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Ledward victims seek compensation from HA
Victims of the disgraced surgeon Rodney Ledward, who died from pancreatic cancer last month, say they will be seeking financial compensation from East Kent health authority. Detectives were on the verge of bringing charges against Mr Ledward, the self-styled 'fastest gynaecologist in the South East', and had been looking to ...
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Health committee: government response
The government has published its response to the Commons health committee's report on mental health.Noting the committee's concerns about the experience of black and minority ethnic users and continuing inadequacies in services, it promised to charge its mental health taskforce to tackle the issues.But it responded to the select committee's ...
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Coming soon to the NHS near you. . . the main players
Acute General Healthcare Group, BUPA and Nuffield Hospitals account for nearly 60 per cent of the independent acute hospital markets.
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Clever Trevor
Trevor Jones,49, has spent almost all his working life in local government and the NHS. Born in Penshaw, County Durham, he became a local government trainee accountant in 1969.In 1978 he was appointed regional auditor and senior assistant regional treasurer with the Northern regional health authority.
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MPs pack meeting over replacements for CHCs
More than 50 MPs packed a meeting of the all-party group on community health councils last week. Vice-chair of the group Labour MP Deborah Shipley said there was 'standing room only' at the meeting, requested by junior health minister Gisela Stuart. Ms Shipley said there was 'a need for more ...
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What exactly is intermediate care?
Everyone thinks intermediate care is a wonderful idea.But progress is hampered by uncertainty about what it means.
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Health without a care
What constitutes health improvement? And with so many differing definitions, what chance has it got, ask Stephen Abbott and Steve Gillam
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Local services 'must be responsible for bringing prison care up to scratch'
Local NHS mental health services should take the lead in ensuring that levels of care for prisoners match current good practice in the NHS, according to a report by the government's working group on prison nursing.
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A brighter future?
The Institute of Health Research at Lancaster University is seeking to tackle problems in rural health in a two-year research project. It aims to address the health needs of the farming community and their exclusion from health services - a result of farming and health service timetables clashing.
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In Brief
Microbiologists say they are winning the battle against hospital-acquired infections like Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).Dr Bob Masterton and colleagues from Western General Hospital in Edinburgh have discovered that levels of resistance to antibiotics have stopped rising for the first time in 10 years.
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Equal pay case to boost salaries for women managers in NHS
A ground-breaking equal pay case has forced the Department of Health to review the way salaries are determined for top women managers.
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No shame, no blame: what the report says
In its plea for openness, the inquiry lacks conviction.The report, published last Thursday, runs to 16 volumes.Despite advocating openness as 'the correct approach'it is characterised by a cautious tone and a reluctance to pinpoint blame.Indeed, the summary document, published alongside the report, shies away from any criticisms of individuals, 'which ...
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The big check-up
Regulating doctors Edited by David Gladstone Institute for the Study of Civil Society 73 pages £5
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Nightmare as beds in homes'disappear'
'It's a nightmare. It's the single most intractable issue that we have ever had to face. Staff are quite exhausted by it and we haven't even started the winter yet.'
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BBC grilling procures a Crisp but variant reply
If history isn't busy worrying about something more important, it may record that Alan Milburn was the first MP to congratulate Michael Martin, the new speaker, on his first day at work - having voted for him rather than for his Geordie neighbour, Dr David Clark, as Tony Blair probably ...
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NHS must identify barriers to ethnic jobs
NHS organisations must identify any barriers to employing staff from Asian and other ethnic communities to ensure that hospitals and other services reflect the community they serve, says health minister John Denham. Launching a package of measures to improve recruitment from ethnic groups, Mr Denham said that all NHS organisations ...
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Avoid HR: botulism's better
Recently a writing commission for a firm of publishers has been keeping me busy moonlighting.