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RCN calls for involvement in deciding PPP role
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Beverley Malone has called for the union to be 'at the table when decisions are made'on the role of the private sector in public services.But while other union leaders have been in Downing Street talks on public-private partnerships, Dr Malone has admitted that the ...
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Consultant and nurse vacancies remain stable
Vacancies for consultants and nurses in England have changed little over the last 12 months.The three-month vacancy rate for consultants was 3 per cent in March - a rise of 0.2 per cent on the previous year.And vacancies for qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors fell by 0.5 per cent, ...
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Apology after elderly man is kicked to death
Chief executive of Leicestershire and Rutland trust Martin Taylor has apologised to the family of a 72-year-old man kicked to death by a patient with schizophrenia.An inquiry by Leicestershire health authority criticised the care of Kevin Hewitt, who had stopped taking his medication and had not been seen by a ...
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PCTs 'HQs' must be based in local communities'
Primary care trusts should be setting up their headquarters within local communities rather than near acute services, according to John Ashton, director of public health at North West region.'Under the Conservatives, we saw a lot of health authorities and trusts have their headquarters on business parks, 'he said.'It was symbolic, ...
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Hutt opts for waiting times rather than list targets
The NHS in Wales is to abandon waiting-list targets and focus on waiting times.The move was confirmed by health minister Jane Hutt while speaking at the Innovations in Care conference in Cardiff last week.She also said the new measures will be phased in over the next year, with waits for ...
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Clampdown demanded on enforced treatment
Mental health campaigners are calling on the government to take action against the rising numbers of patients being subjected to enforced treatment.The Mental Health Alliance has drawn up a charter, Care Before Compulsion, to influence future reforms of the Mental Health Act. In 1995,10 per cent of admissions to psychiatric ...
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'No threat' to GMC from new assessment body
The General Medical Council has insisted that it does not see a longterm threat to its role as a regulatory body from the newly created National Clinical Assessment Authority.
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Trust failed to check up on locums
The Commission for Health Improvement has criticised a hospital trust, accusing it of not conducting checks on locum doctors.
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Days like this
Confusion over pace of change. . .Nichol rules out havoc. . .Reform petition fears. . .Fundholder queue-jumping. . .'village idiot'gaffe
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news focus: Bristol
Much of the evidence to the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry makes harrowing reading.Perhaps hardest to bear are the accounts from parents reliving the experiences - in public - surrounding the loss of their child.The next few weeks will bring them back under the public gaze.The three-year inquiry builds on the ...
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A question of trust
The findings from the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry look set to send shockwaves through the NHS.Alison Moore talks to those close to the heart of the matter Bristol has had a vast impact on hundreds, if not thousands of people. By far the biggest effect, of course, has been on ...
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Healing old wounds
Hugh Ross exudes brisk efficiency and steely intelligence. He makes you want to think sharper, sit up straighter.He looks as if he would be very good in a crisis.Which he is.
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'Bristol has completely reorganised the way we think' Alison Moore asked key figures to examine the impact of Bristol on the wider NHS
Dr Norman Pryde Halliday was medical secretary of the supra-regional services advisory group.
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Show some age concern
Do MPs care about the misery generated by bed-blockers and the inadequate care of vulnerable elderly people? Of course they do. But if they care, why do these problems persist?
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Ooo la la! French leave for Brits who tire of the wait
One of my recent pleasures during the working day has been the sight and sound of the Daily Mail, and, more recently, the Conservative leadership candidates, urging that we should all become more European.