All News articles – Page 2009
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All things to all men
The long-awaited national beds inquiry report seems to cater for all tastes. Primary, intermediate, acute. . . you can have it all. Or can you? Laura Donnelly reports
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Cooper pushes ahead on hospital with fewer beds
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has overturned opposition to a £200m hospital in Birmingham to replace the Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals.
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Admission and discharge
Decision to admit or discharge on the basis of an x to y scoring system. For example, if the patient's score is greater than y, admit; if less than x, discharge. If the score is between x and y, refer for decision.
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Acute beds on the up - or the down
Acute bed numbers could be increased by 35,000 in the next 20 years - or cut by 23,000 - according to a longawaited report by the government's national beds inquiry.
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Denham announces £20m for cataract surgery
Health minister John Denham has announced that the government will invest £20m over the next two years to modernise cataract surgery and cut waiting times. The money will allow 50 'modernisation sites' to streamline treatment and ensure a maximum wait of six months from referral to surgery. Treatment and recovery ...
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Cutting infections 'could save £150m'
The National Audit Office has estimated that the cost of hospital-acquired infection could be cut by 15 per cent across the NHS, saving £150m a year.
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HA pays out £800,000 to nurse after lifting injury
A former intensive care nurse has accepted more than £800,000 from Greenwich health authority after two hospital back injuries left him unable to work. Karl Douglas, a 28-year-old staff nurse, had to give up his career in 1992 when he injured his back lifting a 76kg (12 stone) patient without ...
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WEBWATCH
Do you sometimes sit in meetings wondering what your colleagues are droning on about? Do you ever wonder what on earth you're talking about? 'The SAFF, JIPs and PCIPs are interdependent elements in the planning process and are an integral part of producing the HImP.' In all honesty, does that ...
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Wired for sound
Clashes between medical professionals and 'survivors' kept the temperature rising at a debate on ECT. Laura Donnelly was there
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Pie in the sky
The government plans to use the national resource allocation formula to calculate funding for primary care groups. But is this the best method? Richard Cannock and Paul Miller look at how it applies to smaller bodies
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Moving story
An adult placement scheme for residents of a long-stay hospital that is due to close has provoked controversy, writes Colin Wright
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Under the knife
Phil Randall, a consultant in the accident and emergency department of North Manchester General Hospital and medical director of North Manchester Health Care trust, displays weapons seized from patients and visitors. The hospital put the weapons on show at a seminar to launch a 'zero tolerance zone' initiative that includes ...
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Stressed to kill
NHS managers are more prone to stress than those in other sectors and suffer from it more than doctors or nurses.
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It's a small world
A new campaign aims to highlight and tackle the increasing globalisation of health problems.
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News focus
Just like film star Meryl Streep, able to adapt to many different roles, and carry them off with aplomb. That's the model for the Commission for Health Improvement. Kaye McIntosh reports