All News articles – Page 1964
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The long and the short of it is an all-round cash crisis
Government pension policies are pushing more people into a poverty trap
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It's lift-off for walk-in at airport
Health minister John Denham has opened the first NHS walk-in centre to be developed through a public-private partnership.
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Philips wins airport x-ray deal
Philips Medical Systems has installed an integrated chest x-ray screening and reporting system throughout the four terminals at London's Heathrow airport to screen people arriving in the UK for diseases such as TB.
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Politicians can't swim against the silver tide
Soon elderly people will have so many votes that politicians will have to listen to them, the annual social services conference has been told. Tash Shifrin reports
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Heard the one about the knight, the prof and the rabbi?
The modernisation action board is diverse, if nothing else. Alison Moore reports on the chemistry and mechanics at its first meeting
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Decision to abolish CHCs will not get judicial review
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales has confirmed it is not going to proceed with a judicial review of the government's decision to abolish CHCs, following health secretary Alan Milburn's refusal to fund one. The association had received a QC's opinion suggesting it had 'good grounds' ...
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Extra £154m for NI health fails to dispel winter pressure fears
Northern Ireland health minister Bairbre de Brun has secured an extra £154m for next year's health and social services budget. But she says the 7.2 per cent increase is not enough - and the chief executive of the province's biggest acute trust has warned that there is still 'a mountain ...
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London Ambulance Service pushed to limit with £1m deficit
London Ambulance Service trust finished the past financial year with a £1m deficit and a net deficit of £587,000 after previous surpluses were taken into account.
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A question of trust
The NHS plan promises that powers to create new care trusts will be made available to primary care trusts and to local authorities with social services responsibilities.
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Stick to the letter of socialism
The following letter to the health secretary Alan Milburn has been leaked. It was copied to Scottish health minister Susan Deacon, who also had socialist tendencies once.
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'No need to panic' over who will replace the London region 'hard hitter' says his stand-in
London regional chair Ian Mills says there is 'no need to panic' over the appointment of a permanent successor to the departing Nigel Crisp.
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New range of tableware to impress your guests
Monitor's item about the unusual Orkney pottery (5 October) is of great interest to those of us who know the potter, Andrew Appleby.
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Gone in a puff of smoke
Health ministers thought they could get a European ban on cigarette advertising by adapting the EU directive on internal markets. They were wrong, but the anti-smoking lobby is not despondent. Tony Sheldon reports
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Oh God, give them strength
What are you feeling, Doctor? Identifying and avoiding defensive patterns in the consultation By John Salinsky and Paul Sackin Radcliffe Medical Press 192 pages £19.95 paperback
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Website to monitor flu outbreaks
An Internet scheme to monitor flu outbreaks and alert hospitals has been launched in the North West region.