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PCTs' mental health role doubted by MPs
Primary care trusts lack the 'depth of expertise'needed to take responsibility for mental health services, according to Commons health select committee members.
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'The devastation will be unbelievable'
General paint operator John Smith (not his real name), 49, has worked at Longbridge for the past 27 years.He has been on sick leave since December 1999 suffering from depression, is on regular medication and is being counselled by his GP.Two weeks ago, before BMW's decision was revealed, he felt ...
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Delay for ruling over hip devices
A ruling from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on which hipreplacement devices the NHS should use has been delayed by a manufacturer's advance appeal.
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Executive decisions
Scottish senior managers are to have their salaries fixed by the Scottish Executive in a bid to 'introduce fairness and equity with other NHS staff members', according to a spokesperson for health minister Susan Deacon.
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Days like this
Demands to evaluate reforms. . .Call for managers' pay body. . .Warning over HAs. . .'No growth' predicted. . .Cautionary note on taxation
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NHS spared worst in limit on damages
A Court of Appeal decision to limit a rise in damages for pain and suffering in personal injury cases has been welcomed by NHS experts, who had feared the cost of medical negligence would rise by tens of millions of pounds more than now looks likely.
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Cost a packet
Theories on the causes of rocketing generic drug costs are numerous, but are there as many solutions, asks Jeremy Davies
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'More power for toothless select committees'
Commons select committees - including the health committee - should be given more powers to investigate, monitor and influence government policy, according to an MPs' report.
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Scandal-trust chief 'unlikely' to return to city
The suspended chief executive of North Lakeland Healthcare trust, which last week was the subject of a damning external review report into the abuse of mentally ill patients, has admitted it is unlikely he will return to work in Carlisle.
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On the case
FRAUD If fraud in large organisations is 5 per cent of revenue, that's £2bn a year for the NHS in England alone. But is the counter-fraud directorate really going to deliver on the detection and recovery of funds? Patrick Butler reports
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We've seen the carrot, but what shape is the stick?
comment Cheap jibes at 'bureaucrats' won't win the improvements everyone seeks
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Private care could face tough new era
Private hospitals and clinics will come under an unprecedented level of scrutiny if plans set out by the Department of Health last week are implemented.
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In Brief: Capital investment in the NHS in Wales
Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has announced £53m capital investment in the NHS in Wales, including £12.4m to develop a mental illness unit for the Rhondda and Taff Ely and £12m to expand mental health facilities in Bridgend.
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In Brief: David Piachaud calls for improvement in child nutrition
David Piachaud, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, has called for a new programme of school breakfasts and an extension of free school meals to improve child nutrition.He also told the annual conference of the UK Public Health Association that 'alcopops' should be banned.
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In Brief: St George's Hospital
A £48m development to sweep away Victorian wards at St George's Hospital in Tooting and provide modern accommodation for cardiothoracic and neurosciences services has been approved by health secretary Alan Milburn.The work will be funded through the private finance initiative.
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In Brief: Essex Rivers Healthcare trust hits waiting list target
Essex Rivers Healthcare trust has announced that it has hit its waiting-list target for the first time since 1996 by getting lists down from 7,614 last April to 5,926 in March, passing its target of 6,238.Chief executive Mike Pollard said staff had 'worked beyond the call of duty'.