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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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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
So, AMIGOS, you're getting a little JIP about MINIS. It is time to address the issue head on with better PR. And if none of that makes any sense, you need the Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms, lovingly crafted by South Manchester primary care group lay member Martin ...
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Telemedicine and telephones Reference group offers links and practical advice based on experience
As the two founding members of the Institute of Health Services Management's telemedicine and telecare programme, we were pleased to see your wide-ranging comments on telemedicine ('Telly addicts?' IT Update, 18 March).
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Pathways and judgement: why not a bit of both?
Professor Jeremy Dale makes a number of interesting points about computer systems for telephone triage and advice (news, page 3, IT Update, 18 March), particularly his assertion that 'all the professions - especially the Royal College of Nursing - favour the guidelines approach', while 'ambulance services have so far tended ...
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Putting a premium on preventing pricey calls
Trusts are still dismissing employees for making premium-rate telephone calls at work. In this day and age, it is inconceivable that any trust has a telephone system which does not prevent premium-rate calls.
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Looking for good information? Try the library
I was surprised to see no mention in your feature on clinical governance ('PA for the course', page 26, 11 March) of the importance of the library and information service in the hospital.
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NHS managers are ahead of the game
Professor David Hunter is right to highlight the scale of the management task in delivering NHS modernisation (news, page 3, 11 March).
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Clinical trials can test effectiveness
Your feature on the introduction of the Alzheimer's drug, donepezil, in the Withington Hospital, Manchester, ('Making introductions', pages 28-29, 25 February) stated that 'evidence of its efficacy in clinical use and its cost-effectiveness can only be obtained from further research and audit after its introduction in clinical practice'.
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Targeted team's help for homeless people
I read with interest Steve Ainsworth's article on access to GP services ('Left out in the cold', page 23, 11 March). It is too easy, however, to blame GPs for failing to address the health needs of homeless people.
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Magic Mo-ments planned for devolution year
A magic moment it was indeed when Mo Mowlam addressed the Royal College of Nursing congress (politics, 18 March). But in your news focus report of the event, the suggestion that health secretary Frank Dobson 'had better things to do' than address congress is unfair.
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'Nothing like it used to be'
Jenny Bond, the BBC's royal correspondent, has trailed many a royal visitor round various healthcare establishments. She believes the visits are useful. 'I have seen it all around the world,' she says. 'After they leave, the staff and patients' day is brightened and their spirits lifted.
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One's first trip to a Belfast hospital
Before the first ceasefire in Northern Ireland it was impossible to organise a royal visit to any of the hospitals there because the security risk was so great. The Duchess of Kent, patron of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, would instead host receptions for hospital staff at Hillsborough Castle.
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Bowing is optional: the Princess Royal goes to Devon
It took six years for the Princess Royal to reschedule her visit to Exeter and District Community Health Services trust - her 1993 visit had to be cancelled because of bad weather.