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Primary concerns
Academics are warning that the shift to primary care groups is fraught with dangers. Mark Crail reports
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In Brief: Government's new information technology strategy
The launch of the government's new information technology strategy for the NHS has been delayed again while health ministers examine its financial implications. Publication is now tentatively scheduled for July, an NHS Executive spokesperson said this week.
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In Brief: Ashworth special hospital authority
Ashworth special hospital authority has announced that chief executive Hilary Hodge will remain 'off site' until Dame Fiona Caldicott has completed her review. Dr Hodge, who denies accusations of 'macho management', said she believed this would help the review 'to proceed in the most open and honest environment possible'.
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In Brief: Alan Milburn
Health minister Alan Milburn this week launched 15 pilot schemes to improve access to NHS dentistry and improve oral health. He also announced that an additional £600,000 had been found to fund the preparatory year of the schemes, which have been developed by health authorities under the Primary Care Act ...
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In Brief: Health expert Chris Ham
Health authorities should be obliged to explain clinical decisions, and the NHS should have a system of appeal tribunals for patients refused treatment, health expert Chris Ham argues in a book, published by the King's Fund, looking at the lessons of the Jaymee Bowen case.
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In Brief: Research by Pay & Workforce Research
Time lost in sickness absence cost the NHS more than £500m in 199798, research by Pay & Workforce Research shows. Revealing the data last week, PWR consultant Gillian Whitaker urged managers to use return-to-work interviews to identify the causes of absence.
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Dobson spends on 'rebuttal officer' as waiting lists soar
Health ministers have come under attack for spending thousands of pounds on a unit to defend government policy as waiting lists head for another record high.
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Siemens loses 15 staff from health outfit
A healthcare information company announced key job losses last week but denied being on the critical list. Siemens Healthcare Services has made 15 of its 100 staff redundant, closed two regional offices, and replaced managing director John Kane.
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Dobson gives go-ahead to regional shake-up
Health secretary Frank Dobson gave the go-ahead this week for a shake-up of NHS regions in London and the south of England.
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New approach to tackling Welsh health inequalities
The government has unveiled a 'new approach' to tackling some of the worst health problems in Europe in a widely applauded green paper.
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Milburn admits patients should have a say
Health minister Alan Milburn publicly accepted last week that the idea that 'doctor knows best' is out of date and inappropriate to the modern health service.
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Nurses accept 3.8 per cent staged pay deal
The nurses' 3.8 per cent pay award was accepted reluctantly by the staff side last week, despite continuing opposition from Unison and the GMB, which voted against settling.
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Perfect specimen
Botanist David Bellamy with Jessica Oxley (left) and Kathryn Bonner at Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, where he opened a new gallery. It will house a collection of 600 earthenware drug jars which lined the shelves of pharmacies 200-300 years ago. The jars were used to boost an apothecary's status in ...
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'Confusion' follows Dobson directive to redesign planned psychiatric unit
Mental health campaigners accused the government last week of creating policy confusion in a row over mixed-sex wards.
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Single inspection body for homes
Plans to create a new separate inspection body for nursing and residential homes have been welcomed throughout the NHS.
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MSF urges Blood Authority to reopen centres
The MSF union has called for the reopening of three blood centres closed during a much-criticised shake-up of the transfusion service.
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Spend more on services for severely mentally ill, experts tell ministers
Ministers must spend more on developing mental health services, targeting severely mentally ill people in deprived urban areas for intensive help, leading professionals urged this week.
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Bradford Royal Infirmary's new clinical skills teaching laboratory
Medical student David Swann gets intimate with a retinopathy head at Bradford Royal Infirmary's new clinical skills teaching laboratory.
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Trusts allot extra £150m to year 2000 IT bug
Trusts have earmarked £150m for replacing medical equipment that will fail because of the year 2000 computer bug, according to the National Audit Office.
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In Brief: Tees health authority
Tees health authority has set up an independent inquiry into the psychiatric care given to Jonathan Crisp, who was sentenced to life imprisonment last week for the murder of Stockton-on-Tees resident Peter McNamee last year.