All News articles – Page 1902
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Modernisation Agency is no longer 'hit squad'
The NHS Modernisation Agency looks set to take a developmental rather than a punitive approach, distancing NHS performance management from the hit-squad approach.
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Solid advice for standard bearers
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'Golden hellos' form part of £56m package to get - and keep - staff
Campaigning by professional organisations for more to be done to improve GP and nurse recruitment and retention paid off this week, when health secretary Alan Milburn announced millions of pounds in 'golden hellos'.
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Trust staff get £50,000 to look after number one
Staff at Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare trust are receiving £50,000 of pampering this month after managers agreed to match the government's one-off £25,000 payment to trusts to improve working lives in the NHS.
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Scots nurse review wants skills merger
The way primary care is delivered by community nurses in Scotland is set to change dramatically with publication of a review by the chief nursing officer calling for 'a radical modernisation of the public health nursing workforce'.
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The seven-year hitch
The government's proposed clampdown on new consultants doing private work was a last-minute addition to the NHS plan, and the determination to implement it came as a further surprise. Jeremy Davies explains
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Screen and heard
Screen and heard: an Internet cafe in a Rugby GP surgery is aiming to break down the barriers between teenagers and health professionals by encouraging young people to ask questions about their well-being. Visitors are welcome to surf the Net, play games or listen to CDs on the four computers ...
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RCN general secretary
Beverly Malone, previously a deputy assistant health secretary in the US, has accepted the post of RCN general secretary. She will start work next month and will take over from Christine Hancock in June.
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RCN U-turn may fail to placate staff
The Royal College of Nursing's council has agreed to reinstate its original pay formula for staff, but by invoking a clause on affordability of pay awards it looks unlikely to avoid the threat of industrial action.
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A dying shame
One patient dies per week in unexplained circumstances on NHS psychiatric wards. A four-year investigation will attempt to explain and prevent such tragedies in the future, writes Mark Gould
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Doctor know
The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports
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Spot the difference
The Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to prove they have different health policies from the Labour Party - and that they're bigger and better. Paul Stephenson reports
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Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever
Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall
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Dear Mel. . .
I am very worried about this new consultant's contract business. At my hospital 55 of the 60 consultants (the other five are psychiatrists) have said they'll leave the NHS if the government's new proposals are enforced.