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Short Cuts: Hutton agrees East Yorks community trust merger
Junior health minister John Hutton has approved the merger of two community and mental health trusts in East Yorkshire. East Yorkshire Community trust and Hull and Holderness Community trust will combine on 1 October to form Hull and East Riding Community Health trust. The decision follows an earlier move to ...
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Security review for all three special hospitals
The government has announced a review of security at all three special hospitals as part of its response to the Fallon inquiry into Ashworth Special Hospital's personality disorder unit.
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Pally at the Ally
Teenies' delight Richard Blackwood put some rare glamour into health management at a HImP launch. Kaye McIntosh looked on in disbelief
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In Brief: Almost one in three pregnant women smokes
Almost one in three pregnant women smokes, and the number has shown no sign of falling for eight years, according to research for the Health Education Authority to coincide with the government's 'No Tar! Mum' campaign, launched on Tuesday. The HEA says it is vital for health professionals to raise ...
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'There's such a push for creativity, it's almost frightening'
Janet Snell canvassed opinion on how chief executives see their new roles progressing
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Ambulance dispute taken to Assembly
Former chief ambulance officer John Beecher, who won more than £200,000 in an out of court settlement from Welsh Ambulance Services trust last week, is planning to raise issues about his case with the Welsh Assembly.
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Heart surgery audit hit by lack of resources as units drop out
Ten cardiac units which failed to take part in 'the first comprehensive audit of heart surgery' have blamed lack of resources and facilities for their absence from the data.
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NAO blasts 'unacceptable' payouts by Scottish trusts
Spending watchdogs have criticised two Scottish trusts for making 'unacceptable' pay-offs to former executives.
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Branching out
Children from Warley Road Primary School test out a 'living shelter' made of willow at Manor Health Park, Halifax, with Judy Stewart, senior health promotion specialist at Calderdale Healthcare trust.
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In Brief: Pfizer will not sue
Drug company Pfizer has announced that it will not sue the government for compensation in the wake of the High Court judgement that health secretary Frank Dobson acted unlawfully in his initial guidance banning the prescription of anti-impotence drug Viagra on the NHS.
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In Brief: The Commons health select committee to launch inquiry
The Commons health select committee is to launch an inquiry into 'what action the tobacco industry has taken, and is taking, in response to the scientific knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking and the addictive nature of nicotine'. The inquiry will also look at 'the role of the government ...
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In Brief: Guidelines on euros
NHS organisations are not obliged to deal in euros and should only do so if this represents value for money, according to guidance issued by the NHS Executive. It also says that dealing in euros can be done through the normal banking system, and separate euro accounts will not usually ...
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In Brief: Hugh Ross statement
Hugh Ross, chief executive of United Bristol Healthcare trust, was referring to the NHS, rather than the trust specifically, when he said issues relating to consent for postmortems and tissue retention had 'perhaps' been handled 'in a somewhat cavalier fashion' in the past (news, page 5, 15 July).
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Take it from the top on career development
Chairs and chief executives should be 'role models and champions of life-long learning', according to government guidance on continuing professional development in the NHS.