All News articles – Page 1907
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Decision to abolish CHCs will not get judicial review
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has confirmed it is not going to proceed with a judicial review of the government's decision to abolish CHCs, following health secretary Alan Milburn's refusal to fund one. The association had received a QC's opinion suggesting it had 'good grounds' ...
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Extra £154m for NI health fails to dispel winter pressure fears
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has secured an extra £154m for next year's health and social services budget. But she says the 7.2 per cent increase is not enough - and the chief executive of the province's biggest acute trust has warned that there is still 'a mountain ...
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London Ambulance Service pushed to limit with £1m deficit
London Ambulance Service trust finished the past financial year with a £1m deficit and a net deficit of £587,000 after previous surpluses were taken into account.
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A question of trust
The NHS plan promises that powers to create new care trusts will be made available to primary care trusts and to local authorities with social services responsibilities.
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Stick to the letter of socialism
The following letter to the health secretary Alan Milburn has been leaked. It was copied to Scottish health minister Susan Deacon, who also had socialist tendencies once.
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'No need to panic' over who will replace the London region 'hard hitter' says his stand-in
London regional chair Ian Mills says there is 'no need to panic' over the appointment of a permanent successor to the departing Nigel Crisp.
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New range of tableware to impress your guests
Monitor's item about the unusual Orkney pottery (5 October) is of great interest to those of us who know the potter, Andrew Appleby.
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Gone in a puff of smoke
Health ministers thought they could get a European ban on cigarette advertising by adapting the EU directive on internal markets. They were wrong, but the anti-smoking lobby is not despondent. Tony Sheldon reports
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Oh God, give them strength
What are you feeling, Doctor? Identifying and avoiding defensive patterns in the consultation By John Salinsky and Paul Sackin Radcliffe Medical Press 192 pages £19.95 paperback
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Website to monitor flu outbreaks
An Internet scheme to monitor flu outbreaks and alert hospitals has been launched in the North West region.
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PM stands firm over a public NHS
Tony Blair has restated his commitment to a centrally funded health service, pouring cold water on Conservative plans for an expansion of private healthcare and ruling out tax breaks for private policy-holders as a 'deadweight cost'.
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Payroll pilots will explore shared services
All NHS payroll and accounts services could be dealt with by as few as 10 shared service centres under plans being discussed by the NHS Executive.
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Trial and error
A typicals for treating schizophrenia received the thumbs-up at an HSJ debate, but some condemned trials backing their use. Laura Donnelly was there
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management education
Historically doctors and managers have undergone little joint training, at least until doctors become consultants.
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NHS plan prompts hard-pressed HA to scale down its savings
A financially beleaguered health authority has scaled back its savings in the light of the NHS plan.
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Doctors must prepare for savvy public says Turnberg
Doctors with knowledge across the breadth of medicine and society as a whole will be needed as patients become better informed, a leading health academic has claimed.