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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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Health visitors
There can be no doubt that the role of the health visitor has long been the subject of debate, but your report describing the 'enormous implications' of the Supporting Families green paper demonstrates once again the ignorance surrounding the role of the health visitor (News, page 7, 12 November).
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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.
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Former minister calls for CJD compensation
Victims of the human form of 'mad cow' disease should be paid compensation for their suffering, a former health minister has told the BSE inquiry.
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Donation rates linked with role of transplant co-ordinators
The role, recruitment and training of transplant co-ordinators must be reviewed if the availability of organs for donation is to be standardised across the UK, according to a report from the British Transplantation Society.
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2000 bug compliance work sparks IT crash
A major teaching hospital was forced to implement its 'internal disaster plan' after work to tackle the year 2000 computer problem caused a telecommunications crash.
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Guidance brings in 48-hour week as exempt junior doctors fight on
Guidance on how the European working-time directive will affect the NHS was published last week amid a growing row about plans to extend the rules to junior doctors.
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London region must 'work as one NHS'
London's health organisations will need to 'work as one NHS' to meet the 'challenge' of dealing with the Greater London Assembly and a directly elected mayor, managers have been told.
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Vulnerable groups lose out on pregnancy care
The latest Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths Report has raised concerns about access to care for some of the UK's most vulnerable pregnant women.
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Safety catch
Michael Rawlins is to head the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence, but some feel that the appointment of a man 'used to working in a straitjacket' at the Committee on Safety of Medicines does not bode well.
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Access route
Waiting-list buster Peter Homa is keen to point out that tackling waiting lists is only part of a wider endeavour to improve access to high- quality care. Kaye McIntosh listened in on an HSJ masterclass