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DoH gives £700m push to IT roll-out
An additional £700m is to be allocated to NHS information technology over the next three years to support the implementation of the targets set out in the NHS plan.
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£200m for sterilisation facilities to help combat CJD
The government has announced that £200m will be spent on modernising sterilisation facilities in the NHS over the next two years, to minimise the risk of transmission of variant CJD. The money will be used to provide new sterilisers and washer disinfectors, with £100m in 2001-02 coming from the Department ...
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1,300 consultants needed for labour ward services
The NHS needs an extra 1,300 consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists to provide adequate labour ward services, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The figures are based on government measures to bring in consultant-based services. The RCOG says 200 extra consultants are needed to meet existing guidelines that ...
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A tome of their own
The NHS plan for Scotland is, says the minister, 'not about restructuring the system, but rewiring it'.Maura Thompson reports on an attempt to rid Scotland of its reputation as one of Europe's health blackspots
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'I can see you now'
Government-funded online centres are providing new treatment opportunities for those with mental health problems. Claire Laurent reports
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Take the money and run?
Are managers being paid over the odds when their contracts are terminated? And why do NHS employers refuse to reveal severance payments in defiance of official guidance? Seamus Ward reports
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Upper limits
The dominant theme of the new guidance on services for upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) cancers (see box 1) is the need for greater specialisation. A wide-ranging review of research evidence, summarised in the latest Effective Health Care bulletin, reveals the magnitude of the gulf between outcomes that prevail in England and ...
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Users 'lack rights in white paper'
Concessions in the government's mental health white paper do not go far enough to balance the rights of the individual against powers for compulsory treatment, charities have warned.
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New year honours give nod to key modernisers
Key players in the drive to modernise the NHS have been rewarded in the new year's honours list, with CBEs going to several senior managers for their work in driving forward reforms.
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FAGS 'R ' US
As part of a multi-pronged drive against smoking, one health authority is forging partnerships with a wide range of outlets that sell tobacco.John Middleton and Chris Saxon report
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Where a pioneer leads by example
HSJ monographs Primary care mental health By Dr Alan Cohen To order call 01483-303017 18 pages £12.99
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Equitable strife
A new HIV funding formula has failed to bring clarity and fairness to the funding of the treatment and care of people with HIV/AIDS, according to Peter Cosgrove and colleagues
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Import duties
One trust has solved a long-standing nursing shortage by recruiting overseas. And thanks to a programme of support, the new recruits are staying, as Yvonne Sawbridge reports