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'Elbow room' runs out in island's PCT rejig
The smallest health authority in England is almost certain to disappear amid plans to create a primary care trust covering the same area.
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Well disposed
Judy Ormerod, a nurse at Kirkstall Road Medical Centre in Leeds, demonstrates a disposal unit on display at Missing the Point, a conference on reducing common needlestick injuries to healthcare workers. Significant advances have been made in developing both needle-free and needle-safe devices, but their adoption in the UK has ...
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How Tone's tunnel vision was diagnosed on spec
We should have spotted how enthusiastic - and how calculating - Tony Blair was going to get over health politics when he hosted that 'joint ministerial committee'on health matters in Cardiff the other Friday.
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NHS 'struggling' to meet needs of diabetes patients
The Audit Commission has found that some parts of the NHS are 'struggling' to meet the needs of diabetes patients , and improvements will be needed if it is to meet rising demand . Diabetes currently accounts for £2bn of hospital costs each year, and this is set to double ...
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Dear Mel. . .
At one time it was very important to consider the length of time patients waited for admission to hospital. Is this still the case?
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Days like this
'Keep internal market simple'. . .Quality of care warning. . .London surgery threat. . .HAs' huge budget cuts. . .Fears for community care. . .
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Experts query role of mental health 'czar'
The government has at last appointed a mental health 'czar' - six months after launching the national service framework.
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The directors' cut
The medical director wields great influence and is better paid than some chief executives. But reconciling the demands of management and medicine can be tricky. Barbara Millar reports
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Co-operation without politics
With less than a month before the London mayoral election, most voters are none the wiser about which candidate is most likely to work effectively in the interests of Londoners' health.
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PFI hospital project 'didn't consider public finance'
The Commons public accounts committee has said it is 'not convinced' that the use of public finance was seriously considered for the flagship private finance initiative hospital project at Dartford and Gravesham trust. In a report following a critical National Audit Office investigation, the committee says this may have 'influenced ...
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NICE orders review of four confidential inquiries
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has asked Sir John Grimley Evans, professor of geriatric medicine at Oxford University, to review the four confidential inquiries that now come under its umbrella. The review will look at the contribution made by the inquiries, whether they should continue to remain confidential, how ...
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Shared ownership of a common goal
Relationships in the NHS Bridging the gap By Geoff Meads and John Ashcroft Royal Society of Medicine 140 pages £17.50
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Nought for your comfort
Health service workers were told to blame managers, not ministers, for low pay - and the rest - at Unison's healthcare conference. Kaye McIntosh reports
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'Downgrade' plan trust chief quits
A trust chief executive at the centre of a controversial plan to downgrade Crawley Hospital is to leave her post.
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Fighting chance
Chief executives have found the transition from PCGs to PCTs involves balancing relationships with HAs, nurses and GPs, to name but a few. Ann Mahon and Debbie Garrod explain