All News articles – Page 1949
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NHS 'short of local leaders'
The NHS is 'desperately short of leaders at local level', a senior NHS Executive director warned delegates.
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Remember inequalities are not just a health issue
The World Health Organisation report (news, page 7, 22 June) values our NHS, but also emphasises the inequalities which cause ill-health.
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As long as GPs are paying, they will want a say
The article on stress in general practice examined the relationship between GPs and practice nurses, and between GPs and practice managers, but did not examine one of the fundamental determinants of those relationships.
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Government to look at but then reject private insurance
The national plan for the NHS will examine but 'firmly reject' a move towards private medical insurance, health secretary Alan Milburn announced during an attack on Conservative health policy.
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Glasgow rangers
The Gorbals has got a bit of a reputation - infamous, notorious, hard. Just the sort of place for a coach party of senior NHS managers, in fact.
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Kennedy reaches for his sandbag in a fit of pique
Tucked away in the prime minister's speech to fellow-theologists in Tubingen, the one which suggested on-the-spot fines for Saturday night lager louts, was a heartfelt passage about the pace and pressure of change - in the middle of what Tony Blair called 'the greatest economic, technological and social upheaval' since ...
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'Remove the fear' of the top
Health service management is seen as overbearing, NHS deputy chief executive Neil McKay admitted.
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Eletrocovulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy has been around for more than 50 years, yet information on how it works is scant and treatment data is under-recorded. John Appleby reports
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'Don't focus on pay incentives'
Managers urged the government not to focus on pay incentives for staff in its national plan. The move came in response to speculation that the plan, due to be launched this month, will back performance related pay. After just 45 per cent of delegates voted in favour of individual pay ...
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Deficit inflames row on use of 'extortionate' private sector
The NHS's use of the 'extortionate' private sector has come under the spotlight following the revelation that a south London mental health trust ran up a deficit of almost £1m in two months, largely because of reliance on private beds.
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Don't miss out: the 'other' debates
The ARM supported a motion condemning the introduction of walk-in centres without piloting and evaluation as 'media friendly' but 'counter-productive to the proper deployment of NHS resources'. Dr Tony Lavelle said the centres encouraged 'a generation of supermarket shufflers' to think of medical care in the same way as they ...
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Days like this
Health booklet for homes. . .Cook favours split. . .Prince of Wales treated by NHS. . .BMA head attacks NHS Act. . .Personnel to be cut
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Why some sacred cows are worth milking
Your editorial (comment, page 19, 22 June) is right to point out that the NHS's founding principles are not simply the sacred cows of an outdated ideology but an essential means of providing efficient and equitable healthcare.
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Crash course in walls
Survival of the fittest is a principle which has passed the test of time. It is therefore a mystery to me why, when it comes to information technology, the NHS Executive bureaucracy fights against it when the dire consequences of doing so are clear to see.
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Consulting room
The government's consultation exercise on the NHS national plan came under heavy fire from the media. But its critics have missed the point of the exercise, says Shirley McIver
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'We need to explain the uncertainty of medicine': the ethics of patient consent
This year's ethics debate centred on issues of patient consent . Dr Michael Wilks, chair of the BMA's ethics committee, said much of the onslaught against doctors over the past year stemmed from poor communication with patients, the public and the government.
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Local health groups 'need clear direction'
Enthusiasm for Wales' local health groups could wane unless they are given more powers and a clear sense of direction, the Audit Commission has warned.
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Commissioner to cover new-look children's services
Wales will have a children's commissioner to cover children in care services regulated by the Care Standards Bill, which is now passing through Parliament. The government agreed to table an amendment to the bill to create a commissioner as UK ministers and the Welsh Assembly published their responses to the ...
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Policy chief takes over as chair
A change at the top of the NHS Confederation has seen Dianne Jeffrey take over as chair. Ms Jeffrey, chair of Community Health Service North Derbyshire trust, has taken over from Catherine McLoughlin, who led the organisation for three years.