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Schizophenia Drugs
Exciting claims about what 'atypical' antipsychotic drugs can do are marred by the poor quality of much of the research evidence, say Paul Wilson, Simon Gilbody and Anne-Marie Bagnall
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Langlands rebukes HFMA as DoH turns the screw on media
NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has rebuked finance directors in the wake of a survey showing that the NHS is set to plunge into deficit this year.
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To retain doctors we must improve their working hours and pay for excess time
Staff shortages on the wards: some solutions
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Days like this
Lobby opposes NHS Bill. . . Managers want reforms scaled down. . .£103m for IT. . . New DoH deputy secretary. . . Hospital plan opposed
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Publish and be damned
Release of a survey showing a likely £1bn NHS deficit brought the HFMA a sharp rebuke at its annual conference last week, reports Lyn Whitfield
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Short Cuts: Numbers on nursing register fall to seven-year low
Annual statistics published by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting show the number of people on its register has fallen to a seven-year low. The number of people registered fell 3,220 to 634,229 last year. But the number leaving the register fell and the number joining ...
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Short Cuts: Scots secure psychiatric services at 'crisis point'
A shortage of secure psychiatric beds and an increase in referrals mean psychiatric services in Scotland have reached crisis point, according to the annual report of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. It says the State Hospital at Carstairs, which provides high-security beds for Scotland and Northern Ireland, will become ...
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Chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson watches staff nurse Damon Harritz Grech demonstrate the advanced clinical information system at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with patient Mark Wainright.
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Loss cause
Eighty-five ex-employees of a privatised NHS consultancy who lost their pensions when it went to the wall have reached a settlement - but the fight goes on for those still awaiting justice. Patrick Butler reports
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Minister issues threat to overrule MSPs in row over cash share out
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon looks set to overrule MSPs in a clash over a major reform of the way NHS funds are shared out.
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Who cares wins
The changing nature of nursing in a managerial age By Ian Norman and Sarah Cowley Blackwell Science 192 pages £16.99
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Short Cuts: Three candidates for Unison general secretary
Unison has announced that three candidates have received enough nominations to stand for election as general secretary. They are Roger Bannister, Knowsley branch secretary, nominated by one regional council and 66 branches; Malkiat Bilku from London regional branch, nominated by 33 branches; and Dave Prentis, deputy general secretary, nominated by ...
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Short Cuts: UN commissions NHS Estates team to tackle bug
NHS Estates has been commissioned by the United Nations International Year 2000 Cooperation Centre to manage a project taking help and advice on millennium bug issues to health services in developing countries. The Reconstitution Project for Health will run alongside similar global schemes covering communications, energy, finance and transport and ...
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In Brief: Commission for Health Improvement
The full membership of the Commission for Health Improvement has been announced.
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In Brief: National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Twenty heads of multiple sclerosis services are to begin a programme of audit and evaluation to help inform the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on standards for MS care. The MS heads of service network is chaired by Professor Alan Thompson, clinical director of neurorehabilitation and therapy services at the ...
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In Brief: Capital Solutions
Healthcare consultancy Capital Solutions, part of Leeds Teaching hospitals trust, has merged with NHS Estates. Kate Priestley, NHS Estates chief executive, said the merger was 'further evidence of NHS Estates being able to connect the centre with the service'. Capital Solution will trade under the NHS Estates banner as part ...