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In brief: Medical Protection Society
The Medical Protection Society and a private hospital settled a claim over inadequate post-operative monitoring for £250,000, only to see the claimant die just two months after the settlement was agreed. The money, most of it earmarked for her future care and modifications to her home, has gone to her ...
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In brief: Health partners
The Local Government Association has written to all local authorities with a five- point plan that urges them to work with 'health partners' to develop effective, yearlong strategies to improve social care for older people and eradicate bed-blocking.
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has launched a 'national plan for pharmacy', promising that by 2004 prescriptions will be routinely issued by e-mail, NHS Direct will send callers to pharmacies if appropriate and to improve use of an 'action team' for medicines.
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In brief: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
More than 9.5 million people cannot afford to keep their homes decently heated,4 million cannot afford fresh fruit and vegetables or two meals a day, and 6.5 million cannot afford a warm, waterproof coat a major study of poverty by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has established.
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In brief: NHS counter-fraud
Contact details for information about training in NHS counter-fraud were given incorrectly in 'Cut to the Chase' (news focus, page 12,31 August).Training manager David Snell can be reached on 01189-505669 or e-mail David.Snell@cfos. nhs. uk The modular course referred to leads to an accredited counter- fraud specialist qualification, compulsory for ...
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Reforms built into third wave of PMS
The government has incorporated key elements of the NHS plan into contracts for the third wave of personal medical services pilots.
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On the buses: what staff want
In South West region, a taskforce led by Julie Burgess, director of nursing at North Bristol trust, was established to help trusts meet the new standard.
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High Caesarean rates at hospital raises concerns
Southern health and social services council has raised concerns about Caesarean section rates at Craigavon Area Hospital after conducting research about women's experiences of giving birth at the unit. Between June and September last year, the Caesarean rate was 27 per cent - between 8 and 9 per cent higher ...
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Intermediate care model 'more expensive'
An evalutation of an intermediate care unit at Southampton General Hospital has found that the model is more expensive than acute hospital care and produces no added benefits for patients.
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Milburn invited to explain reason for scrapping CHCs
Croydon community health council has invited health secretary Alan Milburn and junior health minster Gisela Stuart to its next meeting to 'explain the thinking behind the NHS plan' and in particular 'the intention to abolish CHCs'. The CHC hopes to persuade at least a senior civil servant to attend. Meanwhile, ...
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Chief resigns from mistreatment scandal trust
The chief executive of a trust at the centre of the Commission for Health Improvement's first 'hit squad' investigation has tendered his resignation.
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Dumped organs claims 'unfounded'
An inquiry into allegations that a hospital threw away children's organs with rubbish has found them to be 'completely unfounded'.
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Seeking clarity with confusion
The NHS plan advocates 'a renewed public service ethos' and asserts the importance of trust in the dealings between patients and staff. Regrettably, there has been precious little evidence of either over the past 20 years or so. Public services have been unloved, neglected and denied the needed investment. Staff ...
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How the collaboratives work
The team has compiled a handbook of good practice - on topics such as access, capacity and demand management, triage, and coronary heart disease care.
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Dunkirk spirit as NHS copes with fuel crisis
The government obtained consent from the Queen and Privy Council earlier this week for contingency powers to control the distribution of fuel across the UK in the face of a blockade of oil refineries and distribution depots.
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Days like this
Community health councils should have contracts specifying their role in monitoring and delivering healthcare, according to South West Thames regional chair Baroness Cumberlege. 'The initiative for the shape the contracts take must come from the CHCs themselves, 'she said. Reaction has been mixed, with some CHCs feeling contracts could give ...
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Resounding defeats leave HA out of pocket
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.