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Push for mobile computing
US-based AvantGo is launching its Enterprise Interactive software to support mobile computing users in the UK.
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Lay members of PCGs in key community role
Lay members of primary care group boards play a crucial role in ensuring that the views of local communities are taken into account, even though they are not community representatives, a Doctor Patient Partnership conference heard last week.
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The comfort of small things
Patients and relatives value the non-clinical, as well as clinical, aspects of care, as Sarah Carr learned when her baby son fell seriously ill
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Clinicians seek 'radical overhaul' of Scots NHS
The 'crisis' in the NHS in Scotland is worsening and will not be stopped without a 'radical overhaul' of healthcare delivery, senior clinicians warned this week.
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Going round in circulars
The move towards a standard form of PFI contract for IT projects can make procurement simpler and cheaper, but commercial flexibility should not be forgotten, say Colin Lynch and Paul Webster
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Surgeons devise knee-care CD
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital trust has developed an interactive CD aimed at helping GPs diagnose musculoskeletal disorders of the knee, such as osteoarthritis.
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Short Cuts: Charity calls for government mental health 'czar'
Mental health charity MACA has called for the Department of Health to consider appointing a mental health czar in the wake of the appointment of a national heart director last week. Chief executive Gil Hitchon said: 'Cancer, heart disease and mental health are the government's top health priorities. We now ...
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In Brief: Institutionalised racism in the mental health system
Institutionalised racism in the mental health system is still hampering changes to services for black and ethnic minority users, according to a snapshot survey by Mind. Seventy per cent of respondents felt that providers were trying to improve their services, but 86 per cent said that the system still discriminated ...
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In Brief: UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting says it is 'extremely concerned' that the government's plans to reform the Mental Health Act make no provision for the prosecution of staff who sexually or physically abuse patients, or steal from them. It also rejected a green paper proposal ...
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In Brief: Straw poll of visitors to HSJ 's website
Health service managers do not believe that elected mayors should run the health service, according to a straw poll of visitors to HSJ 's website. Voting started last Thursday, and by Tuesday morning the figures were 211 against and 21 in favour.
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In Brief: NEON
NEON - formerly Microscript - has announced e-Biz 2000, an integration server compliant with Windows DNA. It can transport data between information servers and applications; determine which data is to be sent where; translate source data into a format suitable for the destination; and provide links between integration servers and ...
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In Brief: Informer Systems
Informer Systems has launched Sentrinet access control software, to allow users to log on to a Novell or Windows NT network with their name and fingerprint rather than a password. The company claims elimination of password management from the IT systems support workload can save up to £150 per user ...
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In Brief: Stryker
Stryker is launching its Endosuite family of computer-controlled endoscopic surgery tools in the UK. The tools can be manipulated by robotic arms under control of either the surgeon's voice or via keyboard. More than 300 suites are installed in the US, where they save an estimated 15 per cent of ...
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In Brief: Health Direction and NHSpeople.net
Health Direction and NHSpeople.net have co-operated to develop and launch a comprehensive NHS telephone directory on NHSnet. The NHS192 directory is a webbased version of Health Direction's contacts database. It will contain details of every GP practice, primary care group and health authority in England, their equivalents in Scotland, Wales ...
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Boyle's law
The man in charge of implementing Alan Milburn's heart disease framework says he will achieve his aims by charm rather than brute force. Kaye McIntosh reports