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Andrew Riley
has joined South Warwickshire General Hospitals trust as chief executive. He originally trained as a radiographer and held various posts in the NHS before spending a brief spell in the private sector, working for a computer company. He returned to the NHS in 1990 and was most recently acting chief ...
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in brief
Nine out of 10 NHS organisations are making satisfactory progress in dealing with the year 2000 computer bug, NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands claimed this week. He said an NHS Executive survey 'reveals the NHS is much further on in responding to this problem than recent reports by the ...
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Law Lords overturn illegal detention ruling
Managers and patient groups have welcomed a Law Lords ruling which will mean thousands of people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act can be treated as voluntary patients again.
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Suits you sir
Suits you sir: Royal Armouries conservator Alison Draper prepares a 17th century 'suit of armour' designed to correct orthopaedic injuries. It is to be moved from the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds to the Science Museum in London for an exhibition celebrating 25 years of the grant fund for the ...
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Government should define core services, say LibDems
Central government should take the lead in defining a 'core' set of NHS services, with local authorities able to offer extras from within their own budgets, Liberal Democrat health spokesman Simon Hughes said this week.
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Scotland's NHS to be different to England's
Plans to overhaul Scottish hospitals will leave the country with a very different health service to that in England, Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith said this week.
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Forces hospital is set for closure
One of Britain's two remaining military hospitals will close at the end of the financial year.
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Medical product companies refuse to sign year 2000 IT bug guarantees
Medical product manufacturers are collectively refusing to sign year 2000 IT compliance certificates sent to them by trusts.
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CHCs face a shake-up after damning report
Community health councils have largely failed in their role as local NHS watchdogs and are in need of a radical overhaul, according to a report backed by the NHS Executive.
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BMA backs calls to close A&Es
Doctors' leaders have thrown their weight behind the idea of 'super hospitals' serving half a million people each, claiming that local hospitals do not have the technology to save patients' lives.
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Mean machine:
Mean machine: mental health service users called for an end to the use of electro-convulsive therapy during a vigil at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and promised a 'national campaign to fight shock treatement'. The initiative is backed by a number of user groups, including Survivors Speak Out, Reclaim Bedlam ...
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GPs lead race to succeed Sandy
Three GPs are in the running to lead the British Medical Association when Sir Alexander Macara steps down as chair of its governing council today after five years in the post.
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Thunder and enlightening
Primary care groups were the focus of GPs' anger at the local medical committees conference. Mark Gould reports
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Human resources strategy sets targets to cut attacks against staff
Health service managers are to be set targets for cutting levels of staff sickness and violence against staff. And they will be expected to deliver 'measurable improvements' in occupational health.
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Health service must offer 1,000 jobs in first stage of New Deal scheme
The NHS will be expected to provide at least 1,000 jobs and training places for unemployed people as its initial contribution to the government's New Deal scheme, and will be expected to deliver more in future, managers have been told.
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Establishment man is new chair at King's Fund
The King's Fund moved this week to reaffirm its establishment credentials with the appointment of former Department of Health permanent secretary Sir Graham Hart as its new chair.