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What the new strategy says
Sam Galbraith's strategy for dealing with mentally disordered offenders has messages for all agencies - courts, prison, police, social work departments, health boards and trusts - involved with mentally disordered offenders.
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Heretic
A butterfly's wings flapping in a Brazilian jungle, eventually contributing to a hurricane in Britain, illustrates chaos theory. Perhaps the theory also explains why the unanticipated arrival of winter and attendant bed pressures generates a media clamour for nurse education to be removed from where thinking is encouraged. Ironically, the ...
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Denham agrees consultation on trust mergers
Health minister John Denham has given the go-ahead for public consultation on proposals to merge five trusts. Consultation on plans to merge East Yorkshire Hospitals trust and Royal Hull Hospitals trust starts tomorrow. Public consultation on proposals to create a single acute trust for Leicestershire from Glenfield Hospital trust, Leicester ...
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Hancock calls for clarity on long-term nursing care
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock has urged health secretary Frank Dobson to clarify the government's position on funding long-term nursing care.
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Sound post
In the second of an occasional series on the progress of Plymouth's health action zone, Laura Donnelly finds that the pressure to deliver means targets are not always as radical as they might be
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Resistance movement
Last week a neighbour of mine went to his GP. After a consultation spent cajoling, begging and wheedling, he secured an antibiotic for his chest infection. So proud was he of his achievement that he felt compelled to tell the entire street.
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Caines quits IHSM to study for PhD
Karen Caines is to stand down as director of the Institute of Health Services Management after almost three years at the head of the financially troubled organisation.
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Manager sacked after probe into 'intimidation'
A nursing manager accused of bullying and intimidating staff has been sacked following an internal hearing.
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Tough targets to take PFI drive forward
The government is set to impose tough new measures to determine the progress of the private finance initiative in the the NHS, according to a confidential document seen by HSJ.
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Private work nets £288m for trusts
The NHS is continuing to win business from the private healthcare sector, according to the latest Fitzhugh Directory of NHS Trusts.
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NEWS
A 16-year study has shown that early nutrition can significantly influence mental ability later in life in premature babies. Researchers at the Institute of Child Health in London found that infants fed standard formula instead of nutrient-enriched 'pre-term formula' had reduced verbal IQ at seven-and-a-half to eight years of age. ...
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New smear test hope
Scientists have developed a smear test which could end the scandals that have plagued the cervical cancer screening programme.
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Advantage in early discharge
Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer could be recommended for patients with support at home as new evidence shows this has no adverse physical or psychological effects.