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'Whole-systems' approach urged to solve chaos in rehab services
Rehabilitation services for older people are patchy and poorly co-ordinated, even though they can cut costs and reduce the number of emergency admissions, the Audit Commission says in a report published yesterday.
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Report blames breech deaths on poor care
Late diagnosis and poor care during labour are putting breech birth babies at increased risk, the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy has found.
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Jam three days running for disgruntled patient
A hospital is to review a newly introduced food distribution policy after a patient complained that she had to survive on jam sandwiches for three out of her four days in hospital.
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Shock discovery on disused site
Blood samples, parts of ears and other clinical waste have been uncovered by demolition workers pulling down a disused hospital in Wales.
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Cost-effective?
The Audit Commission says it was not possible to model all the alternative services with their different costs but that studies so far have produced 'encouraging results':
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Public enemy no 1
The General Medical Council is under attack now even from doctors. Kaye McIntosh soaks up the hostility at the LMC's annual conference
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Race lost on points
Black healthcare staff are victims of discrimination under the discretionary points system for pay, a survey claims. Ann McGauran examines how fair the arrangements are
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Dear Mel. . .
Our trust is having merger talks with Tesco. Hospital employees will get bonus Club Card points, but I think patients should as well. Do you agree?
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Wales told fresh targets must be met with current funding
The Welsh health service has been set stringent targets on waiting-list reduction which health and social services secretary Jane Hutt insists can be met with a £40m allocation made in May.
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Cooper throws a fit - on scrip
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced plans to expand exercise on prescription schemes.
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Days like this
Consultants hit out at reforms. . . junior doctors press for strike action. . . focus on London co-ordination. . . accountants steer clear of NHS
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Heaven can wait
Innovation? Give us more. Grand plan? Let's start tomorrow. The New Health Network conference was painfully on-message. Maura Thompson was there
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Going into labour
One of the authors of a major report on birth statistics has criticised the government's new systems for collecting health data. Janet Snell finds out why co-ordinating national health statistics is not child's play
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Once bitten. . .
In the third in our series on the government's modernisation plans for the NHS, we look at prevention and inequalities.
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No end to the production line
Health minister John Denham was spared the embarrassment of a slow handclap at the British Association of Medical Managers' conference, but the drive for reform has stirred up dissension among the ranks. Alison Moore reports
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Bunch picked for BAMM chair
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust medical director Chris Bunch is the man who will chair BAMM from next year. Dr Bunch was elected as vice-chair at this year's conference and will take over in a year's time.
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Who will take the pressure as two become one?
What seems a logical step may turn out to be impossible to achieve
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Checkmate for 'king' consultants
Clinical governance is working and managers are feeling the load