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'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign
Chin wag: health minister John Denham (left) and Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine sit under posters showing weapons used in attacks on NHS staff, at the launch of the 'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign, which aims to'underline that violence against staff working in the NHS is unacceptable'.
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Short cuts: Draft quality standards for carer support issued
The King's Fund is consulting on a draft set of quality standards for local carer support services, developed by a steering group to take forward one of the recommendations of the government's national strategy, Caring About Carers. The aim is to ensure a more consistent quality of services across the ...
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Short cuts: Cash crisis looms for military hospital services
Military hospital services are facing a cash shortage against a 'background of current clinical manpower shortages and increasing operational demands', defence chiefs have warned. In its annual business plan, the Defence Secondary Care Agency admits it has overspent its £113m budget by £2.5m last year, while it is facing a ...
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Ex-finance chief ordered to pay up for 'vexation'
The former finance director of a Glasgow trust has been ordered to pay £500 expenses to the trust after an employment tribunal ruled that he had acted 'vexatiously or unreasonably' in his handling of the case.
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Region defends chief in helicopter delay row
The NHS Executive's North West regional office has vigorously defended an ambulance trust chief executive accused of delaying an emergency helicopter flight for a critically ill patient.
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Lancaster University chosen for 'supermanagers' programme
Lancaster University has been chosen to run a new development programme for senior chief executives as part of the NHS Executive's plan to create a cadre of supermanagers.
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Social climbers
How effective are links between primary care groups and social services? Bob Hudson and Helen Lewis report on a national survey
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Downgrading of public health post condemned as 'setback'
A downgrading of the public health minister post has been condemned as a 'severe setback'.
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Super Cooper
A rising star, with a political CV to kill for and a very New Labour marriage, Yvette Cooper has the perfect background for Blair's ministerial team. But the public health remit may not be easy, writes Mark Crail
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Co-operative society
Out-of-hours care has begun to involve not just doctors but the whole primary healthcare team. Jeremy Dale and Chris Salisbury argue that services need to change even more - but how?
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A dance to the music of time
The detox unit at Holloway women’s prison is offering dance therapy to women trying to withdraw from hard drugs or alcohol addiction. Lucy Goodison and Helen Schafer explain
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Days like this
HAs demand emergency cash. . . Clarke hints at cash deal. . .Complaints system slammed. . . Private hospital 'would hit NHS recruitment'. . .
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Pay deal 'is key to keeping nurses in NHS'
Nurses need a 'substantial' pay rise if the NHS is to retain the experienced staff needed to carry out the government's modernisation programme, the Royal College of Nursing said this week.
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Milburn summit delays heart strategy
Health secretary Alan Milburn has ordered a sharper focus on cutting waiting times for heart disease and cancer patients, but insists that he is not abandoning the government's commitment to hitting its general election waiting-list pledge.
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Schizophrenia patients face denial of new drug treatments
People with schizophrenia could be denied modern drugs as a first-line treatment under controversial draft guidelines commissioned by the Department of Health.
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I've started so I'll finish
He's back. The architect of the New NHS, Alan Milburn, steps into Frank Dobson's shoes as health secretary just as pressure to deliver on pledges mounts. Patrick Butler reports