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Patchy service in old-age mental health
Mental health services for elderly people are patchy and inconsistent, with many areas continuing to sink resources into hospital and residential care while failing to deliver joint working, according to the Audit Commission.
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Vaccine and not heard
Some claim the shortage of childhood vaccines is due to the drug companies monopoly. The real reason is lack of political priority
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NHS to take over MoD hospital
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority is planning to take over the site of a military hospital at the centre of heated debate among local people angered at Ministry of Defence plans to close it down.
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Room for improvement
Patients treated in good surroundings rate their treatment and staff more highly than those seen in old buidlings. Bryan Lawson and Michael Phiri report
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Managers warn that pay rise could leave NHS struggling
The governments decision to award most health service staff an above inflation pay rise could leave the NHS struggling to meet the cost of other demands, health service managers have warned.
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Top of the shops
The latest push to revitalise local shopping services has been accused of focusing exclusively on commercial issues, writes Alison Forbes
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Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety
The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.
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£1m to reduce pressure on junior doctors in Wales
Welsh trusts are being given £1m to assist them with reducing the intensity of work faced by junior doctors. The money will be used to ensure junior doctors have a reasonable expectation of six to eight hours rest when on call continuously, if possible. British Medical Association Welsh secretary Bob ...
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£12m overspend trust may axe surgical beds
Waiting times could be allowed to rise and up to 110 surgical beds could be cut in a bid to save money at a cash strapped Scottish trust.
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Lucky 13 will be first-wave PCT pioneers
Just 13 primary care trusts have been chosen to spearhead the governments revolution in primary care in April.
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£23 a year per head: the cost of workplace well-being
The workplace well-being team is staffed by a clinical psychologist and two accredited workplace counsellors, an administrator or receptionist and a research assistant, all working part-time.
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Edgware Community Hospital gets £21.8m revamp
Barnet Healthcare trust has announced that London regional office has approved £21.8m plans to redevelop Edgware Community Hospital. Chief executive Murray Duncanson said it was delighted that modern, integrated services for the local population would be in place within the foreseeable future. One of the first walk-in centres will be ...
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Its not about the money
Easing Glasgow s health problems is more than a case of redistributing wealth, say critics of a recent report on inequalities, writes Barbara Millar
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Trusts defend themselves against expensive ranking in index
Trusts divided sharply in their response to the new schedule of reference costs, depending on whether they were ranked among the cheapest or most expensive in the country .
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Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps
The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.