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Lenient sentence for man who stole ambulance sparks anger
Cumbria Ambulance Service trust has described a 29-month driving ban and £400 fine for a man who stole one of its ambulances as particularly lenient.
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Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps
The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.
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Trusts defend themselves against expensive ranking in index
Trusts divided sharply in their response to the new schedule of reference costs, depending on whether they were ranked among the cheapest or most expensive in the country .
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Its not about the money
Easing Glasgow s health problems is more than a case of redistributing wealth, say critics of a recent report on inequalities, writes Barbara Millar
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£23 a year per head: the cost of workplace well-being
The workplace well-being team is staffed by a clinical psychologist and two accredited workplace counsellors, an administrator or receptionist and a research assistant, all working part-time.
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Edgware Community Hospital gets £21.8m revamp
Barnet Healthcare trust has announced that London regional office has approved £21.8m plans to redevelop Edgware Community Hospital. Chief executive Murray Duncanson said it was delighted that modern, integrated services for the local population would be in place within the foreseeable future. One of the first walk-in centres will be ...
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Lucky 13 will be first-wave PCT pioneers
Just 13 primary care trusts have been chosen to spearhead the governments revolution in primary care in April.
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£12m overspend trust may axe surgical beds
Waiting times could be allowed to rise and up to 110 surgical beds could be cut in a bid to save money at a cash strapped Scottish trust.
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£1m to reduce pressure on junior doctors in Wales
Welsh trusts are being given £1m to assist them with reducing the intensity of work faced by junior doctors. The money will be used to ensure junior doctors have a reasonable expectation of six to eight hours rest when on call continuously, if possible. British Medical Association Welsh secretary Bob ...
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Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety
The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.
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And the winner is plague!
No other disease has been responsible for so much social upheaval, ranging from a crusade, to the discovery that the medical profession is seldom as competent as it claims
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Monitor
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? Monitor has always found other people a fairly safe bet. This week begins with a minions say the funniest things special - starting with the cute and curious world of public relations. Take the partnership between the prison service ...
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Hitting the roof
An expected £17m saving turned out to be £5m, Sir Alan Langlands was forced to admit, as MPs quizzed him on a key PFI project. Lyn Whitfield was there
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Take a long, hard look
A film recording peoples experiences of mental health services through the 20th century makes grim, and sometimes shocking, viewing. And its long - but not in the context of participants lives, writes Laura Donnelly
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The long goodbye
Reaching a 100th birthday will soon become a commonplace event. But the centenarians of the new millennium will not be the chronic sick and long-stayers of managers worst nightmares, writes Jenny Bryan