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Work hurdles for those with mental health problems
People with mental health problems face significant hurdles in trying to return to employment, a survey by UK forum Focus on Mental Health has revealed.The report, led by charity the Mental Health Foundation, found that just 15 per cent of respondents were employed.Of that small group,57 per cent regard their ...
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Doing the hurdles
Senior mental health managers want to deliver the national service framework - but to what extent will lack of resources and trust hold them back, ask Edward Peck and Stefan Wigg
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A job That is Taylor-made
The new choice as deputy NHS chief executive has been welcomed by managers and unions.Ann McGauran finds out why
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Stripper treat leads to nurse suspension
A nurse manager at a Cumbrian hospital has been suspended after a male stripper performed on a ward full of elderly patients.
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monitor
Well, Monitor has learnt something new this week! And hacks and hackettes of the good ship HSJ are kicking themselves after their sister magazine beat them to the scoop of the century. In a revelation worthy of Woodward and Bernstein, Nursing Times uncovered the TRUTH about nurses and sex. Apparently, ...
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Poor show up 'til now
Poverty and Child Health Second edition By Nick Spencer Radcliffe Medical Press 352 pages £19.95
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Pulling out the stops
Media interest in the launch of a drug to help people give up smoking was exploited by one authority to promote its smoking-cessation service.Mark Langdon and colleagues report
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Punishing schedule is part of the story
General practice: demanding work Understanding patterns of work in primary care By John Waller and Paul Hodgkin Radcliffe Medical Press 177 pages £17.95
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THE PERSUADERS
Name Chai Patel CBE Job Chief executive, Westminster Health Care plc Style New Labour's favourite private healthcare operator, and 'without question, the best networker'in the sector.
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Who's who - at this point in time
Directory of Primary Care 2000-20001 Informa Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in association with National Association of Primary Care 1,000 pages £125
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The price is right?
With trust chiefs getting a 6 per cent pay rise, you'd think they'd be laughing.But a new pay and conditions survey suggests the truth is something more sober.Mark Gould reports
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Voice recognition
Primary care groups have taken steps to meet the NHS plan's agenda for greater public involvement, but are they up to the job? A survey suggests they need new skills.Michael Shepherd reports
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Lucky break: 'I do not mind where I work. I have already come a long way - more than 9,000 miles'
A chance meeting in a public library in Ilford, Essex, resulted in Dr Abebe Diro Ejara, a refugee from Ethiopia, receiving the help he needed to pursue a medical career in the UK.
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£50m hospital will kick off second wave of PFIs
A £50m hospital is to be built on the site of West Middlesex University Hospital, the first of the second wave of health service private finance initiative projects. A contract has been signed between the trust and the Bouygues Consortium for the rebuild, which is due to be completed in ...
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30 per cent generic drugs bill fall saves NHS £180m
The NHS's generic drugs bill fell dramatically last year, health minister John Denham has revealed in a parliamentary written answer. Most of the 30 per cent fall in prices paid by the health service came 'in anticipation of and in response to'the introduction of a government price cap on a ...
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50 per cent cash help for trusts' in Alder Hey burial cost fallout
Trusts have been ordered to prepare a business case for financial help towards the burial or cremation of tens of thousands of organs retained without proper consent, in the fallout from the Alder Hey scandal. Only trusts which have 500 or more specimens will get help of up to 50 ...
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Nurses involved in Lakeland abuse scandal may have to face courts
Nurses involved in the abuse scandal at North Lakeland Healthcare trust in Cumbria could face prosecution.