All News articles – Page 1324

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    SHAs slash training fund for doctors

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Training of doctors is at risk because strategic health authorities cut training budgets by millions of pounds last year, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Conservative Party.

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    GMC offers an end to doctors' self-regulation

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The General Medical Council has proposed an historic change to its make-up that would effectively end self-regulation of the medical profession.

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    Patient top-up fees on rise, say doctors

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Patients are increasingly having to pay top-up fees for private care because of budget cuts in the NHS and long waiting times, according to a report by pressure group Doctors for Reform.

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    Thousands of junior doctors start new jobs

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Hospitals were yesterday faced with thousands of junior doctors starting new jobs at the same time.

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    European directive could hamper electronic records

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Key planks of the electronic patient record could break European law, the Commons health select committee has been told.

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    Doctors question NHS Direct

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Doctors have called on the government to re-evaluate NHS Direct as it is increasing their workload.

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    Trusts urged to tackle patient dignity issues

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has called on the NHS to look again at how it respects patient dignity, in relation to hospital food, help with eating and mixed-sex wards.

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    A different kind of revolution

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Northern Ireland's streamlining of its public sector promised to be a less brutal process than England's. But some big holes in performance measurement brought challenges of its own, writes Daloni Carlisle

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    Stroke patients 'die needlessly', says report

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Stroke patients in England 'die needlessly or suffer more serious disability than they should' because they continue to be denied fast access to brain scans and clot-busting drugs, according to a report published by the Commons public accounts committee.

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    DoH publishes diagnostic test figures

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has for the first time published waiting-time figures for all diagnostic tests for every acute trust.

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    Think tank slams 'dysfunctional' DGH reforms

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The government has been criticised for its dysfunctional handling of hospital reconfiguration in a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research this week.

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    IT ownership devolved

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    NHS managers who are being given 'local ownership' of the national programme for IT will be expected to take 'local responsibility' for it, Lord Hunt has said.

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    Proposals recommend new role for trusts in detecting rogue doctors

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A major shake-up of the regulation of the medical profession, the first in 150 years, could see large acute and primary care trusts become affiliate outposts of the General Medical Council.

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    ISTCs: wave three under way despite doubts

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health is pushing ahead with wave two of its independent sector treatment centre programme despite scant evidence of value, HSJ understands.

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    Emma Dent

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'I had my cards stolen once but the culprits were not the most ambitious thieves'

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    Emma Dent

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    There are some people who you cannot imagine using a nickname. I used to date a man whose first name you would no sooner shorten than suggest he ditch wine and earnest films in favour of bitter and rugby league.

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    Lansley demands health inequalities drive

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has called for fresh policies to reduce health inequalities across London.

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    Demand management 'not a panacea'

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS risks 'pinning too much' on the financial gains of demand management, a leading voice in primary care has warned.

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    Delivering quality and value: focus on HR

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Delivering quality and value: Focus on HR

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    Foundation governance definitely not kids' stuff

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Monitor has stepped in to prevent a foundation trust appointing children as governors.