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Death rates ignored 'because of trust status bid'
Dr John Roylance has told the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry that he did not investigate concerns about mortality rates in paediatric cardiac surgery because they were raised in connection with the hospital's application for trust status.
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PCGs get backing for drug sponsor deals
GPs and primary care groups have been 'surprised' by 'liberal' guidance on sponsorship deals with drug companies.
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Top managers sign millennium service pledge
Trust and health authority chief executives have been ordered to sign a public 'guarantee' to deliver key services as part of final preparations for the millennium.
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Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson watches staff nurse Damon Harritz Grech demonstrate the advanced clinical information system at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with patient Mark Wainright.
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In Brief: Commission for Health Improvement
The full membership of the Commission for Health Improvement has been announced.
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In Brief: National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Twenty heads of multiple sclerosis services are to begin a programme of audit and evaluation to help inform the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on standards for MS care. The MS heads of service network is chaired by Professor Alan Thompson, clinical director of neurorehabilitation and therapy services at the ...
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In Brief: Cancer Black Care information centre
Home Office minister Paul Boateng opened the Cancer Black Care information centre in Hackney, east London, on Friday. The centre, a joint initiative between Cancer Black Care and Macmillan Cancer Relief, aims to inform healthcare professionals about cultural issues in cancer care.
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In Brief: Advanced Clinical Information System
A new centre for clinical information at North Bristol trust was opened last week by chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson. The trust developed its Advanced Clinical Information System at Southmead Hospital in conjunction with technology partners Compaq and EDS.
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In Brief: Capital Solutions
Healthcare consultancy Capital Solutions, part of Leeds Teaching hospitals trust, has merged with NHS Estates. Kate Priestley, NHS Estates chief executive, said the merger was 'further evidence of NHS Estates being able to connect the centre with the service'. Capital Solution will trade under the NHS Estates banner as part ...
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Minister issues threat to overrule MSPs in row over cash share out
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon looks set to overrule MSPs in a clash over a major reform of the way NHS funds are shared out.
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Chief faces sexual harassment allegations
A trust chief executive has been accused of driving one of his managers out of her job after she rebuffed his sexual advances.
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Going with the grain
Artist Nicola Kerr Bone creates a healing mandala , a symbolic representation of the universe, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for world AIDS day. It was made from coloured grains of rice.
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Government hits back over north-south 'gap'
The government this week launched an offensive against claims that its social exclusion agenda has done little to tackle the root causes of poverty and a widening north-south divide.
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Mo Mowlam's new role
Dr Mowlam has been charged with giving the Cabinet a 'reality-check' to test whether initiatives to tackle poverty 'are really working on the ground'.
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Milburn orders inquiry into Alder Hey heart scandal
Health secretary Alan Milburn has launched an independent inquiry into organ removal at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
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PCGs urged to meet alternative medicine costs
Doctors have urged primary care groups to pay for alternative medicine such as acupuncture.
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Short Cuts: Numbers on nursing register fall to seven-year low
Annual statistics published by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting show the number of people on its register has fallen to a seven-year low. The number of people registered fell 3,220 to 634,229 last year. But the number leaving the register fell and the number joining ...
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Short Cuts: UN commissions NHS Estates team to tackle bug
NHS Estates has been commissioned by the United Nations International Year 2000 Cooperation Centre to manage a project taking help and advice on millennium bug issues to health services in developing countries. The Reconstitution Project for Health will run alongside similar global schemes covering communications, energy, finance and transport and ...
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Short Cuts: £1m ads to ease pressure on emergency services
The NHS has launched its £1m nation-wide advertising campaign to help people 'consider the full range of healthcare options available to them' before calling an ambulance or heading for accident and emergency. The campaign features a medicine cabinet with the contents highlighting options, including looking after yourself and using local ...
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Short Cuts: HA looks into financial mismanagement allegations
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly health authority has instigated an internal investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement made by its finance director, Roger Silvester. Mr Silvester was suspended in May following comments at a public board meeting at which he refused to accept the HA's plans for £4m cuts to ...