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In brief: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation has launched a year-long campaign to tackle the stigma of mental illness. 'Stop exclusion - dare to care' hopes to draw worldwide attention to the failure of governments to provide adequate means of treatment and address discrimination.
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In brief: Unison
Unison's retired general secretary, Rodney Bickerstaffe, has left a green legacy - he has helped lead a campaign to plant 16,000 trees in a bid to counter global warming.
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has launched the government's strategy for the future of dentistry, giving a commitment that, from September, anyone wanting to see an NHS dentist can do so by phoning NHS Direct.
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Nurses call for huge extension of their powers to prescribe
Nurses have called for a huge extension of powers to prescribe a range of medicines - including controlled drugs.
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Divergent care funding leaves England lagging
MPs have challenged health secretary Alan Milburn over the government's refusal to fund free personal care for nursing home residents in England, leaving them worse off than their counterparts in Scotland.
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Handle with care
How the NHS treats its workforce is now seen as central to recruiting and retaining staff.The health service is on notice to deliver.Ann McGauran reports
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Care to talk?
A conversation with a nurse revealed the dire state of care for elderly patients on her ward.Jayne Lingard wonders why she feels she can do nothing about it
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Cleanliness inspection results may be swept under the carpet
Results of individual hospital cleanliness inspections may not be made public until after the election.
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Trust stands by paediatrician in Climbie case
A trust involved in the care of murdered eight-year-old Anna Climbie is standing by the paediatrician who diagnosed the child with scabies and sent her home to her abusers.
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'Cutting corners, cutting children'
The organ retention scandal saw a public apology from the chief medical officer last week as, yet again, the medical profession stands accused of acting with arrogance and insensitivity. Paul Stephenson reports
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NHS claim record scrutinised
The questions of whether legal aid funds suitable cases, and of how well the NHS performs in defending and settling claims, should become clearer when the National Audit Office publishes a long-awaited report.
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Comedy of errors and misinformation
Management in Health Care By Neil Wheeler and Diana Grice Stanley Thornes 209 pages £19
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Confed's HR director in storm over working hours
Andrew Foster, human resources director of the NHS Confederation, is at the centre of a row with junior hospital doctors, who are furious at comments he made in the Financial Times, which implied that thousands of doctors were being deceitful about their hours of work. Mr Foster claimed that only ...
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Staffing crisis gives MSF second thoughts on public-private partnership for lab services
A decision on a public-private partnership for laboratory services in all trusts should be postponed for 'a couple of years' until staffing has stabilised, according to health union MSF.
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Wide open to criticism
Sometimes, it seems, managers go out of their way to live up to the stereotypes that nurses attach to them.
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Level crossings
Ever since Florence Nightingale arrived in the Crimea, nurses have been involved in managing health services. But these days nurses who take on managerial responsibility have a more ambiguous role.
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Experts query hospital rankings data
The launch of a consumer hospital guide ranking hospitals by death rates has sparked attacks on the quality of its data and the workload imposed on the NHS by private publishing company Dr Foster.