All News articles – Page 2077
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Knowing me, knowing you
Barriers can be broken down when professionals from across the board solve problems at joint learning sessions, writes Seamus Ward
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HA pays out £800,000 to nurse after lifting injury
A former intensive care nurse has accepted more than £800,000 from Greenwich health authority after two hospital back injuries left him unable to work. Karl Douglas, a 28-year-old staff nurse, had to give up his career in 1992 when he injured his back lifting a 76kg (12 stone) patient without ...
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Cutting infections 'could save £150m'
The National Audit Office has estimated that the cost of hospital-acquired infection could be cut by 15 per cent across the NHS, saving £150m a year.
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Denham announces £20m for cataract surgery
Health minister John Denham has announced that the government will invest £20m over the next two years to modernise cataract surgery and cut waiting times. The money will allow 50 'modernisation sites' to streamline treatment and ensure a maximum wait of six months from referral to surgery. Treatment and recovery ...
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Acute beds on the up - or the down
Acute bed numbers could be increased by 35,000 in the next 20 years - or cut by 23,000 - according to a longawaited report by the government's national beds inquiry.
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Admission and discharge
Decision to admit or discharge on the basis of an x to y scoring system. For example, if the patient's score is greater than y, admit; if less than x, discharge. If the score is between x and y, refer for decision.
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Cooper pushes ahead on hospital with fewer beds
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has overturned opposition to a £200m hospital in Birmingham to replace the Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals.
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All things to all men
The long-awaited national beds inquiry report seems to cater for all tastes. Primary, intermediate, acute. . . you can have it all. Or can you? Laura Donnelly reports
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Anti-smoking battle 'will be led by Europe'
The battle against the tobacco industry will be spearheaded by European directives, not homegrown legislation or court actions, health secretary Alan Milburn has told MPs.
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Not shooting up any more: a downturn in child drug use figures
Figures for England in 1998 show the first downturn in the number of schoolchildren ever having used a drug.
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New appointments to Health Quality Service board
The Health Quality Service, which has been operating independently of the King's Fund since the start of the year, has made new appointments to its board of trustees, chaired by Sir Leslie Turnberg.
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Ashworth secondee in surprise shift
The acting chief executive of Ashworth Special Hospital is to leave following an unexpected invitation to head the new North West Regional Mental Health Development Centre.