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Future doctors
Future doctors could qualify with BA degrees as part of a drive to promote the role of the arts in medicine. Health minister Baroness Jay is to meet the Nuffield Trust to discuss the introduction of the arts into medical education after Nuffield research showed that studying the arts helped ...
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New surgeons' training hit by emergencies
The scale of emergency medical work faced by hospitals is having a 'serious impact' on the training of young surgeons, a royal college has warned.
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Unions opt to turn down phased pay offer for non-review body staff
Health unions last week rejected a pay offer for non-review body staff that would give them the same deal as nurses and professions allied to medicine - 2 per cent from 1 April and another 1.8 per cent in December.
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Left a bit. . .
David Hall, chair of United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, helps pose health secretary Frank Dobson in front of a £90m extension to Leeds General Infirmary. Mr Dobson officially opened the Jubilee Building extension last week, before visiting a medical and scientific fair hosted by the trust.
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Plea to health secretary in Lighthouse row
Health secretary Frank Dobson is likely to be asked to intervene over the proposed sale of London Lighthouse's purpose-built centre for people with HIV/AIDS after the local health authority rejected calls for public consultation over the issue.
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Waiting list cash attacked
The government's new waiting list initiative received a strong thumbs down at a national conference on day surgery last week.
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High road
Consultants Roger Rand (left) and David Dawson hike across moors near Bradford to prepare for a nine-day, 100km trek across Iceland. The doctors, who work for Bradford Hospitals trust, are taking part in an Icelandic Challenge organised by charity Whizz Kidz to raise money for wheelchairs, trikes and walking aids ...
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Record queues in Dobson's patch
Hospital waiting lists have reached a record high in health secretary Frank Dobson's own constituency.
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In Brief: Western General Hospitals trust
Western General Hospitals trust, Edinburgh, has announced that contracts have been signed with Miller Construction for a £40m building programme at Western General Hospital. The scheme, which includes new wards and theatres, is the largest exchequer-funded NHS building project in Scotland at the moment, and forms part of a wider ...
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In Brief: Drug abusers
The number of drug abusers seeking help has risen by 7 per cent according to the latest Drug Misuse Statistics bulletin issued by the Department of Health. The bulletin, which covers the six months ending 30 September 1996, shows that more than half were in their early 20s and 12 ...
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In Brief: Lincolnshire health authority
A new strategy developed by Lincolnshire health authority and Lincolnshire county council for people with learning disabilities will lead to the closure of Mulberry trust, Sleaford, next year. Contracts for services provided by the trust will be given to a number of alternative providers if the move is agreed after ...
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In Brief: Bedfordshire health authority
A coalition of health and voluntary groups this week launched a campaign to fight £6m of cuts proposed by Bedfordshire health authority over the next three years. The coalition includes local branches of Unison, the Royal College of Nursing, the British Medical Association, the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association ...
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Power of London
If Londoners vote 'yes' to a mayor, the capital's NHS may be finally united. Mark Crail reports
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Sick and tired of the NHS
Stress and rising workloads are blamed for above-average sickness absence in the NHS's own workforce. Mark Crail looks at who needs time off and why
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Serving time
Is the NHS ready to take on prison healthcare? Patrick Butler reports on the current debate
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Local colour
Tessa Jowell's white paper will be different from her green paper, she promised the Association for Public Health. Barbara Millar reports
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The wrong target
The government's pledge to cut numbers on the waiting list by 100,000 is almost certain to fail. And it's the time they have to wait, not the numbers on the list, that patients care about. Richard Hamblin and colleagues explain
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Bad vibrations
Attempts to abolish RSI as an umbrella term and instead define a series of disorders with specific diagnoses could have a significant impact on the management of occupational health both here and in the US, where RSI accounts for more than half of all rep
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Langlands blames Nichol for Read codes fiasco
Appointing James Read head of an NHS computer centre while his company had monopoly rights to distribute the centre's products was 'a mistake', NHS chief executive Alan Langlands said this week.
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Each HISS 'to lose average £2m in lifetime'
Even the most successful hospital information support systems (HISS) are set to lose an average of £2m each over their 10-year lifetimes, according to an NHS Executive-commissioned report.