All News articles – Page 1929
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Some like it hotter
Extremes of cold and heat have a deleterious effect on people's health, but climate change may bring healthier winters and more sickly summers. Dominique Florin takes the temperature
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Jingle hells?
Being hooked up to the hospital radio station was once considered worse than being tied to an IV drip, but a renaissance in broadcast services may have patients reaching for the headphones. Janet Snell tunes in
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Mental health white paper will target patient rights
The long-awaited white paper on the Mental Health Act, due to be published on 19 December, is likely to signal a significant improvement in patients' rights - including better access to an advocate.
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Health inequalities show no sign of levelling off
Although disadvantaged families in Britain are benefiting from rising educational standards in schools and falling levels of unemployment, there has been no corresponding reduction in health inequalities, according to a report by the New Policy Institute published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The report, which compiles information from 50 indicators, ...
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Is housing too hot to handle?
There is surely a limit to the extra responsibilities the NHS can take on
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Moderniser Page faces tribunal showdown
A clinical director of Northumbria Healthcare trust, whose chief executive, Sue Page, is a member of the NHS modernisation board, has resigned and is taking the trust to an employment tribunal.
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What the spin doctor ordered
How do you cope if a sick celebrity lands in your hospital? Lynn Eaton finds out
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Dear Mel. . .
I have just read in the press that TV star Matthew Kelly of Stars In Their Eyes fame is to quit showbiz to become a psychiatrist. Do you think this is a good idea, and do you think any other celebrities might make good health professionals?
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Days like this
Clinicians need to be involved in drawing up contracts under the internal market due to go live in April, according to NHS chief executive Duncan Nichol. In a letter to general managers sent at the Joint Consultants Committee's request, Mr Nichol says: 'This process will be vital in ensuring that ...
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Nurse recruitment crisis hits vaccination targets
Vacancy rates for practice nurses in Tower Hamlets - one of the most deprived boroughs in the UK - have reached one in four. GPs say that with such high vacancy levels they will be struggling to reach vaccination and immunisation targets. Primary care group board member Dr Kambiz Boomla ...
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Doctors' private clinic 'may worsen wait lists'
Concerns have been raised that a new Darlington private hospital, funded by a consortium of local consultants may worsen already lengthy waiting lists at the local trust.
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Christmas crackers
A quintessential part of the English landscape in any season, the eccentric is loved and teased in equal measure.But David Weeks says we have reason to envy them, too - they are happier and healthier than the rest of us
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Unison chief slams government over modernisation
Unison deputy general secretary Keith Sonnet has accused the government of modernising public services 'at the expense of the workforce'. Mr Sonnet, appointed this week, was previously assistant general secretary of the union. He takes up his post on 1 January, replacing Dave Prentis who will take over as general ...
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CHI reviews will grade trusts on governance
The Commission for Health Improvement has denied that it is under pressure to adapt its reviews to the 'traffic-light' performance monitoring system.
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The gnome service: a place to forget your cares
Ann Atkins, a painter, started the Gnome Reserve 21 years ago, with her husband Ron, on four acres in West Putford, North Devon, writes Joanna Lyall.