All News articles – Page 1845

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    More nudge than fudge

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    What is the government's strategy for improving the nation's health? Despite proliferating documents, It is hard to say, but Ann McGauran looks at recent reports and discovers some interesting trends

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    New version of a trusted friend

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Fifth edition Edited by Jane Mallet and Lisa Dougherty Blackwell Science 752 pages £59. 50

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    Foot and mouth leads HA to issue hazard warnings

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Children should not play on agricultural land during the Easter period, Dr Peter Tiplady, director of public health with North Cumbria health authority, has warned. In the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, the HA has urged people to keep away from carcasses and advised those with respiratory problems ...

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    Hammersmith trust PACS first punch

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

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    First past the post

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The NHS is certain to be a focus of the general election. But it was not always so. Rudolf Klein charts the progress of health at the hustings

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    Fox gets in a twist over yoga - and firms up his position on tuberculosis

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    It is funny what gets people going. I was crossing New Palace Yard, the square below Big Ben, when a Labour MP stopped me to denounce the widely publicised re-introduction of matrons on the ward.

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    Eyebrows raised as matron returns

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The government's fanfare last week over its plans to 'bring back matron' was greeted with a mixture of amusement and accusations that it was creating headlines out of a piece of political fluff.

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    Events

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Items are entered free for public sector, voluntary and professional organisations, but we need at least six weeks'notice of your event. Please send details to Uli Jaeger, HSJ, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7EJ. Fax:020-7874 0254.

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    Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Guidelines on offering exercise on prescription have been drawn up by the Department of Health, setting out the patients most likely to benefit from such help. The guidance suggests they are appropriate for people with coronary heart disease; hypertension, obesity and diabetes; mental health problems; muscolo-skeletal problems; and rehabilitation following ...

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    Managers and unions expecting 'great things'of NHS HR director

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    NHS Confederation's human resources policy director Andrew Foster has been appointed as the health service's HR director.

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    PCT takes over employment of NHS Direct staff

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Hillingdon primary care trust has become the first to take over the employment of NHS Direct staff, assuming responsibility for the running of NHS Direct West London from next month. Until now the 180 staff have been employed by Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare trust, Hillingdon health authority and the local ...

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    Days like this

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Consultants' leaders are blocking moves to limit junior doctors'hours to 72 a week by 1994. The juniors claim that this is because consultants fear the deal could mean longer hours for them. But the consultants say they do not believe the timetable is practical. The Department of Health said it ...

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    Cutting it fine

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    By introducing therapy assistants for patients in need of rehabilitation, one trust has succeeded in dramatically reducing length of stay. Val Steele, Rowena Wright and colleagues report

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    Out for the count?

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    NHS finance staff may have to work from a small number of centralised offices if two pilots are a success. Paul Stephenson looks at the implications

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    Tube chief 's return to NHS would be a positive signal

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Rumoured move speaks volumes - not least about benefits of public sector

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    Some CHCs will go on counting until the last

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

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    Changing the scrip

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    A team of pharmaceutical advisers persevered in the face of GP resistance to increase generic prescribing and foster a support network of other health professionals. Linda Dodds reports

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    Root cause

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The new boss at the Modernisation Agency has pleased staff by reassuring them that he will not relocate to London - for personal and professional reasons he wants to stay near his roots. Maura Thompson reports

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    Raid on cash for child mental health service

    2001-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Psychiatrists are furious that the final year of government money for improving services for thousands of children with mental health problems is effectively being lost - because the money is no longer ring-fenced.