Solutions Mental Health Strategies. He is also spokesman for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He was formerly director of finance and information at Herefordshire health authority.
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Private hospital use could affect HA money, says Acheson report
Health authority cash allocations could be adjusted to take account of the use people make of private hospitals, according to the most far- reaching report on health inequalities for a generation.
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Dobson faces calls for 999 'tampering' inquiry
A government minister is calling for health secretary Frank Dobson to order an inquiry into allegations that a recording of a 999 call was tampered with.
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Ambulance response time probe ordered after staff allegations
An investigation is under way into the performance of East Anglian Ambulance trust.
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Ministers lay plans to savage fundholding if bill is delayed
Ministers have drawn up contingency plans to emasculate GP fundholding in case the bill to abolish the scheme fails to become law by 31 March next year.
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First phase of Read review begins
The independent review of the Read clinical codes programme has begun, and the results of the first phase should be published at the end of this month.
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Acheson report demands action on inequalities
Former chief medical officer Sir Donald Acheson was today due to call for action across government departments to reduce health inequalities.
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Anger at pay freeze for senior managers
Unions have described a pay freeze for senior NHS managers as a 'slap in the face' for the people 'asked to deliver the most fundamental changes in decades'.
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Commissioner points to 'early warning role'
The health service commissioner's first report covering clinical complaints has highlighted the office's potential role as an 'early warning system'.
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NHS legal advice of 'varied' quality
The quality of legal advice offered to health authorities and trusts dealing with medical negligence claims is 'varied', according to Steve Walker, chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority.