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A dying shame
One patient dies per week in unexplained circumstances on NHS psychiatric wards. A four-year investigation will attempt to explain and prevent such tragedies in the future, writes Mark Gould
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RCN U-turn may fail to placate staff
The Royal College of Nursing's council has agreed to reinstate its original pay formula for staff, but by invoking a clause on affordability of pay awards it looks unlikely to avoid the threat of industrial action.
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RCN general secretary
Beverly Malone, previously a deputy assistant health secretary in the US, has accepted the post of RCN general secretary. She will start work next month and will take over from Christine Hancock in June.
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Screen and heard
Screen and heard: an Internet cafe in a Rugby GP surgery is aiming to break down the barriers between teenagers and health professionals by encouraging young people to ask questions about their well-being. Visitors are welcome to surf the Net, play games or listen to CDs on the four computers ...
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The seven-year hitch
The government's proposed clampdown on new consultants doing private work was a last-minute addition to the NHS plan, and the determination to implement it came as a further surprise. Jeremy Davies explains
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Scots nurse review wants skills merger
The way primary care is delivered by community nurses in Scotland is set to change dramatically with publication of a review by the chief nursing officer calling for 'a radical modernisation of the public health nursing workforce'.
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Ex-manager gets £105k for 'nerves'
A former manager in the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service who suffered two nervous breakdowns in the course of his job has been awarded £105,000 in damages.
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SHORTCUTS: Tayside kept waiting in discussions on £8m deficit
Tayside health board will have to wait until April to have further discussion on how to reduce a projected £8m deficit, after the financial information it had requested from trusts was not provided to its meeting last week. The board's £8m deficit is attributable to Tayside University Hospitals trust, which ...
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All aboard?
HSJ rode the Clapham omnibus to find out what people thought of New Labour's track-record on the health service. It found many of them less than enthusiastic. Our man with the notepad and travelcard: Mark Gould
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Abolition of HAs casts doubt on LHG status
The abolition of health authorities in Wales has thrown the future of local health groups - the Welsh primary care organisations - into doubt.
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The same or worse - public and academe agree
COMMENT: New Labour's NHS reform so far is mostly spin and cosmetic change
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SHORTCUTS: Opponent of acute services shake-up to stand as MP
Campaigners who opposed a major acute services shake-up in Kidderminster are to stand a candidate in the general election. Health Concern - the group that currently holds 18 of the 42 seats on Wyre Forest district council - is to stand Dr Richard Taylor against sitting Labour MP David Lock ...
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SHORTCUTS: Nursing pack aims to benchmark care standards
New standards of care that nurses and other staff are expected to provide for patients, to ensure such things as privacy, dignity and providing food of good nutritional value, have been announced by health minister John Denham. The Essence of Care pack sets out what staff need to do, best ...
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Clubbing is all the rage as Milburn steps up consultant negotiations
The headline 'Milburn offers big bribe to doctors to stay in NHS' (Independent) rapidly gave way to 'Consultants fight seven-year ban on private work' (Daily Telegraph) after the secretary of state had published details of his plans to provide what The Guardian called 'golden NHS handcuffs' for the heirs of ...