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Violence at work affects one in five
Nearly one in five health workers has been the victim of violence in the past year, research has revealed.
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Mentally ill man wins disability act job rights
Job security has been won for an estimated 2.5 million employees with mental health problems, it was claimed this week after an employment appeal tribunal decision under the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Dispute ends in union re-recognition deal
One of the most bitter and lengthy industrial relations stand- offs in the NHS has been resolved after Northumbria Ambulance trust agreed to sign a recognition deal with Unison.
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Galbraith launches A&E review at Glasgow hospital after boys' deaths
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has responded to public concern over the deaths of two teenagers treated at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary by ordering a review of the hospital's general surgery and accident and emergency services.
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Bristol baby deaths inquiry opens
The public inquiry into the Bristol heart babies tragedy opened on Tuesday with a preliminary hearing to establish its purpose and procedure and to consider applications for publicly funded legal representation.
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100m a year 'wasted' on prescriptions for drug treatments 'of doubtful value'
The NHS is wasting more than 100m a year on prescriptions for drugs 'of doubtful value' to patients, according to the doctors' prescribing bible.
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HAs and trusts failing to act on guidelines for breast cancer
English health authorities and trusts are failing to meet NHS Executive guidelines on breast cancer treatment according to a survey commissioned by MPs.
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Unions will scrutinise PFI firms' track record
Health minister Alan Milburn has issued details of a 'three-point plan' to 'better protect staff' involved in private finance initiative projects.
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Transport guide aims to stall the car
A 'healthy transport toolkit' has been issued to trust and health authority chief executives in a bid to cut the number of NHS staff using cars to get to work.
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PIC DOBBO WITH BAGS OF NHS 50p PIECES
Imagine the surprise of HSJ reader Darren Archer when he came across one of those NHS 50th birthday 50p pieces while visiting London. Well, how many have you seen? Imagine his further surprise when he tried to use it to pay his bus fair to Westminster, only to be told, ...
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29 October 1948
A gastro-enteritis flying squad has been set up by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. It is available for any hospital which finds itself in difficulties; it is staffed by trained nurses and headed by a doctor specialising in the work. The squad will come fully equipped, and is ...
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Shift workers
The debate about power, responsibility and accountability between chief executives and consultants has been raging ever since the changes in the structure and organisation of the NHS first carried out in response to the Girths reforms in the late 1980s. The new doctrine of clinical governance will effect a fundamental ...
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In the firing line
Decades of service to the NHS are no longer any protection against redundancy. And many managers feel they have been poorly treated in the process. Barbara Millar reports.
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Redundancy
In 22 years' work in human resources, Ian Chalmers has been made redundant four times. Three of those occasions came when he was working for private sector companies. He has also seen his employment in the NHS threatened twice by organisational change.
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Opportunities knock
If the NHS really is an equal opportunities employer, surely it is unnecessary to say so in job advertisements, argues Steve Ainsworth