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Human rights ruling challenges Mental Health Act on detention
Six months after the Human Rights Act came into force, its effects are starting to be felt in the healthcare field.
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Going at the seam
Inter-professional Practice in Health and Social Care Challenging the shared learning agenda By Carolyn Miller, Marnie Freeman and Nick Ross Arnold 248 pages £18. 99
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Quest beyond the clinical boundaries
Research in Health Care Concepts, designs and methods By Julius Sim and Chris Wright Stanley Thornes 320 pages £25
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New version of a trusted friend
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Fifth edition Edited by Jane Mallet and Lisa Dougherty Blackwell Science 752 pages £59. 50
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'Dirty' hospitals on defensive as DoH shines spotlight on 41
The Department of Health has named 41 'dirty' hospitals which will receive fortnightly monitoring visits from regional offices, and flagged up 10 as 'in need of special measures'.
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Family doctors give lukewarm response to 'work to rule' call
A campaign by the British Medical Association urging GPs to 'work to rule' and ditch extra paperwork caused by the introduction of the national service frameworks appears to have met a lukewarm response from doctors on the ground.
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Call to update pay and role of non-executive directors
Pay for non-executive directors and chairs should be increased from the £5,000 a year set in 1990 to its equivalent value of almost £7,000, according to a report from the NHS Confederation.
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Suspicious fire closes A&E department
London's University College Hospital was forced to close its accident and emergency department after fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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Managers and unions expecting 'great things'of NHS HR director
NHS Confederation's human resources policy director Andrew Foster has been appointed as the health service's HR director.
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Eyebrows raised as matron returns
The government's fanfare last week over its plans to 'bring back matron' was greeted with a mixture of amusement and accusations that it was creating headlines out of a piece of political fluff.
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Government gives in on council care trust board representation
Health minister John Hutton has conceded that local councils can nominate their representatives on care trust boards, after local government organisations last week threatened outright opposition to the trusts being established.
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Scottish boards 'could be used by councillors as political platform'
The first detailed picture of Scotland's new unified NHS boards, announced last year in the Scottish health plan, has begun to emerge. HSJ has learned that the boards, intended to be responsible for all the NHS services in their area, will have what is potentially a strong political element.
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HA failing in attempts to tackle workforce planning
NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp was forced to admit to MPs this week that health authorities'attempts to tackle workforce planning were 'not good enough'. Members of the Commons public accounts committee questioned Mr Crisp on educating and training the future non-medical clinical workforce. Of 99 HAs, 'only two actually fully ...
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Foot and mouth leads HA to issue hazard warnings
Children should not play on agricultural land during the Easter period, Dr Peter Tiplady, director of public health with North Cumbria health authority, has warned. In the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, the HA has urged people to keep away from carcasses and advised those with respiratory problems ...
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PCT takes over employment of NHS Direct staff
Hillingdon primary care trust has become the first to take over the employment of NHS Direct staff, assuming responsibility for the running of NHS Direct West London from next month. Until now the 180 staff have been employed by Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare trust, Hillingdon health authority and the local ...
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Leading BMA member admits to being freemason
A former chair of the British Medical Association has admitted to being a member of the freemasons - though he refused to discuss it in 1996, when HSJ asked directly whether or not he was a member. Sir Sandy Macara has admitted he belongs to the 1404 St Vincent lodge. ...
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Care pathways urged for patients with head injuries
Health authorities should be forced to collect data on the incidence of head injury and their plans for dealing with patients who have been affected by it, the Commons health select committee has claimed in a report. With improved medical techniques, many people are surviving these injuries and need long-term ...
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Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH
Guidelines on offering exercise on prescription have been drawn up by the Department of Health, setting out the patients most likely to benefit from such help. The guidance suggests they are appropriate for people with coronary heart disease; hypertension, obesity and diabetes; mental health problems; muscolo-skeletal problems; and rehabilitation following ...