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The future on a shoe-string
If you earn your living telling people that computerising the NHS is an expensive and near-impossible business, don't visit Highland trust at Inverness. The shock could be too great.
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GP system uses images to limit the use of keyboards
MediDesk has introduced its new clinical system made by GPs for GPs.
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Scottish GPs seek to wrest purse strings from PCTs
Scottish GPs want to take control of local spending priorities from primary care trusts as part of their submission to Scotland's version of the NHS plan.
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Health service in our hands
Palmtops could soon provide a wealth of information about patients and appointments - plus instant access to a vast pool of data, says Jane Dudman
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Hospital tests risk tool
Risk management procedures which have been successfully applied in the defence sector are being brought to the NHS through new software being piloted at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
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Trusts to monitor hospital-acquired infections
Health minister John Denham has announced that all trusts will be required to monitor levels of hospital-acquired infection, focusing on infections that pose a serious threat to health such as 'superbug' methicilin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. The government aims to prevent 15 per cent of the 100,000 HAIs annually, saving the NHS ...
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Trust sets up paperless records for ICU staff
Guys and St Thomas' Hospital trust is introducing an electronic clinical record, creating a completely paperless environment in its intensive care unit.
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Scope to improve
Clinical governance has yet to alter NHS culture, according to a survey of trusts. Kieran Walshe and colleagues report on their findings
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Manslaughter law threat to managers
Senior managers and doctors could face criminal charges under government proposals to change the law on involuntary manslaughter, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has warned.
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Planning regulations in store for mobile phone masts
London mayor Ken Livingstone has agreed with Green Party proposals to make mobile phone masts subject to normal planning regulations and ban them from Greater London Authority and Transport for London land 'until such time as clear evidence is available relating to the possible health risks'. The government set up ...
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WEB WATCH
Poring over reports and attending hospital meetings doesn't sound like fun? You'd be surprised. . . Those are the words of trust nonexecutive Pauline Mistry. She goes on to explain how her role at Oxford's Radcliffe Hospitals trust involves 'sorting out the cock-ups' and 'disagreeing with some of the things ...
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Sunderland West PCT operational in April 2001
I refer to the advertisement for the post of chief executive of Sunderland West primary care trust (page 66, 14 September).
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Health care provision: Past, present and into the 21st century
By Audrey Leathard Nelson Thornes 351 pages £22.50 paperback
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Lobby of Unison branches backs expelled activists
Two Unison activists launched their appeal against expulsion from the union last week. University College London Hospitals Unison branch secretary Candy Udwin and chair Dave Carr were supported by a lobby of members from 15 other branches at their appeal hearing. The UCLH Unison branch is one of the best ...
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Mental health 'czar'demands zero suicides on acute wards
National mental health director Professor Louis Appleby has ordered the NHS to take 'immediate action' to meet targets for zero suicides on acute psychiatric wards by the end of March 2002.