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Equal wage win opens floodgates
Two more NHS trusts face equal value claims following the victory last week of more than 200 female domestic and catering workers granted parity with male porters at Hartlepool General Hospital.
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Decision on 2000 pay shocks managers
Hospitals could face a staffing crisis over the millennium weekend as a result of the government's decision to turn down a national deal on premium pay.
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Outside the NHS
BT: flat rate of £280 a day for staff on call on 31 December or 1 January plus £55 hourly bonuses, on top of existing bank holiday premiums.
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IHSM calls for a 'more explicit' political direction on rationing
Rationing will become more explicit because of the cash limits on primary care groups, according to an Institute of Health Services Management discussion paper.
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Career NHS manager takes top post at NICE
Health secretary Frank Dobson has chosen a low-profile career NHS manager to head the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, launched this week as a special health authority.
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NICE: the cast list
Chair Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, clinical pharmacologist, formerly chair of the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
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The age of consent
The NHS will soon have to ask patients before sharing their medical records, this year's Healthcare Computing conference heard. Peter Mitchell reports
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Deprivation blackspot
Norbiton ward is the most deprived ward in the area of Kingston and Richmond HA, with a Jarman deprivation score of 29 - nearly double that of the next worst ward and nearly seven times the average for the area.
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Secret service
The NHS Executive is to set up a special national authority for security and confidentiality, says its new head of information management and technology policy, Dr Peter Drury.
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Read between the lines
The NHS's Read codes clinical vocabulary is to be gradually merged into the US-developed SNOMED vocabulary.
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Putting the initiatives in initiative-itis
A £1m budget for human resources 'beacons' of 'excellence in managing people' across the organisation. To reward 'positive and imaginative approaches' in areas including recruitment and retention, equality and training plans to support clinical governance. HR beacons will have to disseminate good practice.
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'Coherent action' on racism
Racial hatred and discrimination 'must not be allowed to fester in the workplace', said NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands. He called for 'coherent action, not isolated initiatives' to address the issue.
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'I hate the bastards'
Strong feelings among Labour MPs will not be the only obstacle to regulating the private healthcare sector, writes Lynn Eaton
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Inside stories
Parc prison, a privately run local prison with 800 inmates, has contracted out its healthcare to Bridgend and District trust since late 1997.
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