All News articles – Page 1931
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Dear Mel. . .
I was very worried recently when I read about the manager who was ticked off for sending a memo telling his staff not to show the national cleaning hit squad the 'grotty' bits of his hospital. How should he have acted?
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Local heroes are where It is at - despite election fever
Press releases spew forth, but the really hot action is not in Whitehall
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Spot the difference
The Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to prove they have different health policies from the Labour Party - and that they're bigger and better. Paul Stephenson reports
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Doctor know
The delicate issue of patient consent is at the heart of debate over a bill which will empower the health secretary to allow exchange of confidential information. Lyn Whitfield reports
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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