All News articles – Page 1871

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    Public health risk of foot and mouth is monitored

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    A multi-agency group is being established to monitor potential risks to public health from the foot and mouth disease outbreak.

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    Leading health figures rear political heads

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The decision of two leading health service figures to speak at a Labour Party news conference, two days before the election has been criticised as conflicting with NHS Executive guidance on remaining impartial during the election.

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    Organ retention fallout may run into millions as workload soars

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Trusts are facing escalating bills and huge workforce pressures as they try to deal with the fallout from the organ retention scandal.

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    Quiz Test of faith

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    So there you are, trotting along as a modern and dependable manager.Thanks to the wonders of deed poll, reform is now your middle name.And suddenly, it turns out that there are alternatives to the one true faith.

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    Events

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    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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    Election

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Signs of the times: Gisela Stuart meets voters in Edgbaston.

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    Managers defend 'excessive' rises

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Health service managers in Northern Ireland have vigorously defended themselves following a report from the public accounts committee attacking their 'excessive' pay rises, benefits and redundancy payments.

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    Days like this

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Poverty link ignored. . .Local government 'take-over'. . .Staff uphold standards. . .Improving communications. . .Labour cash boost slammed

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    Short cuts

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Highest number of new HIV cases since 1985 There were 3,425 new cases of HIV last year according to the Public Health Laboratory Service - a rise of 14 per cent compared with 1999 and the highest number of newly diagnosed cases in one year since testing became widely available ...

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    Climbie inquiry to focus on partnership-working

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    One of the most comprehensive and wide-ranging investigations ever into health and social services failures began last week with the opening of the public inquiry into the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie in February last year.

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    Cancer screening surge follows soap

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Anecdotal reports from cervical screening centres around the UK suggest a dramatic surge in uptake of screening following a Coronation Street storyline in which character Alma Halliwell is diagnosed with terminal cancer, having missed a smear test.

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    IN BRIEF

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association is warning of a recruitment crisis among medical academics, with 79 medical professorial posts,145 senior lecturer and 177 lecturer jobs vacant.Academics face 'irreconcilable demands'to treat patients, conduct research and teach, the organisation says, and the shortage of staff casts doubt on whether the expansion in doctor ...

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    Career chance spurs boom in student nurses

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Improved career opportunities for nurses could be behind the boom in the number of students applying for undergraduate nursing courses.

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    Big guns in battle for care homes cash

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Independent care home owners in Scotland have enlisted heavyweight help to convince local authorities that they are not being paid enough.

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    A kick in the ballots

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    What should one write on the day of a general election?

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    GP ballot fails to win ground on national negotiating rights

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association is still set to face major problems in negotiating a new contract for GPs despite last week's ballot result confirming that a majority would be prepared to resign from the NHS if a contract is not in place by next April.

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    Waiting-list figures dim hope of agenda move

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Waiting-list figures published before the election showed that Scotland had fallen significantly below the 84,000 that Labour inherited in 1997, but the 81,968 people waiting for treatment at the end of March fell far short of the party's 1997 pledge to reduce lists to 75,000.

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    Consultants rule against 'empty threats' as contract talks hot up

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Negotiations for a new consultant contract will not be helped by threats of industrial action, according to the British Medical Association's central consultants' and specialists' committee chair Dr Peter Hawker, who predicted the contract would be in place by the autumn.

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    Set for action

    2001-06-07T00:00:00Z

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