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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 ...
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in brief
The long-awaited protection for whistleblowers in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 is set to come into force in spring or early summer, giving staff who raise concerns about malpractice at work protection from victimisation or dismissal. Anyone victimised for making a protected disclosure will be able to bring a ...
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Bowing is optional: the Princess Royal goes to Devon
It took six years for the Princess Royal to reschedule her visit to Exeter and District Community Health Services trust - her 1993 visit had to be cancelled because of bad weather.
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Short cuts King's Fund quality body goes independent
The Health Quality Service, set up last year as an autonomous part of the King's Fund, is to become an independent charitable body. HQS, formerly known as Organisational Audit, works with both the NHS and the private sector to improve the quality of care.