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'Mass caterers got us into this mess'
Loyd Grossman, best known as the Through the Keyhole presenter with strangled vowels, is heading the panel of celebrities 'overseeing' the overhaul of hospital food. He has a long record as a food journalist - as a restaurant critic for Harpers and Queen and presenter of Masterchef. But it is ...
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Let's spend the cash together
To go it alone, join other trusts or contract out? Seamus Ward looks at challenges facing NHS procurement purchasers
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Scotland set for longterm care funding
The Scottish Parliament was set to make a sharp break from English policy on funding elderly people's long-term care this week.
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Funding shortfall as intermediate care loses out to local pressures
Concerns about a funding shortfall for intermediate services have loomed after it emerged that most of the new money, about £500m, has been allocated to local authorities without being ringfenced.
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CHI review concerned over trust cardiac services
The Commission for Health Improvement has published the report of its fourth pilot clinical governance review, which looks at North West Wales trust.The report raises a 'significant concern'about 'lack of provision of co-ordinated cardiac services'over the trust's two main sites, and suggests that its human resources strategy should be updated.The ...
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In brief: Keyhole surgery
Keyhole surgery should not be carried out on people with first-time hernias of the groin, according to NICE, which says there is insufficient evidence to recommend it.But it should be considered for recurrent hernias or those which appear on both sides, the guidance suggests.
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In brief: Complaints
The annual number of complaints against hospital and community health services in England rose slightly in 1999-2000 by 0.6 per cent to a total of 86,536.Of these, 60 per cent were resolved locally within the performance target of four weeks.The number of written complaints against GPs and dentists rose 2 ...
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In brief: Epsom and St Helier trust
Plans to change services at Epsom and St Helier trust in Surrey are 'fatally flawed' and could lead to the closure of Epsom General Hospital's accident and emergency department and intensive care unit, according to London Health Emergency and Unison. In a joint report they claim that the plans to ...
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In brief: Judi Clements
Judi Clements, chief executive of Mind for nine years, is leaving because of diabetes-related health problems and arthritis.David Peryer, chair of the council of management, said she would be 'sorely missed'.Mind is currently undergoing a restructuring to concentrate on support to local offices, to increase its fundraising profile and to ...
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Record breakers
The revised IM&T strategy for the NHS promises a 'vibrant, networked' future. Haven't we heard that one before, wonders Lyn Whitfield
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Body of evidence
The media frenzy over the 'corpses in the chapel' led to the resignation of the trust chief executive. But mortuary facility crises are not confined to Bedford. Ann McGauran reports
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CHCs' successor bodies 'set to cost five times as much to run'
The successor bodies to community health councils - to be abolished in the Health and Social Care Bill - will cost nearly five times as much to run, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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MP bids for commission to regulate private dentistry
A private members'bill to bring private dentistry into line with other private health services and ensure it is regulated by the Care Standards Commission has been introduced to the Commons by Ann Clwyd.The Private Dental Practitioners'Bill is supported by the Consumers'Association, which has lobbied the government to extend the new ...
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Bedtime stories: 'I hadn't realised how important communications are for patients'
Frank Arnold, managing director of Unicorn Hospital Communications, knows better than most the frustration of not being able to phone his relatives from a hospital bed.
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Ignore those baying for the blood of a scapegoat
The errors at Bedford were not the responsibility of a single individual
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Eye off the ball?
Free training, free valuation and free materials failed to persuade GPs to show interest in a mental health selfcare package. Ann Richards and colleagues tried to explain the apathy
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In brief: Alzheimer's disease
Three drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease - Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl - have been approved for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. But patients have to meet a number of strict criteria, including having been assessed by a specialist clinic as having a moderate or ...