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Nurse roster contract
A consortium of five trusts in London has awarded HMT Systems the contract to supply the RosterPro nurse rostering system.
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Hospital tests risk tool
Risk management procedures which have been successfully applied in the defence sector are being brought to the NHS through new software being piloted at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
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In Brief
A clinical governance audit tool, based on 20 key indicators, has been developed by SGS. The audit model can be used either to develop existing quality management systems or as a stand-alone 'gap analysis' tool. Based on the ISO 9000 framework, the model has been piloted in an NHS community ...
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BT rolls out GP service
Following a successful pilot in north Nottinghamshire, BT Health has launched its managed IT services for GPs, Primary Connect, on a nationwide basis.
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Philips wins airport x-ray deal
Philips Medical Systems has installed an integrated chest x-ray screening and reporting system throughout the four terminals at London's Heathrow airport to screen people arriving in the UK for diseases such as TB.
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Trust sets up paperless records for ICU staff
Guys and St Thomas' Hospital trust is introducing an electronic clinical record, creating a completely paperless environment in its intensive care unit.
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Health service in our hands
Palmtops could soon provide a wealth of information about patients and appointments - plus instant access to a vast pool of data, says Jane Dudman
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Facts at their fingertips
The latest IT strategy has been consolidated in the NHS plan, as Jane Dudman reports
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Back to basics
As PCGs become PCTs, lay members are demanding higher pay. Without it, they say, the only people we'll see serving on these lynchipins of primary care reform are the 'usual suspects'. Claire Laurent reports
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A nation awaits
His appointment may not have captured the public imagination in quite the same way as the England football manager debate, but Nigel Crisp, too, will be judged by results. Ann McGauran and Laura Donnelly report
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Trial and error
A typicals for treating schizophrenia received the thumbs-up at an HSJ debate, but some condemned trials backing their use. Laura Donnelly was there
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Case the joint
Some may still feel uneasy about it, but it's now so fashionable no-one can ignore it. Tash Shifrin explores the under-reported world of joint working
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Gone in a puff of smoke
Health ministers thought they could get a European ban on cigarette advertising by adapting the EU directive on internal markets. They were wrong, but the anti-smoking lobby is not despondent. Tony Sheldon reports
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Greetings to a minister with a minty bit stronger chance
As a career health service manager takes top slot this is an NHS tribute
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Five million people can't be wrong
Health care communication using personality type Patients are different! By Judy Allen and Susan A Brock Routledge 213 pages £12.99 paperback
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Health care provision: Past, present and into the 21st century
By Audrey Leathard Nelson Thornes 351 pages £22.50 paperback
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Oh God, give them strength
What are you feeling, Doctor? Identifying and avoiding defensive patterns in the consultation By John Salinsky and Paul Sackin Radcliffe Medical Press 192 pages £19.95 paperback