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    Primary care chiefs say pivotal problem in sector is low morale

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Primary care leaders have warned ministers that they will need to provide more money and tackle low morale as part of a full-scale review of the primary care sector.

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    Norman boost for RCN crown

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Sue Norman, president of the UK Central Council for Nursing and Midwifery, has emerged as one of the favourites to replace Christine Hancock as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing when she stands down next summer.

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    In Brief

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Public health minister Yvette Cooper has told the annual Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association conference that a rise in child obesity could wipe out recent increases in life expectancy 'in a generation'.

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    East Sussex hit by rash of bed blocks

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    A shortfall in social services funding is causing severe bed blocking in East Sussex hospitals.

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    England posts homecare deficit

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The amount of homecare purchased by English local authorities has exceeded the amount directly provided by them for the first time, according to analysts Laing and Buisson.

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    Remedy for overspending crisis may pile extra pressure on NHS

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Action to tackle a financial crisis in social services could put further pressure on the NHS, which is already facing major bed blocking problems in the South East of England.

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    Scotland on course for a bleak winter

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Scotland may be heading for another winter crisis as bed blocking has reached 10 per cent of total capacity in some areas.

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    RCN broadens membership in bid to modernise

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Members of the Royal College of Nursing have voted to admit trained healthcare assistants and new types of nurse trainees, such as cadets, in a landmark vote. The move was supported by 78.1 per cent of members taking part in a month-long ballot and was unveiled at the RCN's annual ...

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    BMA launches guide on personal medical services

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association's GP committee has produced a guide jointly with the NHS Alliance and National Association of Primary Care on personal medical services pilots that will be sent to all GPs. The guide will be issued with a letter warning GPs to 'weigh up the options carefully' before ...

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    Decision to abolish CHCs will not get judicial review

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has confirmed it is not going to proceed with a judicial review of the government's decision to abolish CHCs, following health secretary Alan Milburn's refusal to fund one. The association had received a QC's opinion suggesting it had 'good grounds' ...

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    Trusts to monitor hospital-acquired infections

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Health minister John Denham has announced that all trusts will be required to monitor levels of hospital-acquired infection, focusing on infections that pose a serious threat to health such as 'superbug' methicilin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. The government aims to prevent 15 per cent of the 100,000 HAIs annually, saving the NHS ...

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    Funding bid for telemedicine project for cancer care

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    A £300,000 bid is being made to the Scottish Executive's new opportunities fund for a telemedicine project aimed at driving up standards in cancer care in Fife, Tayside, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. The project, one of the most extensive of its kind in Britain, would give clinicians access ...

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    Planning regulations in store for mobile phone masts

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has agreed with Green Party proposals to make mobile phone masts subject to normal planning regulations and ban them from Greater London Authority and Transport for London land 'until such time as clear evidence is available relating to the possible health risks'. The government set up ...

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    Extra £154m for NI health fails to dispel winter pressure fears

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has secured an extra £154m for next year's health and social services budget. But she says the 7.2 per cent increase is not enough - and the chief executive of the province's biggest acute trust has warned that there is still 'a mountain ...

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    Manslaughter law threat to managers

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Senior managers and doctors could face criminal charges under government proposals to change the law on involuntary manslaughter, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has warned.

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    London Ambulance Service pushed to limit with £1m deficit

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    London Ambulance Service trust finished the past financial year with a £1m deficit and a net deficit of £587,000 after previous surpluses were taken into account.

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    The future on a shoe-string

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    If you earn your living telling people that computerising the NHS is an expensive and near-impossible business, don't visit Highland trust at Inverness. The shock could be too great.

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    Technology to fit the bill

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    It costs the health service up to £65 to process just one invoice, but the electronic solutions in the pipeline will mean significant savings, says Seamus Ward

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    Getting IT right at the start

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    David Rainey has a few tips for NHS masterminds

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    GP system uses images to limit the use of keyboards

    2000-10-26T00:00:00Z

    MediDesk has introduced its new clinical system made by GPs for GPs.