All News articles – Page 2045
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It's a stitch-up
A scheme to improve home care and cut the length of hospital stay for elderly patients succeeded by integrating primary care services. David Powell and Ed Peile report
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On a well-planned journey
Claire Laurent looks at how local providers of cancer services have implemented one-stop shops to speed patients through the system
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Kicking stress
Footballer Stan Collymore launches a guide produced by the Depression Alliance giving young people advice about stress and where to get help. Two young people take their lives every day. A recent poll for the alliance found the greatest causes of stress were money, employment and exams and studies. Almost ...
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Labour set to listen
The NHS this week began the first of a two-part consultation to bring staff and patients on board for its 'national plan' for health.
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North-east London trusts to undergo shake-up
Health minister John Denham has announced a major shake-up of trusts in north-east London. Two acute and one mental health trust will take over from four existing trusts - BHB Community Healthcare, Forest Healthcare, Havering Hospitals and Redbridge Health Care.
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Spending pennies
It looks like a financial report. It reads like a press release. The Government's NHS Expenditure Plans 2000-01 is an odd hybrid.
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Probation periods
Britain's list of randomised controlled trials runs to more than 500. Geoff Watts summarises a few of the major ones
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Pioneering spirits
In our occasional profiles of professionals in contrasting roles, Maura Thompson asks two health promotion workers to describe their work
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Target practice
The general election is some way off, but the first salvos have been fired in the health debate. Patrick Butler gets caught in the crossfire
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Writing on the wall
New Labour's enthusiasm for guidance and targets is well known. But what impact are the guidelines having on the drive to improve Britain's lamentable cancer survival rates? Wendy Moore reports
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Spring into action
Ray Bell (foreground) and George Telford, members of Gateshead Health trust's mental health service gardener's project, with a calendar they helped to produce.
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CHI pilot volunteers ruled out in favour of 'typical acute services'
All 10 trusts that volunteered to be the first inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement have been ruled out as pilot sites for the organisation's clinical governance reviews.
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Unison call to suspend chief after race tribunal
Union officials are demanding the suspension of a trust chief executive after a manager won her claim for racial discrimination at an industrial tribunal.
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Flagship merger in doubt after HA queries growth cash 'mismatch'
A financial 'mismatch' could derail a health authority merger seen as a 'blueprint for changes elsewhere'.
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In brief: Medical Devices Agency
The Medical Devices Agency has issued a guide for managers and healthcare workers on the safe use of medical equipment and how to report adverse incidents.
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Streets ahead
It is New Labour's 50th local initiative, but can the national strategy for neighbourhood renewal, which has public service provision at its heart, succeed where others have failed? Matt Weaver reports