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In brief: Unison
Unison has welcomed the introduction of the European working time directive, which limits the hours staff can work. But the NHS Executive is still talking to unions about the regulations and says human resources managers should wait until guidance is issued later this month before making changes to staff rotas.
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In brief: Sam Galbraith
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith this week pledged an extra £338,000 for GP outof-hours services in response to the conclusions of a working group on current practice. It found that co-operatives were seen as a positive development by GPs and patients.
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In brief: NHS
NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has opened a £600,000 intensive care unit at Lister Hospital, Hertfordshire. The old ICU has been turned into a high dependency unit.
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In brief: Duchess of Gloucester
The Duchess of Gloucester has formally opened Hove's Polyclinic, a centre for outpatient services, and Mill View Hospital, for people with mental health problems. The £11m developments by South Downs Health trust opened to patients earlier this year.
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In brief: Sexual Orientation
Gay and lesbian doctors should have the opportunity to be open about their sexuality at work, according to guidance from the British Medical Association, which urges employers to tackle discrimination.
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In brief: Three-month consultatio
A three-month consultation has started on proposals to create two new trusts - one for community services and one for mental health services - across Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon. Four existing trusts are affected.
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In brief: Standing Conference on Drug Abuse
The Standing Conference on Drug Abuse has welcomed pilot schemes in Liverpool, Croydon and Gloucester allowing courts to send drug using offenders for treatment as an alternative to prison. The government has found £1m for the scheme, and earmarked £40m for national implementation if the pilots are successful.
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Downgrading at Queen Mary's fails to produce planned savings
The controversial downgrading of a leading London acute hospital has failed to provide the multi-million pound savings expected, health authority managers have admitted.
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Action on CJD doubles cost of blood to trusts
Trusts could see the cost of blood more than double next year as a result of the 'mad cow disease' crisis.
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Private health industry is 'in turmoil'
Private healthcare is 'an industry in turmoil' and the government's 'lack of interest' means the NHS 'is not maximising its opportunity', according to industry analysts.
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Managers cool over Dobson's plan for bed closures inquiry
Decades of planning based on the assumption that the NHS has too many beds have been challenged by health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to launch an inquiry into whether bed closures have 'gone too far'.
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Hospital funds assault cases
A hospital is to make money available for doctors and nurses to pursue private prosecutions against violent patients when criminal prosecutions fail.
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Organ donor numbers hit 'plateau'
Fears that organ donation has reached a 'plateau' have emerged as the number of donors in Britain and Ireland rose by just five last year, while the number of people waiting for transplants increased by almost 200.
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RNIB hits out at cataract waiting list 'lottery'
The Royal National Institute for the Blind has condemned the 'lottery' of waiting times for cataract surgery. The RNIB says analysis of NHS figures shows the average waiting time for surgery is 20 weeks, but people living in Newcastle upon Tyne wait for an average of just 12 weeks while ...
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King's Fund director believes 'rationing is inevitable'
King's Fund director of policy and development Angela Coulter was due to tell an international conference today that 'rationing is inevitable' and politicians 'must take a lead and stop pretending that the NHS can meet all demands'. She was also due to tell the Priorities in Healthcare conference that the ...
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Watson elected as RCN president
Christine Watson has been elected president of the Royal College of Nursing and will take over from Dame Betty Kershaw after its annual general meeting on 21 October. Ms Watson had a 30-year career in the NHS and has been deputy president of the RCN for the past four years.
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Extra £1.4m safeguards South Wales cardiac ops
The government has found an additional £1.4m to support adult cardiac surgery in south Wales. The money is to safeguard operations at University Hospital of Wales and is in addition to money already announced for a new cardiac centre at Morriston Hospital. A review of cardiac services in 1993 concluded ...
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Survey uncovers disabled children's unfit housing
Poor housing is making life harder for disabled children and adding to the burden of parents who care for them, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has concluded. The study of 200 families in Yorkshire and north east England found three out of four had homes that were in ...
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Neglect 'contributed' to pensioner's hospital death
A coroner has condemned a London hospital's alleged failure to examine an emergency patient for two-and-a-half hours and described claims that a nursing sister tried to cover up the blunder as 'inexcusable and reprehensible'. St Pancras coroner Stephen Chan heard last week that 89-year-old Albert Range was admitted to the ...