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Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH
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
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
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
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
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?
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
Rumoured move speaks volumes - not least about benefits of public sector
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Changing the scrip
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
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
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.
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Care pathways urged for patients with head injuries
Health authorities should be forced to collect data on the incidence of head injury and their plans for dealing with patients who have been affected by it, the Commons health select committee has claimed in a report. With improved medical techniques, many people are surviving these injuries and need long-term ...
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Wake-up calls
Political infighting has dogged debate on where a Wakefield hospital should be built. But work being done in the health action zone is overcoming the rivalry and bringing agencies together, writes Paul Stephenson
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Family doctors give lukewarm response to 'work to rule' call
A campaign by the British Medical Association urging GPs to 'work to rule' and ditch extra paperwork caused by the introduction of the national service frameworks appears to have met a lukewarm response from doctors on the ground.
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Call to update pay and role of non-executive directors
Pay for non-executive directors and chairs should be increased from the £5,000 a year set in 1990 to its equivalent value of almost £7,000, according to a report from the NHS Confederation.
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in brief
The Legal Services Commission has made much of the recent change under which only specialist solicitors may now take clinical negligence cases on legal aid. But recent figures from the commission seem to show that the specialists have got worse, not better. In 1996-97, members of specialist panels had a ...
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Thinking out of the box
At the heart of the NHS, say Chris Foote and Paul Plsek, is a culture of charity and only when there is a genuine partnership between patients and professionals can the NHS plan succeed
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Ex-Bedford boss welcomes post at the sharp end
The chief executive who stood down over the Bedford bodies-inthe-chapel case has been given a two-year post, initially as a secondment, within the region to oversee workforce and training issues.