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Network aims to educate on needlestick injuries
With NHS staff receiving over 100,000 needlestick injuries every year - risking infection with hepatitis or HIV - organisations including the Royal College of Nursing and Unison have launched the Safer Needles for Safer Healthcare Network to highlight better training and education in the use and availability of safety devices. ...
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Paramedics given wider powers to administer drugs
Ambulance paramedics are to be allowed to administer a wider range of drugs as part of a move to allow speedier access to treatment for patients in longer ambulance journeys, junior health minister Gisela Stuart has announced.The additional drugs include benzylpenicillin for use in cases of suspected meningococcal septicaemia; syntometrine ...
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A 'almost impossible' act to follow
Trust finance directors who could make the shortlist include Helen Chalmers, Neil Chapman, from Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, and Barry Elliott, HFMA president, from Barts and the London trust. John Flook, from County Durham and Darlington health authority, was also named along with Bob Dredge, former HFMA chair and director ...
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Doctors should form GMC majority, say 99 per cent
Doctors should continue to form the majority of the General Medical Council, on the grounds that they are best placed to judge the actions of other doctors, according to the overwhelming majority of GPs.Nearly 99 per cent of them questioned in a survey by BMA News Review said the GMC ...
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Milburn versus Bogle in the battle of the 48hour pledge
Health secretary stands his ground - but still has pay-round joust to come
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18 staff lose jobs as Confed shuts office
The NHS Confederation is to close its Birmingham offices - three years after chief executive Stephen Thornton reassured staff there were no plans for a move to London.
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Trust battles £2.7m overspend
King's College Healthcare trust is facing a £2.7m overspend half way through the financial year.
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New post included in £6m strategy to bolster PAMs
A £6m strategy to improve the status, training, pay and career opportunities for the professions allied to medicine has been announced by junior health minister Lord Hunt.A new post of therapist consultant is to be created and the first wave of at least 400 will be in place by 2004.The ...
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Trust under fire for £3m agency bill
Trade unions are seeking urgent talks with a Scottish trust after it signed a multi-million pound contract with a private company to supply nurses and healthcare assistants - despite the fact that ministers have urged trusts only to use agencies as a last resort.
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Patients to face £100 fine for false exemption claims
Patients found to have falsely claimed exemption from NHS charges will be subject to penalty charges of up to £100 from 1 December, junior health minister Lord Hunt has announced. If patients cannot provide evidence they are entitled to help with charges they will still receive treatment, but claims will ...
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Where are they now?
What motivates people to join the NHS, sometimes taking a 50 per cent pay cut in the process? Five years ago HSJ talked to a group of new entrants about their aspirations. Joanna Lyall finds out how three of them have fared
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Money talks
In our occasional series profiling people in contrasting roles, Ann Dix quizzes two finance directors - one in a whole-service trust, the other in a PCT
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Water jump
Ann Lloyd used to be a hydrologist, but the new director of the NHS in Wales has long had the health service flowing through her veins. Tash Shifrin reports
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Job's worth
Legal pitfalls over employment law await primary care trusts. Alison Moore looks at the human resources implications for these large employers
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Under the influence
Health consumer groups have more opportunities to influence national policy, yet they see providing advice and support as more important. Kathryn Jones and colleagues find out why