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Dudley drops competitive tendering plans
A controversial scheme to market test community nursing has been dropped after the sudden departures of the chair, chief executive and chief nurse of the trust providing the service.
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Human resources strategy delayed until the autumn
The government's promised new human resources strategy for the NHS has been delayed until the autumn, the Journal has learned.
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Manager and 999 crew get formal warning
A manager who ordered an ambulance crew to give her and a colleague a lift home after a night on the town has been disciplined. The move follows a four-week inquiry sparked by a tip-off from a member of staff.
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Royal family values
Royal family values: harnessing 'all the knowledge and skills available to us' from both orthodox and other medical traditions was 'not a wholly revolutionary proposal', Prince Charles told a conference organised by the Foundation for Integrated Medicine. But he recalled that his well- known sympathy for complementary medicine had caused ...
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Unison says pounds3.60 minimum wage will affect few and vows to fight on
One healthcare assistant in 10 is likely to benefit from the proposed pounds3.60 national minimum wage, public service union Unison predicted this week. But it says it intends to go on fighting for a rate of pounds4.61.
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What residential and nursing home staff earn
The PSPRU surveyed 1,271 nursing and residential homes, covering 39,116 staff, of whom 15,146 were care assistants. It found:
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Doctors accuse trust chief over patient cuts
Consultants at Southend Community Care Services trust have accused chief executive Mike Harrison of 'colluding' with South Essex health authority to 'destroy patient services'.
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Council fraudbuster to join NHS
The fraudbuster who sacked 120 members of staff at Lambeth council for corruption, and saved it tens of millions in misappropriated funds, has been made 'fraud supremo' to the NHS.
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Union blasts Scottish blood service shake-up that mirrors English move
Union leaders have condemned the biggest shake-up of Scotland's blood transfusion service in 50 years.
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Two cheers for Better Wales
Academics have raised 'two cheers' for the government's 'new approach' to tackling health problems in Wales.
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Chain reaction
Chain reaction: demonstrators form a human circle round the main building of the London Lighthouse centre for people with HIV and AIDS to draw attention to its plight. The event was organised by Save London Lighthouse Campaign, formed after withdrawal of NHS funding forced the charity to announce the closure ...
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Trust blames HA for deficit in discharges row
A feud has broken out over allegations that a health authority has pushed one of its local trusts into the red.
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IN BRIEF
An acute services review of the NHS in Scotland was due on ministers' desks this week. The review is expected to place special emphasis on specialist services in rural areas, addressing what Sir David Carter, chief medical officer for Scotland, called the 'tyranny of distance imposed by Scotland's geography'. The ...
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Wales' lists climb to 74,000 with scores of 'long-waiters'
Hospital waiting lists in Wales have risen more rapidly than in England, and government figures show hundreds of patients still having to wait more than two years for treatment.
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Juniors to call for New Deal rethink
Junior hospital doctors look set to call for a rethink of the New Deal on working hours this week as the British Medical Association's annual round of specialist group conferences gets underway.
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Past tense - future imperfect
The lessons from total purchasing suggest that tensions between primary and secondary mental health services are likely to continue, write John Lee and Linda Gask
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Monitored
What could possibly be behind the Mirror's extraordinary front- page attack on Dobbo last week? You know the one: 'Embarrassed Mr Dobson? You should be bloody well ASHAMED.' Reliable sources suggest it is all to do with Mirror boss David Montgomery's desperate need to carve out a market position sufficiently ...