All News articles – Page 1921
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Hello, earth to King's Mill. . .
Corners of the NHS are seemingly untouched by the digital revolution
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Double trouble: drug use makes its mark
Of 270 new patients who presented to Luther Street during the year of the project,34 were identified as having a dual diagnosis - just 13 per cent.But when the centre looked at its total current population of about 1,500 homeless people, it found that 52 per cent met the dual ...
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Respect the don, and we're not talking Oxbridge
The NHS is a mafia; indeed it could teach the Cosa Nostra a thing or two about controlling people and events. It presents itself as a democratic, locally accountable and efficient social service. All of these things are true to a greater or lesser degree (usually lesser), but only insofar ...
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'Stonewalling'working-time directive won't wash
Senior doctors' leaders have accused the NHS of 'stonewalling' on local arrangements to implement the European working-time directive.
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Deprivation and population key to major rethink on Scots funding
The way Scotland's health funding is allocated has been changed, with a shift away from the existing system based primarily on population numbers.
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Resounding defeats leave HA out of pocket
The last day of the legal term produced bad news for Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth health authority, which suffered two resounding defeats in the High Court.
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Days like this
Community health councils should have contracts specifying their role in monitoring and delivering healthcare, according to South West Thames regional chair Baroness Cumberlege. 'The initiative for the shape the contracts take must come from the CHCs themselves, 'she said. Reaction has been mixed, with some CHCs feeling contracts could give ...
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Dunkirk spirit as NHS copes with fuel crisis
The government obtained consent from the Queen and Privy Council earlier this week for contingency powers to control the distribution of fuel across the UK in the face of a blockade of oil refineries and distribution depots.
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How the collaboratives work
The team has compiled a handbook of good practice - on topics such as access, capacity and demand management, triage, and coronary heart disease care.
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Seeking clarity with confusion
The NHS plan advocates 'a renewed public service ethos' and asserts the importance of trust in the dealings between patients and staff. Regrettably, there has been precious little evidence of either over the past 20 years or so. Public services have been unloved, neglected and denied the needed investment. Staff ...
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Dumped organs claims 'unfounded'
An inquiry into allegations that a hospital threw away children's organs with rubbish has found them to be 'completely unfounded'.
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Chief resigns from mistreatment scandal trust
The chief executive of a trust at the centre of the Commission for Health Improvement's first 'hit squad' investigation has tendered his resignation.
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Milburn invited to explain reason for scrapping CHCs
Croydon community health council has invited health secretary Alan Milburn and junior health minster Gisela Stuart to its next meeting to 'explain the thinking behind the NHS plan' and in particular 'the intention to abolish CHCs'. The CHC hopes to persuade at least a senior civil servant to attend. Meanwhile, ...
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Intermediate care model 'more expensive'
An evalutation of an intermediate care unit at Southampton General Hospital has found that the model is more expensive than acute hospital care and produces no added benefits for patients.
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High Caesarean rates at hospital raises concerns
Southern health and social services council has raised concerns about Caesarean section rates at Craigavon Area Hospital after conducting research about women's experiences of giving birth at the unit. Between June and September last year, the Caesarean rate was 27 per cent - between 8 and 9 per cent higher ...
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On the buses: what staff want
In South West region, a taskforce led by Julie Burgess, director of nursing at North Bristol trust, was established to help trusts meet the new standard.
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Reforms built into third wave of PMS
The government has incorporated key elements of the NHS plan into contracts for the third wave of personal medical services pilots.