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Putting the records straight
'In the absence of an adequate system to record and monitor the numbers and circumstances of deaths, the detection of Shipman's high numbers of deaths was dependent on the chance of observations of individual practitioners or medical referees. . . they [medical referees] only have their own memories to help ...
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IT strategy speeds up roll-out
The government's push towards making the NHS more like a 'corporate' body has been strengthened by the revised IT strategy for the health service issued on Monday.
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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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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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'Patient advocate'plans aimed at taking sting from CHCs' abolition
The government has conceded ground on the need for independent advocates to support patients' complaints against the NHS, following the decision to abolish community health councils.
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NHS Pensions Agency 'may be liable for loss'
The NHS Pensions Agency could be held liable for the loss of pension benefits of some of the 18,000 NHS employees who had money invested in troubled insurance company Equitable Life, according to a leading insurance lawyer.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Lenin or Liam the most risk-averse of them all?
Talk of health department supremo Nigel Crisp being on TV! Last week there was so much public health news around that it was the chief medical officer, Professor Liam Donaldson, who was scarcely off the silver screen.
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In brief: Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has been given a national award for bravery, for acts of outstanding courage and heroism.The Ambulance Service Institute's bravery award medal has never been presented to an entire ambulance service before.
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Trust chairs fear Appointments Commission will erode their role
Trust chairs fear that the new NHS Appointments Commission may erode their influence in recommending non-executive members of trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities.
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Blast from the past
A second phase of polio is returning to haunt people who long thought they had put the disease behind them. Alex Klaushofer reports on the problems this is bringing
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NAO gives National Blood Service mixed review
There are now effective measures in place to ensure that blood is safe for transfusion, but the National Blood Service needs to improve communication with hospitals, address the factors putting people off giving blood and improve its management efficiency, according to the National Audit Office. The NAO says the service ...
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has announced a capital investment programme of around £75m to be made in North West region's four centres for specialist heart surgery over the next 10 years. Priority will be given to a new centre for surgery at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.