All News articles – Page 1908
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PALS will thrive in hard times
Most people, and certainly most journalists, assume that charities such as the College of Health and our national waiting list helpline (NWLH) love publicity. In theory, of course, we should because we can't help patients with problems unless they know we exist and we can't afford to advertise.
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Hazard warning
Risk matters in healthcare Communicating, explaining and managing risk By Kay Mohanna and Ruth Chambers Radcliffe Medical Press 114 pages £17. 95
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New leadership head to target stereotypes
The new head of the Leadership Centre for Health aims to 'break down the stereotypes' of different professional groups to link leadership development with improved patient care.
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Homing instincts
The housing czar is pulling out all the stops to provide more affordable rented accommodation for healthcare workers. But will it be enough, when people want to be home owners? Andrew Cole reports
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Wheels within wheels - the workings of NHS LIFT
The complex structure of the public-private company NHS LIFT became further confused this week when the Department of Health announced that it would form 'a joint-venture company, 'Natco', to deliver investment in the primary healthcare sector through NHS LIFT.
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monitor
RISE IN TEEN SEX: Sex services cannot cope with demand! So boomed last week's Hackney Gazette, conjuring up images of exhausted managers unable to keep up with the voracious appetites of the young. Dully, though, the story turns out to be to do with the rising problem of teenage pregnancy. ...
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The Department of Health aims to double the number of registered organ donors from 8 million to 16 million by 2010. A set of 'initial targets'out for wider consultation later this year also include increasing the kidney transplant rate by almost 100 per cent by 2005 and boosting heart and ...
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PEAT practice
The 'traffic-light' inspections found problems not just with hospital cleanliness but issues such as parking and signage. Are they being tackled, asks Alison Moore
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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