All News articles – Page 1972

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    A question of trust

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    US doctors are advocating collective bargaining and unionisation in their latest battle with the health maintenance organisations, reports Howard Berliner

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    in person

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Pat Holman director of services for mental health and learning disabilities for Local Health Partnerships trust, Ipswich, has been appointed chief executive of Norfolk Mental Health Care trust.She will succeed Graham Shelton, who has moved to Eastern regional office, in October.

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    monitor

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Isn't the BMA great? It takes care of poor struggling doctors who wouldn't be able to look after themselves, and worries about wider issues too - like whether they are being paid enough, and whether the financial resources are in place and whether there is enough money being provided to ...

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    IT looks like trouble

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The NHS's approach to information technology is in the dock yet again with the news that new systems will be used for the roll-out of NHS Direct. Lynne Greenwood reports

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    'A very talented lady'but those returns. . .

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    This man wants to lose his job

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The GP charged with spreading good practice in primary care is looking forward to redundancy - it will mean his job is done, writes Laura Donnelly

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    Respect 'prized higher than pay'say nurses in jobs quiz

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Pay is not the 'panacea' for improved nurse recruitment and retention, according to a report from Middlesex University business school.

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    MP goes to war over 'unsafe'hospital huts

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    An MP is highlighting the 'unsafe' condition of Second World War huts at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in a renewed bid to have them replaced by purpose-built facilities.

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    Getting personal

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Two human resources directors - one for a PCT, the other for London Ambulance Service - talk to Ann Dix about the highs and lows of their jobs

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    Whys and where fores

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The relationship between the NHS and its public is changing.One illustration of this is the fact that more people are willing to challenge decisions made by health professionals.The case of Jaymee Bowen (Child B) was one example that received a great deal of publicity and resulted in extensive analysis.

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    Nurse exodus to UK hits Kenya hard

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Events

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Schizophrenia debate 9 October, London Emap Public Sector Management is hosting a Question of Health debate on schizophrenia: 'Weighing the evidence - modern treatments and services for schizophrenia: should atypicals be an option for first-line treatment?'

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    Employers face tough tests on working lives

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    NHS employers will have to submit more than 40 pieces of evidence to show their commitment to improving staff working lives as part of a tough standard to be launched alongside the new performance assessment framework for human resources.

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    Hello, earth to King's Mill. . .

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Corners of the NHS are seemingly untouched by the digital revolution

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    Double trouble: drug use makes its mark

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Of 270 new patients who presented to Luther Street during the year of the project,34 were identified as having a dual diagnosis - just 13 per cent.But when the centre looked at its total current population of about 1,500 homeless people, it found that 52 per cent met the dual ...

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    Respect the don, and we're not talking Oxbridge

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The NHS is a mafia; indeed it could teach the Cosa Nostra a thing or two about controlling people and events. It presents itself as a democratic, locally accountable and efficient social service. All of these things are true to a greater or lesser degree (usually lesser), but only insofar ...

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    'Stonewalling'working-time directive won't wash

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Senior doctors' leaders have accused the NHS of 'stonewalling' on local arrangements to implement the European working-time directive.

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    Deprivation and population key to major rethink on Scots funding

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The way Scotland's health funding is allocated has been changed, with a shift away from the existing system based primarily on population numbers.

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    Resounding defeats leave HA out of pocket

    2000-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The last day of the legal term produced bad news for Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth health authority, which suffered two resounding defeats in the High Court.