All News articles – Page 1866

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    Voice recognition

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Primary care groups have taken steps to meet the NHS plan's agenda for greater public involvement, but are they up to the job? A survey suggests they need new skills.Michael Shepherd reports

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    The price is right?

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    With trust chiefs getting a 6 per cent pay rise, you'd think they'd be laughing.But a new pay and conditions survey suggests the truth is something more sober.Mark Gould reports

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    Who's who - at this point in time

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Directory of Primary Care 2000-20001 Informa Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in association with National Association of Primary Care 1,000 pages £125

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    THE PERSUADERS

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Name Chai Patel CBE Job Chief executive, Westminster Health Care plc Style New Labour's favourite private healthcare operator, and 'without question, the best networker'in the sector.

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    in person

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Phil Taylor has been appointed regional director of finance for Trent region, having been acting director since last April.He was previously acting chief executive of Northern General Hospital trust, where he had also been finance director and deputy chief executive.

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    Punishing schedule is part of the story

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    General practice: demanding work Understanding patterns of work in primary care By John Waller and Paul Hodgkin Radcliffe Medical Press 177 pages £17.95

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    Pulling out the stops

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Media interest in the launch of a drug to help people give up smoking was exploited by one authority to promote its smoking-cessation service.Mark Langdon and colleagues report

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    Poor show up 'til now

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Poverty and Child Health Second edition By Nick Spencer Radcliffe Medical Press 352 pages £19.95

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    monitor

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Well, Monitor has learnt something new this week! And hacks and hackettes of the good ship HSJ are kicking themselves after their sister magazine beat them to the scoop of the century. In a revelation worthy of Woodward and Bernstein, Nursing Times uncovered the TRUTH about nurses and sex. Apparently, ...

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    Stripper treat leads to nurse suspension

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    A nurse manager at a Cumbrian hospital has been suspended after a male stripper performed on a ward full of elderly patients.

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    A job That is Taylor-made

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The new choice as deputy NHS chief executive has been welcomed by managers and unions.Ann McGauran finds out why

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    Sharing trust information on process notes

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Doing the hurdles

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Senior mental health managers want to deliver the national service framework - but to what extent will lack of resources and trust hold them back, ask Edward Peck and Stefan Wigg

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    Work hurdles for those with mental health problems

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    People with mental health problems face significant hurdles in trying to return to employment, a survey by UK forum Focus on Mental Health has revealed.The report, led by charity the Mental Health Foundation, found that just 15 per cent of respondents were employed.Of that small group,57 per cent regard their ...

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    Involving the public: a long way to go

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Almost all (99 per cent) of respondents had a policy on public involvement or were developing one.

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    Slow the pace of reform - or find the money

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    With only months before poll day, NHS problems are piling up for Labour

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    MPs ponder Pooled resources as Gisela tries some figurative painting

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Oh dear, Tony Blair is in trouble with Gordon Brown again for shooting his mouth off. No, I am not referring to his admission at question time that the government's 'five economic tests' on the single currency will be examined within two years of the coming election (if Labour wins).

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    Review reveals failings in psychiatric hospitals

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    A Social Services Inspectorate review of the effectiveness of services for people who are detained in psychiatric hospitals reveals a catalogue of shortcomings, including a severe shortage of black and Asian social workers.The survey of 10 local authorities across England reveals that management oversight varied considerably from authority to authority, ...

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    Events

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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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    Most trusts lagging in racial equality plans

    2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Only 5 per cent of trusts in London and southern England have fully implemented racial equality action programmes, despite a legal obligation to do so being only months away, a Commission for Racial Equality survey has revealed.