All News articles – Page 1957
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A cultural flaw in the plan
Slow progress of quality reforms exposes the NHS plan's major weakness
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Remedy for overspending crisis may pile extra pressure on NHS
Action to tackle a financial crisis in social services could put further pressure on the NHS, which is already facing major bed blocking problems in the South East of England.
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Nurse roster contract
A consortium of five trusts in London has awarded HMT Systems the contract to supply the RosterPro nurse rostering system.
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Cloud on the silver lining
The brighter outlook for those diagnosed with HIV is putting a financial strain on long-term support services. Laura Donnelly reports on how they are coping
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Wales freezes prescription charges
Prescription charges in Wales are to be frozen, with free medicines for people under-25 from April, Welsh finance minister Edwina Hart has announced.
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Moment of madness ends cash injection triumph
As I write, they are discussing rail regulation, in the wake of the Hatfield crash, on Radio 4.But that was last week's disaster. A few minutes earlier they had been talking about this week's disaster: the renewed controversy over BSE triggered by the Phillips report, by the fresh scare in ...
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People 'unable to pay more for elderly care'
A leading think-tank has cast doubt on the government's plans to push people into taking out secondary pensions and insurance to fund longterm care.
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Primary care chiefs say pivotal problem in sector is low morale
Primary care leaders have warned ministers that they will need to provide more money and tackle low morale as part of a full-scale review of the primary care sector.
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Cancel that taxi, it's NHSnet
In 1992, we were promised that all NHS organisations would be communicating across NHSnet by 1996.In 1998, we were promised that 100 per cent of computerised GPs would be on the net by the end of 1999.We have just been promised 95 per cent by 2001 and 100 per cent ...
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BT rolls out GP service
Following a successful pilot in north Nottinghamshire, BT Health has launched its managed IT services for GPs, Primary Connect, on a nationwide basis.
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In Brief
A clinical governance audit tool, based on 20 key indicators, has been developed by SGS. The audit model can be used either to develop existing quality management systems or as a stand-alone 'gap analysis' tool. Based on the ISO 9000 framework, the model has been piloted in an NHS community ...
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Norman boost for RCN crown
Sue Norman, president of the UK Central Council for Nursing and Midwifery, has emerged as one of the favourites to replace Christine Hancock as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing when she stands down next summer.
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BMA launches guide on personal medical services
The British Medical Association's GP committee has produced a guide jointly with the NHS Alliance and National Association of Primary Care on personal medical services pilots that will be sent to all GPs. The guide will be issued with a letter warning GPs to 'weigh up the options carefully' before ...
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Scotland on course for a bleak winter
Scotland may be heading for another winter crisis as bed blocking has reached 10 per cent of total capacity in some areas.
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Technology to fit the bill
It costs the health service up to £65 to process just one invoice, but the electronic solutions in the pipeline will mean significant savings, says Seamus Ward
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RCN broadens membership in bid to modernise
Members of the Royal College of Nursing have voted to admit trained healthcare assistants and new types of nurse trainees, such as cadets, in a landmark vote. The move was supported by 78.1 per cent of members taking part in a month-long ballot and was unveiled at the RCN's annual ...
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Funding bid for telemedicine project for cancer care
A £300,000 bid is being made to the Scottish Executive's new opportunities fund for a telemedicine project aimed at driving up standards in cancer care in Fife, Tayside, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. The project, one of the most extensive of its kind in Britain, would give clinicians access ...