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Private emergency unit set up in Surrey
A new company is aiming to create a chain of private 'emergency care units' for people willing to pay to bypass long waits in NHS accident and emergency departments.
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Public health white paper due soon despite rumoured rows
The government's much delayed public health white paper is now expected at the end of the month, despite continuing tensions between health officials and 10 Downing Street over some of its key proposals.
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NAO finds dramatic fall in NHS deficits
Health authority and trust deficits have been dramatically reduced, according to a National Audit Office report that also passes the NHS's accounts unqualified for the fourth year running.
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Days like this
Thatcher warned of white paper stress... managers 'threatened with sack'... Clarke denies U-turn on GP contracts... grading jam...
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Short cuts Rampton staff entering secure zone to be screened
Steps are being taken to screen staff at Rampton Special Hospital in the wake of the Fallon inquiry into the personality disorder unit at Ashworth. The report by Judge Peter Fallon called for staff searching to be introduced at all three of England's high-security hospitals. Ashworth and Broadmoor have already ...
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Short cuts Specialist liver units to be limited to three sites
Health secretary Frank Dobson has announced that the use of Kasai portoenterostomy - a surgical procedure used to treat children with severe liver problems - will be limited to three centres in England, following a report from the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group which found that patient outcomes were better ...
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Short cuts Military medical service welcomes NHS managers
Two senior NHS managers have been appointed to help oversee the military medical services. Barbara Stocking, director of South East region, has joined the vice-chief of defence staff's management board, responsible for strategic overview of the defence medical services. Mark Gritten, chief executive of Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals trust, ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
A board meeting is in progress. One of a number of middle-aged men in suits leans forward: 'Our annual ISO 9000 audit is due next week,' he reminds his colleagues.
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Cost will be the deciding factor in the quest for nutritional meals in hospitals
I suspect that many healthcare professionals were delighted at the publication of the Nuffield Trust's report on nutrition in hospitals (news, page 8, 22 April).
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Information holder should be go-between to preserve confidentiality
I wish to clarify certain matters mentioned in your report of my recent speech to the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate (news focus, page 6, 8 April).
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Our experience of making major insurance claim paved way for constructive talk, not hostility
Your claim that I 'protested' (news, page 2, 22 April) against the new NHS risk-pooling insurance scheme is misleading.
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Morgan set to resign as chair
Rhodri Morgan, chair of the select committee on public administration, has told HSJ that he may resign following his election to the Welsh Assembly as member for Cardiff West.
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MPs urge 'Do your duty on care plans'
MPs have warned the government that it will be guilty of a 'serious dereliction of duty' if it fails to act urgently on the proposals of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, published in March.
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Charge of the Right brigade
Conservatives toiling on the Health Bill standing committee have been fearless in their doomed attempts to gain some ground, writes Patrick Butler
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Compensation seen as brake on litigation
A powerful Commons committee has called for more compensation payouts from the NHS to stem a rising tide of litigation.