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Setting the PACE for change
Experience, evidence and everyday practice Creating systems for delivering effective health care By Michael Dunning, Gerrard Abi-Aad and David Gilbert King's Fund 124 pages £12.95
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In brief: Welsh Ambulance Services trust
Welsh Ambulance Services trust has agreed a £200,000 out-of-court settlement with former chief ambulance officer John Beechers. The First Division Association, which has supported Mr Beechers, said he was sacked after refusing to accept a temporary job following the merger of Wales' ambulance trusts. The post would have increased his ...
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In brief: Alun Michael
Welsh Assembly first minister Alun Michael has launched a document asking the public how its £8bn budget should be spent, as part of an exercise to help the Assembly develop a strategic plan. It outlines inherited spending plans and the Assembly's 'first thoughts' on priorities.
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In brief: NHS Executive
The NHS Executive has agreed to fund a £70,000 pilot project to look at 'interface issues' between NHS Direct and pharmacies in Essex, following an approach by the National Pharmaceutical Association.
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In brief: John Hutton
Junior health minister John Hutton has announced that 'following top-level discussions' with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Social Services, a 'summit' to develop new strategies for tackling violence against staff working in social services will be held in September.
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In brief: Hillingdon Hospital trust
Hillingdon Hospital trust has become the new owner of Mount Vernon Hospital, following a hand-over from Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals trust, which still manages the regional cancer centre and specialist burns and plastics service based there.
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Experts dub personality disorder imprisonment proposals 'flawed'
Proposals to lock up 'dangerous people with severe personality disorder' indefinitely are 'fundamentally flawed', according to mental health experts.
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MPs want pay-bed watchdog
MPs investigating private healthcare have called for two different systems to regulate pay beds in NHS hospitals.
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Mental health framework delay risks making it an 'irrelevance'
The government has been warned that delays in issuing its national service framework for mental health risk making it irrelevant.
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Review of act is a 'dog's breakfast'
The 'root and branch' review of the 1983 Mental Health Act has reported to junior health minister John Hutton on proposals for compulsory treatment.
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Time to choose
Option A Offenders continue to be treated in prison or hospital, depending on whether they have committed a crime.
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Public healthcare is 'no longer sustainable'
Government-backed healthcare is in 'turmoil' and private healthcare will see 'explosive growth' in the next decade, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Its study of six western European countries says 'it is becoming increasingly clear that public healthcare systems are no longer sustainable' because of the demands ...
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Anaesthetists value dialogue over consent form
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland has issued new guidelines on obtaining consent for anaesthesia, saying 'two-way communication' is more important than obtaining a signature on a consent form. The guidelines include advice on managing children, mentally ill people and women in labour, and on dealing with ...
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Government told obesity treatment is behind times
The Obesity Awareness and Solutions Trust says the government will not meet targets for reducing stroke and heart disease in the white paper Saving Lives unless it tackles obesity.
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Report says reforms will raise public's expectations
The massive programme of change in the NHS and other public services will lead the public to demand 'genuine improvements' in standards, according to spending watchdogs. Launching the Audit Commission's annual report, chair Dame Helena Shovelton said the role of public audit and inspection in upholding quality would be 'even ...
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Analysts predict PCTs will have to pool resources
Primary care trusts will have to come up with innovative solutions to management and administration if they are to survive on limited management funding, analysts have warned. 'The complexity of the tasks they face is unlikely to be matched by the costs they can afford to bear, ' says Newchurch ...
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Critics pour cold water on plan for 'fair' distribution of Scots funding
A radical plan to redistribute health funding in Scotland has met a mixed response.
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Case stokes up row on long-term care
The question of who pays for long term care was thrown into chaos last week by the Court of Appeal judgement in the 'Coughlan' case.