All News articles – Page 1996
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Clean sweep
The government promises that dirt and grime are to be banished from hospitals - now. Lyn Whitfield wonders if a quick fix is really the answer
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News: National Childbirth Trust
The National Childbirth Trust has called for 'one-stop information shops' to be set up in health centres and hospitals. A study found seven out of 10 first-time mothers wanted more information on everything from possible interventions in pregnancy to how to get back into shape.
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MPs 'frustrated' by difficulty in changing NHS
The National Audit Office has saved the taxpayer £1.3bn over the past three years, meeting its target to save £8 for every £1 it costs to run, Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, said as it released its annual report last week.Four reports issued over the past year looked ...
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Scottish control centres set to close
Scottish Ambulance Service is proposing to reduce its control rooms from eight to two or three.
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Cash-hungry, volatile and high-risk: the genomics industry
The business of genomics is not dissimilar to that of Internet commerce:
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News: English and Welsh cancer services
The Commission for Health Improvement and the Audit Commission are to examine a random selection of health organisations as part of a review of cancer services. The findings will be used to assess progress in implementing the 1995 Calman-Hine report and the 1996 Cameron report on English and Welsh cancer ...
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Breastfeeding
Successful promotion of the benefits of breastfeeding requires balanced co-ordination of education and peer support for mothers, as well as training for healthcare staff, write Lisa Fairbank and Sue O'Meara
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Union blasts PFI firm over shifts
The company running non- clinical services at the country's first private finance initiative hospital has been accused of scrapping 'family friendly' shift patterns and forcing 40 cleaners into taking redundancy.
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Bed spread
The government is to invest £900m in intermediate care ser v ices des igned to keep o lder peop le out of hospital. Liverpool already has experience of using nursing home beds as alternatives to hospital care. The city has a large independent nursing home sector and, against a background ...
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The good, the bad and the ugly
Caring for older people An assessment of community care in the 1990s By Linda Bauld, John Chesterman, Bleddyn Davies, Ken Judge, Roshni Mangalore Ashgate 408 pages £49.95
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Payout packages attacked by MSPs
Scottish opposition parties have attacked the £2.8m paid in early retirement packages to senior NHS managers as part of trust restructuring.
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Appeal Court ruling creates new anomaly in care charging
An Appeal Court ruling has created a further anomaly in care charging policies, while raising concerns that the cost will force cuts in mental health services.
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Lottery preferred to extra taxes to aid NHS
A MORI poll has shown limited support for increased taxes to support the NHS. Of a sample of 2,014 adults questioned, 74 per cent said the National Lottery was their prefered option for additional funds, while 42 per cent supported diverting money from other areas of government spending and a ...
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Rich countries fail to respond to Africa appeals
Wealthy nations are failing to support World Health Organisation appeals for emergency health programmes in countries hit by war, population displacement and natural disaster, according to WHO figures. Five out of 21 appeals issued through the United Nations this year have failed to attract any support and four have achieved ...