All News articles – Page 1908
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Plane speaking
Will a National Patient Safety Agency create confusion in the clinical governance era? Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson speaks exclusively to Laura Donnelly about why urgent action was needed
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A question of style
Health secretary Alan Milburn was expected to launch theModernisation Agency this week with 'a tough speech on reform'.
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Room with a view to staying. . .
For senior staff nurse Karen Mullan the new accommodation at East Central House has come as a godsend. Karen, who works in haematology at University College Hospital London, was living in a nursing home but since she got engaged had been desperately searching for a larger home for herself and ...
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Showing some spirit
Hospital chaplaincy Modern, dependable? By Helen Orchard Sheffield Academic Press 166 pages £10
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Ambulance service breathes sigh of relief at £11. 6m life-line
Managers and unions at London Ambulance Service have expressed relief after receiving an £11. 6m cash allocation from the capital's health authorities.
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Home, but not alone
Prompt discharge of patients is vital when beds are scarce, but some patients may need continued care to help them adjust. Diane Evans describes a voluntary scheme to help frail patients who live alone
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A turn for the better
A nurse rotation programme has already boosted recruitment in the hard-to-staff mental health sector. Patrick Coyne and Alan Beadsmoore do the rounds
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DoH 'far too bleak'on mental health framework
Local efforts to monitor clinical governance in mental health services have not been reflected in official figures which paint a far bleaker picture, policy experts and charities have claimed.
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CHI-type body proposed for NI services
An independent body to monitor the delivery of health and social services in Northern Ireland, comparable to the Commission for Health Improvement in England, has been proposed by health minister Bairbre de Brun.
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Scottish funding boost will be strictly monitored, says Deacon
Scottish health boards have been warned that a cash boost of 6. 5 per cent for the year ahead must not be mistaken for a 'blank cheque'.
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The bottom line
There is no doubt that intermediate care is not a cheap option and there is some doubt about its effectiveness over other forms of care. A study by Andrea Steiner, senior lecturer in gerontology and health policy at Southampton University, found that intermediate care did not necessarily solve the problem ...
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CHI launches investigation into London breastscreening unit
The Commission for Health Improvement is to undertake its first investigation requested by somebody other than the health secretary in England or Wales, into the breast-screening service at Hammersmith Hospitals trust.
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Robinson lends bubbly personality to suspended surgeon's campaign
It being Easter, with MPs on their unexpected break, I must confess right away that I have not got as far with this case as I had hoped to. But there have been several near misses.
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Leadership centre may buck men-only trend
The Leadership Centre for Health looks set to be headed by a woman director, bucking the men-only trend of top NHS appointments.