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ME charity claims primary care is failing sufferers
The NHS is failing people with ME, with two-thirds of people with the disease receiving no advice from their GP about managing their condition and 33 per cent having to wait more than 18 months for a diagnosis, according to the charity Action for ME. In a report which surveyed ...
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Quit call follows regional chair's 'manifesto' remark
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has called for the resignation of Sir William Wells, chair of South East regional office, accusing him of having his impartiality 'utterly compromised' by sending a letter to trust chairs urging them to meet 'our manifesto commitment'on waiting lists. Sir William's letter expresses concern ...
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Bring out your dead values
The media enjoyed a field day over the Alder Hey body parts scandal, competing to find the most heart-rending tale.
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Hutt blocks staff transfer to PFI
Welsh health and social services minister Jane Hutt has blocked a controversial move to transfer clinical staff to the private sector in a private finance initiative deal.
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Poor terms blamed for dental drift
Poor terms and conditions are compromising standards and driving NHS dentists into the private sector, claims the British Dental Association, which has just launched a seven-point policy on NHS and private care.
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Blair GP speech takes DoH by surprise
The details of incentive schemes to be negotiated between primary care groups and trusts and GP surgeries, announced by prime minister Tony Blair this week, have not been properly worked out, and the high-profile announcement took civil servants unawares, according to HSJ sources.
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Labour under pressure to concede on care bill
The government has been forced to make concessions as it struggles to push its Health and Social Care Bill through Parliament before calling a general election.
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Hard to believe UK nurse could not fill RCN job
The appointment of Dr Beverley Malone, a US citizen, to the post of general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing ('Stars and gripes', news focus, page 18, 15 March) is an indictment of the nursing profession in the UK.
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DoH flounders like beached whale when 'matron'model exists
I fail to understand why both the title and role cause such confusion. It is true that the NHS gave up the title years ago, but matrons have remained in voluntary hospices up to this present day.
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Joint-working averts crisis
This year's winter pressures were worse than last year but have been 'handled better' by the NHS, local councils and their partner organisations, according to a Department of Health report.
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Hammersmith audit reveals six more breast-screening errors
At least six errors have been uncovered during an investigation into the breast-screening unit at Hammersmith Hospital's trust, and chief executive John Cooper has sought advice from the Commission for Health Improvement.
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NICE to assess cancer and heart treatments next
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence's next work programme will consider of treatments for cancer and heart disease. Thrombolytic drugs for heart attacks, caelyx for ovarian cancer and STI-571 for chronic myeloid leukaemia will be appraised. Other treatments NICE will consider in the next wave will include surgical procedures for ...
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Why are finance directors so ashamed of their pasts?
When John Bacon tries to shrug off almost three decades spent in finance, one begins to wonder what the dirty secret is.
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Analysis of Lib Dem health plans got the good news right - and the bad news wrong
Paul Stephenson's 'Election 2001' news focus ('Spot the difference', pages 12-13, 8 March) gave welcome coverage to Liberal Democrat plans for more training places for doctors, nurses and therapists; more beds; more scanners; pay rises for low-paid NHS professionals;
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Aggrieved GPs hit out at reel lives, but genial Dr Tone has got time to chat
Days before Tony Blair took it upon himself to address the Royal College of General Practitioners on the sensitive subject of frontline services, I was talking to one of Alan Milburn's advisers about the morale of doctors.
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The knock-on effects are high if GPs want to engage in the new mental health agenda
Ann Richards and her colleagues (letters, 1 March) have finally let their guard slip and revealed the real reasons for their polemical stance ('Eye off the ball', page 27, 25 January).
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Spread the word about new cancer directory
The Royal Marsden Hospital was fortunate in being one of the charities supported by Diana, Princess of Wales. In memory of her work, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund donated £1m to support a three-year project to improve quality of care and support in the community for people with ...
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Disgruntled GPs will not be bought off with £100m. . .
. . . but government's long-awaited focus on primary care is welcome