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Waiting-list rise sparks funds plea
The largest increase in inpatient waiting lists for more than a year shows the need for greater strategic planning and resources to prevent seasonal overheating, says the NHS Confederation.
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Work record is questioned at tribunal hearing
A manager who accused a trust chief executive of sexual harassment was questioned this week about her work record at an employment tribunal hearing.
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Winning hearts and minds
Work pressures make life difficult for managers and clinicians - and dangerous for patients. Thelma Agnew hears frank talk at a seminar on work culture
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Milburn may not mourn his passing, but managers will
Health secretary's return may have been the final straw for Langlands
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How to settle old scores
The GP quiz book 2 Further detection and management of physical disease By Alick Munro Radcliffe Medical Press 191 pages £17.95
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One hundred years of solicitude
The Labour Party seems reluctant to look back to its origins a century ago. But its history and that of health policy are closely intertwined.
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Of primary importance
The major providers of mental healthcare are often those in primary care with the least training to deliver it - a situation being remedied by one specialist centre, writes Elizabeth Armstrong
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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 ...