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Foot and mouth leads HA to issue hazard warnings
Children should not play on agricultural land during the Easter period, Dr Peter Tiplady, director of public health with North Cumbria health authority, has warned. In the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, the HA has urged people to keep away from carcasses and advised those with respiratory problems ...
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New version of a trusted friend
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Fifth edition Edited by Jane Mallet and Lisa Dougherty Blackwell Science 752 pages £59. 50
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More nudge than fudge
What is the government's strategy for improving the nation's health? Despite proliferating documents, It is hard to say, but Ann McGauran looks at recent reports and discovers some interesting trends
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Going at the seam
Inter-professional Practice in Health and Social Care Challenging the shared learning agenda By Carolyn Miller, Marnie Freeman and Nick Ross Arnold 248 pages £18. 99
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monitor
Praise indeed! Monitor literally didn't know what do when he received an item of fan mail this week! Back from the framers, and since 'spreading good practice' is far more fashionable than boasting ever was, time to share the letter: 'Dear Monitor, I always read your column and sometimes actually ...
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Mental health trusts in England are to receive £30m over two years to be spent improving privacy, dignity and safety on psychiatric wards, health minister John Denham announced last week. The money will be allocated directly to trusts where it will be spent on helping to end mixed-sex toilet and ...
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A sense of perspective
He learned his trade marketing Smarties. Now Andrew Foster is turning his attention to winning over a new generation - to a health service career. Tash Shifrin profiles the NHS's new human resources director
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THE PERSUADERS
Name: Dr Peter Smith Job: Chair, National Association of Primary Care Style: The conciliatory face of the former GP fundholders' outfit, whose idea of a bit of needle is practising acupuncture - he also does homeopathy. Seen as 'less abrasive, less robust, more conciliatory'than predecessor Rhidian Morris. Handwriting analysis shows ...
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Plans not ready for take-off
Were you there? Mental healthcare has had a master class, organised for all chief executives. Despite the hype, the event was surprisingly good fun. I never stop being amazed by senior managers' commitment and readiness to learn from each other through the night, with their glasses held high - half-full, ...
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Concrete action
Local health services in one of London's most deprived boroughs knew they would have to work hard to conduct an effective public consultation on a new primary care trust, write Kate Roe and Hilary Scarnell
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Modernisation Agency chief 's nurturing vision quashes fears of 'hit squad' role
David Fillingham, chief executive at North Staffordshire Hospitals trust, has been appointed director of the NHS Modernisation Agency, signalling a softly-softly approach from the organisation which officially starts work this week.
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Qualification aims to raise social care standards
A three-year degree-level social work qualification is to begin from 2003 as part of a bid to raise social care standards.
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Down's syndrome inquiry puts trusts on discrimination alert
All trusts providing paediatric cardiac surgery have been told to consider how to implement 119 recommendations made by the independent inquiries into services at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital.
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Conservative attacks choice of appointments chair
The appointment of South East regional chair Sir William Wells as chair of the new NHS Appointments Commission has prompted fierce criticism from shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox.Sir William will head a team of regional commissioners responsible for recruiting and appraising non-executives.Dr Fox described the appointment of Sir William ...
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Labour criticised over attitude to public health
A supposedly key public health report published last week should have been released 18 months ago and will 'not set the heathers alight', a health expert claims.