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Half PCGs rush for trust status
More than half of primary care groups look set to take on trust status by next April, a regional survey by HSJ has revealed.
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Safety match
A unit offering a haven for rape victims is bringing together forensic, psychiatric and medical services - and changing the way the police handle this crime. Lyn Whitfield reports
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NICE refuses to meet multiple sclerosis sufferers
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has responded angrily to a leak of its recommendation that beta interferon should not be prescribed on the NHS. It will now be reviewing its appraisal process with stakeholders. The Multiple Sclerosis Society challenged NICE to allow a group of patients to address it. ...
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monitor
Monitor is nothing if not a Modern Monitor. The news that younger generations are gaily indulging in sex without procreation in mind comes as little surprise. Nonetheless, a nation without clearly defined morals sometimes needs a helping hand. Given the demise of the Health Education Authority, Monitor is ready to ...
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Record number of practitioners struck off register
Almost 100 people were struck off the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting register, according to provisional figures for the year to the end of March. In total, 96 practitioners were removed, equalling the 1996-97 figure. The number of complaints received by the UKCC also reached record ...
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More style than substance on offer
A-Z of Medical Writing By Tim Albert BMJ Books 145 pages £14.95
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Power steering
The final instalment of our series on the government's NHS modernisation plans looks at the two patient teams: empowerment and access. Essentially, this is about shifting the balance of power from the NHS towards patients, making sure they can get 'fast a
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Public enemy no 1
The General Medical Council is under attack now even from doctors. Kaye McIntosh soaks up the hostility at the LMC's annual conference
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Responses to NHS consultation average £2.38 each
The government's £500,000 public consultation scheme in advance of next month's national plan has netted 210,000 responses - 150,000 from leaflets distributed in public places and just under 50,000 from leaflets sent to staff. More than 12 million leaflets were issued. People were asked for three ways of improving the ...
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No two ways about it
Labour needs to balance the health outcome and service delivery agendas in spending the modernisation money, argues Adrian Towse
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Thousands from overseas accept UK job offers
The number of overseas-trained nurses and midwives coming to the UK to work has risen to record levels, according to figures from the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. Provisional statistics show 7,361 nurses and midwives from abroad registered with the UKCC in the year to 31 ...
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Patient group urges action to stop prison suicides
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has called on home secretary Jack Straw to take steps to cut 'the rising toll of prison suicides'. Chief inspector of prisons Sir David Ramsbotham has predicted there could be more than 100 suicides in prison this year. NSF chief executive Cliff Prior said there were ...
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In brief: Alan Milburn
Health secretary Alan Milburn has announced a further 91 nurse consultant posts, taking the total number of 'supernurses' to almost 200, a third of whom specialise in critical care. The Royal College of Nursing called for further expansion.
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A Rubicon a day keeps Al's problems at bay
Iwas talking the other evening to a friend who is taking a new interest in health politics. What about the NHS making more use of the private sector, he asked. 'That's a Rubicon which Blair and Milburn are not keen to cross unless they have to, ' I explained. 'It's ...
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Ambulance head dismisses SMPs' criticism as 'unfair'
The head of Scotland's ambulance service has rejected sharp criticism from the Scottish Parliament's audit committee.
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'Whole-systems' approach urged to solve chaos in rehab services
Rehabilitation services for older people are patchy and poorly co-ordinated, even though they can cut costs and reduce the number of emergency admissions, the Audit Commission says in a report published yesterday.
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Grants awarded to first healthy-living centres in NI
The New Opportunities Fund has given grants worth £500,000 to establish the first healthy living centres in Northern Ireland. The money is going to two centres. The Irvinestown Community Partnership will transform four run-down houses into a healthy-living centre providing employment skills and training programmes as well as health activities. ...