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Equal wage win opens floodgates
Two more NHS trusts face equal value claims following the victory last week of more than 200 female domestic and catering workers granted parity with male porters at Hartlepool General Hospital.
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Magic Mo-ments planned for devolution year
A magic moment it was indeed when Mo Mowlam addressed the Royal College of Nursing congress (politics, 18 March). But in your news focus report of the event, the suggestion that health secretary Frank Dobson 'had better things to do' than address congress is unfair.
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Short cuts Denham plans speed-up on non-executive posts
Health minister John Denham has announced government plans to speed up the appointment of trust and health authority non-executive directors. He told last week's NHS Executive conference on human resources that regional boards had set in place 'work to look at how we can streamline processes and avoid some of ...
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Short cuts Free eye tests for elderly people reintroduced
Free eye tests for people aged over 60 were restored on 1 April, reversing the policy of the past 10 years. The Royal National Institute for the Blind estimates that 500,000 people could have their sight saved as a result. Health secretary Frank Dobson said restoring free eye tests was ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
So, AMIGOS, you're getting a little JIP about MINIS. It is time to address the issue head on with better PR. And if none of that makes any sense, you need the Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms, lovingly crafted by South Manchester primary care group lay member Martin ...
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Short cuts Counsellors issue commissioning guide for PCGs
A guide to commissioning managed counselling services has been published by the Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care. Chair Joan Foster says counsellors, most of whom are on individual contracts, fear that counselling in GP surgeries will collapse with the start of primary care groups, 'despite its proven ...
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Clinical trials can test effectiveness
Your feature on the introduction of the Alzheimer's drug, donepezil, in the Withington Hospital, Manchester, ('Making introductions', pages 28-29, 25 February) stated that 'evidence of its efficacy in clinical use and its cost-effectiveness can only be obtained from further research and audit after its introduction in clinical practice'.
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NICE: the cast list
Chair Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, clinical pharmacologist, formerly chair of the Committee on Safety of Medicines.
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Career NHS manager takes top post at NICE
Health secretary Frank Dobson has chosen a low-profile career NHS manager to head the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, launched this week as a special health authority.
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Effective Health Care
Effective Health Care is an independent report based on systematic reviews of the research evidence, produced by the NHS centre for reviews and dissemination, York University. The bulletin aims to provide NHS decision makers with information on the effectiveness of interventions and the delivery and organisation of healthcare.
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IHSM calls for a 'more explicit' political direction on rationing
Rationing will become more explicit because of the cash limits on primary care groups, according to an Institute of Health Services Management discussion paper.
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Putting a premium on preventing pricey calls
Trusts are still dismissing employees for making premium-rate telephone calls at work. In this day and age, it is inconceivable that any trust has a telephone system which does not prevent premium-rate calls.
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Short cuts Expert panel to help Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry
A group of 35 experts in 14 different specialties has been appointed to help the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry. Evidence will be taken from the medical royal colleges and other professional organisations when the inquiry resumes on 19 April. In its first three weeks, the inquiry took oral evidence from ...