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Tragic delay: Tracy Kent and the duty of care
A doctor attending pregnant asthma sufferer Tracy Kent called the London Ambulance Service at 4.25pm and asked for an ambulance to take her to casualty 'immediately'.
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Careering down a radical path
How far will work roles change, as new technologies and service delivery patterns take shape? One trust came up with some radical ideas. John Langan and John Rogers explain
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Charity 'funded cottage on NHS'
Ministers have promised to investigate claims that a charity charged with caring for people with learning difficulties spent NHS money on a holiday cottage, caravan and boat.
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Hutt retreats on CHC shake-up
Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has backed away from imposing a single model for community health councils in Wales. A new structure will allow 20 CHCs to develop different federal models.
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Watchdogs pour scorn as trusts volunteer to be CHI guinea pigs
As many as 10 trusts have volunteered to be inspected by the Commission for Health Improvement when it starts work in April.
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Not enough money in the Honey-pot to save chief
Failure to win extra cash sealed fate of London Ambulance Service head
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As hard as they come
Nicotine dependence is comparable with addiction to drugs like heroin, says a report which calls for a Nicotine Regulatory Authority. Barbara Millar reports
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Falling czar
It's all looking a bit bleak for drugs 'czar' Keith Hellawell. But is criticism of his apparent lack of progress fair? Janet Snell reports
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Days like this
Drug demand to increase. . . directors want more cash. . . call for change in community care. . .DoH accused of lying. . . homeless 'too expensive'
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Diagnosis and treatment plan
Provisional diagnosis Develop and implement treatment plan (commence oxygen, prescribe medication within agreed protocol, administer medication, catheterisation: male and female, further tests, mobilisation and rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, dietary assessment and advice, p rescription of dietary supplements, prescription and administration of IV therapy, swallowing assessment, change a peg tube, change supra-pubic ...
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Diagnostic tests
Decide, order and undertake appropriate tests within agreed protocols (ECG, x-ray, haematological and biochemical analysis, blood-gas analysis, request blood for transfusion, analysis of urine, stools, sputum and swabs) Order (but not perform) microbiological and virology analyses Examine and interpret the results of the tests
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MDU says GPs 'do not have to follow' NHS Direct
The Medical Defence Union has responded to a 'rush of enquiries' from GPs to its helpline about NHS Direct by saying family doctors 'do not have to blindly follow' the nurse-led telephone helpline's recommendations but may be 'well advised' to make detailed notes if they decide not to see a ...
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Self-regulation in doubt for GMC post-Shipman
The General Medical Council could become subject to political regulation if it does not speed up suspension procedures after the Shipman murder case. Ministers are thought to have become impatient with GMC claims that its procedures cannot be quickened without legislative reform.
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Encouraging growth: hospital medicine
Since 1988 there has been a steady increase in the percentage of women hospital medical staff in all the main grades. Their total number has risen by 72 per cent since 1988, to 20,210 in 1998.
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Not hip enough
The Audit Commission has criticised hospitals for failing to make enough progress in treating patients with hip fractures.
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'Without family support it would be
Alison Lannigan, a specialist registrar at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, has two children, aged four and 18 months, and - just a step away from becoming a consultant surgeon - has little time to spare.
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Round the world, but still the lone female
Iona Reid has travelled the world to get to the top in her chosen career as a surgeon.
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Spoiling for a fight on smoking
HSJ website poll reveals managers' support for suing tobacco companies