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Scottish nurses 'are still waiting for mobile phones'
Most community nurses in Scotland have yet to receive the mobile phones they were promised 14 months ago by then Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith to improve safety and efficiency. Community staff have been complaining that the phones are either not yet available or that staff have been asked to ...
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monitor
Miracles don't happen overnight - well not without a shot of religious intervention - and despite all the glorious wonga heading towards the NHS, it could be some time before our nation feels the benefit. Which is where Monitor comes in, scooping up short cuts and cheap tips to drag ...
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PFI-deal trust 'stretched'
The chief executive of a high-profile trust has admitted that its accident and emergency department was 'stretched to the limit' over the winter.
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Shadowlands
People living in independent nursing homes are part of a shadow health service that falls outside the remit of CHI and the National Care Standards Commission. We must not ignore their care, says Chris Vellenoweth
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Spot on
Junior health minister Lord Hunt watches as nurse Susan Taylor applies a tar treatment to fire fighter Peter Kitts at the Prosser White dermatology centre at Leigh Infirmary, which the minister formally opened last week. Ann Le Rougetel White, daughter in-law of Dr Prosser White, a 19th century expert on ...
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Topsy turvy
Chief executives in overpaid, cushy jobs? Think again. The hackneyed image, says Seamus Ward, is being overturned by the reality of a high-risk, insecure, pressurised profession
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Voices off
A generous health secretary and a joking Opposition leader got warm receptions at the RCN Congress. It was when they left the stage that the dissent started, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Three-year jail term for £400,000 betting spree
An NHS manager who gambled over £400,000 of social security payments in betting sprees was jailed this week.
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NAO forecasts in-year overspend of £200m
The NHS is facing a £200m in-year overspend for the financial year just ended, the National Audit Office forecast this week.
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Chief executive to step down with £4.2m deficit uncleared
West Sussex health authority's controversial chief executive Peter Catchpole is to leave for a new career, having failed to clear the HA's historic deficit.
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Crisis talks as CHI moves in on Lakeland for abuse probe
A government hit-squad has held a crisis meeting with managers at a trust stung by revelations of horrifying abuse of elderly mentally ill patients.
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Modernisation team will address sex inequalities
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced that the prevention and inequalities modernisation action team will look at ways of reducing 'the health inequalities which exist between men and women'. At a men's health conference in Birmingham, she also said the new Health Development Agency would look at what measures ...
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New coalition aiming to build on strategy for London
A Coalition for Health and Regeneration in London has been launched 'to ensure that improving the health of Londoners is on everyone's agenda across the capital'. It brings together a wide range of organisations, including the King's Fund, London regional office and the Government Office for London to create an ...
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in brief: Alan Milburn
Health secretary Alan Milburn is wrong to distrust health authorities with modernisistion money, according to health service insiders. In a lift to HAs, 58 per cent of visitors to HSJ's website who voted on the question of the week did not back Mr Milburn. Forty-two per cent supported his stance.
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Welsh review group examines allocation
The Welsh Assembly has brought forward a review of the funding allocation system for the NHS in Wales, and appointed an independent review group chair.
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Strung along
The government's presentational handling of massive extra cash for the NHS has engendered wariness - and weariness - about its real intentions. Lyn Whitfield reports