All News articles – Page 1986
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Contractors criticised on records
Financial controls over central finance services contracted out by the Public Health Laboratory Service broke down in 1998-99, the National Audit Office has found.
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A sorry tale of crying wolf which will haunt Labour
Using the NHS to end the fuel crisis will do little to woo back voters
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Days like this
Staff increment proposal . . . 'presumptuous'staff ads. . . Clarke says watershed ahead. . .
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Dear Mel. . .
In HSJ of 27 July, a woman wrote in to 'Dear Mel' to say that her hospital social club had been used on one occasion by women for a hen night (with male strippers) and by men (probably with female strippers) on another. Why is it, then, 'a blast' for ...
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'Extra resources needed' to meet future demands on mental health
An interim strategy examining how the NHS can build a mental health workforce to meet the demands of the national service framework and NHS plan says extra resources will still be needed.
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Where men are men and women don't get a look-in
The rise and fall of modern medicine By James Le Fanu Abacus 490 pages £9. 99 paperback
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Fast and loose
As the third wave of PMS pilots gets on its way, doctors'leaders are complaining that their advice has not been heeded in drafting the new contracts. Ann McGauran reports
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It'll never get well if you picket
While the country struggled along in grudging acceptance of the fuel blockade, two regional public health directors tackled the picket lines head on.
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Get some in
Alan Milburn says he wants a new drive to boost bed numbers - but how easy will it be to achieve this at grassroots level, asks Thelma Agnew
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Tough guidelines will tackle illegal tobacco sales
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has launched a new set of guidelines, developed with the Department of Trade and Industry with support from trading standards officers and local authorities, to 'get tough' on shop-keepers who sell cigarettes to under-age children. The tobacco enforcement protocol sets out best practice on issues ...
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For what it's worth
A trust's system to give all staff annual statements on their pension entitlements has been taken up nationally. Mike Colman and Paul Robinson report
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Out on a limb
Implementing evidence-based changes in healthcare Edited by David Evans and Andrew Haines Radcliffe Medical Press 320 pages £27. 50 paperback
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Mac, not Machiavelli
Scotland's new chief medical officer is defecting from the BMA. Poacher turned gamekeeper, or just an honest diplomat, asks Colin Wright
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in person
Sandy Hogg has become director of finance at University Hospitals of Leicester trust, where new chief executive Peter Reading recently completed his management team. Ms Hogg has worked in the health service for 17 years, most recently as director of finance and procurement for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.
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Public services 'shouldn't be run privately'
Unison has claimed that more than 60 per cent of the public believe that public services should be run using directly employed workers.
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Pump up the volume
Claims that the NHS was on the verge of crisis helped break the petrol tankers' blockades. Was the health service used and abused? Lyn Whitfield and Mark Gould investigate
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Not quite the whole tooth
Dental strategy is welcome, but HAs must act now to fill gaps in provision