All News articles – Page 1994
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Peter Coles , acting chief executive of Forest Healthcare trust, is to become chief executive of the new Whipps Cross Hospital trust when it is formed next April. The new trust will manage the general hospital services currently run by Forest Healthcare. Mr Coles was previously chief executive of the ...
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Serving from the shadows
It's not always a fair and open process, nor is it always straightforward. Judith Smith and colleagues report on appointments to PCG boards
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Turning up the volume
London's large Bengali population is benefiting from a local Bengali-speaking audiology services worker. Brian Hall and Dr Tony Sirimanna report
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WEB WATCH
For an organisation which tends to attract managers at an early age and keep them for life, the NHS has never been that good at maintaining a collective memory. Its tendency to look for scapegoats when things go wrong and willingness to sacrifice whole generations of managers to organisational change ...
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'No shows' bill may top £185m
Patients' failures to keep GP appointments could be costing the NHS up to £185m a year, according to a survey by Doctor Pat ient Partnership and the Institute of Healthcare Management.
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GMC flexes muscles in bid to curb abuses
The General Medical Council has used newly acquired powers to suspend or restrict three doctors while investigations take place into suspected poor performance.
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Current accounts
Little has been done to redress the imbalance in research funding which favours large teaching hospitals at the expense of smaller units, say Anne Lacey and Margaret Fall
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In Brief: 'action for equity in Europe' statement
Stephen Hawkins, acting chair of Liverpool health authority, and Mike Storey, leader of Liverpool city council, have signed the World Health Organisation's 'action for equity in Europe' statement, which commits them to addressing inequalities in health. Mr Hawkins said this showed the HA's 'commitment to delivering real action'.
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After 'Enery, whatever next?
We may love him, but should an ex-pugilist spearhead a health campaign?
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Short Cuts: New chief executive for Environment Agency
Baroness Young of Old Scone, a former NHS chief executive and prominent member of the Institute of Health Services Management , has been appointed chief executive of the Environment Agency. Baroness Young was chief executive of Parkside health authority from 1991 to 1998, and was the first woman president of ...
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Drop in applications blamed on rule change
The leader of the UK's deans of medical schools has said a change in the rules on how many places students can apply to is behind an apparent drop in applications.
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Asian GPs'procedures under the microscope
The Commission for Racial Equality has been asked to investigate why Asian GPs appear to be involved in most of the performance procedures carried out in Greater Manchester.
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Assistance for the assistants
NVQs in Nursing and Residential Care Homes (Second edition) By Linda Nazarko Blackwell Science 288 pages £13.99
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Short Cuts: Audit office support for properly managed risks
The National Audit Office has supported moves to persuade government departments to take more risks - as long as they are properly managed. It says 'a constructive approach to risk taking can provide services in new ways', but managing risk is important to ensure better service delivery, minimise waste and ...
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Short Cuts: Beta interferon prescription service backed
Welsh Liberal Democrats have backed calls by the Multiple Sclerosis Society for the Welsh Assembly to make beta interferon available on prescription. Health spokeswoman Kirsty Williams said she thought the Assembly should 'go it alone' in making the drug available. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is still debating the ...