All News articles – Page 1956
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Water jump
Ann Lloyd used to be a hydrologist, but the new director of the NHS in Wales has long had the health service flowing through her veins. Tash Shifrin reports
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Job's worth
Legal pitfalls over employment law await primary care trusts. Alison Moore looks at the human resources implications for these large employers
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Under the influence
Health consumer groups have more opportunities to influence national policy, yet they see providing advice and support as more important. Kathryn Jones and colleagues find out why
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How it works
In mediation, three rooms are normally booked in a hotel or conference centre convenient to the parties. There is one room for each party and one central room, called the caucus, where each party can address the other over a table.
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The high price of success
Some GPs may be stigmatised as 'problem prescribers', but one presentation at the conference showed how following national guidelines by prescribing treatments which have accepted benefits for patients can threaten drugs budgets.
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The heart of the matter: Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust
Every inquiry is different. But classic ingredients appear to include at least one whistleblower, a culture of secrecy, and previous internal inquiries which have failed to bring about sufficient action.
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Nursing a grievance on a wing and a prayer
I took a call at the office on Sunday night from a Downing Street official who was keen to persuade me to write about the scale of investment which the government's three years of economic virtue have made possible.
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The go-between
Remuneration and a settlement won't always heal the wounds. Danny Lee looks at the reasons why mediation is seen as a more humane and less damaging way to deal with negligence claims
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Wight funding worries persist as single HA follows merger
A single health authority covering south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will come into being on 1 April, following the go-ahead for a merger of the existing authorities by junior health minister Gisela Stuart.
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Hamburger fills role with relish
At the age of 86 Sir Sydney Hamburger is back at work in the NHS - as its oldest employee. Sir Sydney, who chaired the former North West regional health authority from its inception in 1974 until 1982, has agreed to become non-executive director of the board of mental health ...
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A swing too far?
Paying the private sector to treat NHS patients raises issues of accountability, when things go wrong. John Holmes reports
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Extending shelflife
Promoting health in old age By Miriam Barnard Open University Press 176 pages £16.99
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Employing practice staff
The future for PCTs may include employing practice staff, taking on many more salaried doctors and even providing social care.
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Sacked Hillingdon dispute leader returns to work
The leader of the long-running Hillingdon Hospital dispute was last week back at work, two years after an employment tribunal ruled that she should have her job back. Malkiat Bilku led the three-year strike by 53 domestic and catering staff, and was sacked in 1995 for refusing to accept cuts ...