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Review reveals failings in psychiatric hospitals
A Social Services Inspectorate review of the effectiveness of services for people who are detained in psychiatric hospitals reveals a catalogue of shortcomings, including a severe shortage of black and Asian social workers.The survey of 10 local authorities across England reveals that management oversight varied considerably from authority to authority, ...
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Most trusts lagging in racial equality plans
Only 5 per cent of trusts in London and southern England have fully implemented racial equality action programmes, despite a legal obligation to do so being only months away, a Commission for Racial Equality survey has revealed.
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Directory inquiry
Patients'views are now supposed to be central to the NHS.So why have they had no input into the health service's new guide? Claire Laurent reports
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Troubleshooters rally support for NHS Direct
A new troubleshooting team will rally support for government plans to make NHS Direct the single point of access for all out-ofhours services.
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Successor to 'irreplaceable'Reeves is a former finance deputy director
The NHS Executive has appointed Richard Douglas, one of its former deputy finance directors, to replace outgoing director Colin Reeves.
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Days like this
Some trusts have revealed they plan to impose individual contracts on consultants.The Department of Health said all trust staff could increasingly expect to have performance targets written into their terms of service.Joint consultants'committee chair Paddy Ross defended national conditions of service, agreed in 1948, as they ensured equal distribution of ...
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Two's a crowd
Allowing only one companion in the delivery suite sums up the lack of patient-focused care, says Sue Jackson
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HAs left in dark as DoH neglects merger criteria
Health authorities struggling to adapt as primary care trusts take over their functions are working in the dark, in the absence of Department of Health guidance on criteria for mergers.
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Working group to tackle maternity services crisis
A new working group made up of representatives of health authorities and senior figures from the royal colleges of midwives, paediatricians, and obstetricians and gynaecologists is set to tackle the ongoing crisis in NHS maternity services.Leaked details of previous joint royal college reports, which have remained unpublished, have called for ...
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A fig-leaf to cover confusion
Hinchliffe amendments could defuse embarrassing CHC abolition row
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Mother loses earnings claim
Good news for NHS coffers in the latest judgement on what damages parents who have an unwanted child as a result of medical negligence can claim.
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Four cheers for disruption
Once upon a time it used to be thought that the NHS was unassailable. Even hard-line Conservative ministers came unstuck in their ill-advised attempts to persuade the public that better healthcare systems were available. But under New Labour, the NHS has never looked more frail and vulnerable.
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CHC concessions signify first deviation from NHS plan
The government has been forced to make substantial concessions over patient involvement and representation in the first significant departure from the NHS plan.
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Commission may support male nurse in challenge on pensions
The Equal Opportunities Commission is considering whether to back a male nurse - who is challenging NHS pension rules which give female nurses a better deal on early retirement - in taking his case to the Court of Appeal.
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Third of intermediate care funds siphoned off into 'other priorities'
Concerns about whether the promised funding of intermediate care, outlined in the NHS plan, will be realised have been heightened by figures showing that around a third of this year’s allocation has been spent elsewhere.
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Confed and LGA re-ignite row over care trust representation
Conflict between the NHS Confederation and the Local Government Association over how care trusts will be run reignited this week, when MPs discussed the new bodies.