All News articles – Page 2189
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National HIV strategy must set clear targets on prevention cash spending
Your report on our survey into how health authorities use the funding they receive for HIV prevention has helped further the debate about the quality and level of HIV prevention services ('AIDS trust attacks HAs in spending row', 25 January).
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MP calls for Dobson probe into 'conflict of interest' as ex-NHS manager gets job with IT contractor
Health secretary Frank Dobson has been asked to investigate allegations of a conflict of interest surrounding the appointment of an NHS information technology manager to an IT company which has a lucrative contract with his trust.
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New year honour brought home the lesson that we need to recognise the impact of our mentors
May I, albeit belatedly, use your letters page to thank all the people who wrote to me following my inclusion in the new year honours list.
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Breast screening halted in Cumbria
Health service managers were due to hold crisis talks this week after breast screening services in one of England's most sparsely populated counties collapsed.
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A bigger splash
Simon Carpenter from Avon health promotion services holds one of the residents of the newly enlarged pond in the nature reserve at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital.
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Partnership bid to ensure children get healthy start
Community Health South London trust has teamed up with national parenting charity Newpin to launch one of the first Sure Start programmes in the country. The programme, aimed at improving the lives of families with children under four on an estate in Southwark, involves a partnership with parents, voluntary organisations ...
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New framework is judged 'better than tables'
Managers' leaders this week welcomed the government's promised new NHS performance assessment framework as a 'more useful indication of the quality of patient care than crude league tables'.
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Cautious note is timely as reference costs are being done on the cheap with little investment
John Appleby's short article ('Measuring efficiency', data briefing, 11 March) was interesting, but it concentrated too much on the apparent huge anomalies in cost to address some of the real issues. A few more points to consider...
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Grant aimed at helping mentally ill find employment
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has been awarded £170,000 by the Department for Education and Employment to help people with severe mental illness into sustained employment in London and Essex. It is believed to be the first time money from employment - rather than social care - has been used to ...
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Streets ahead
A project with a GP surgery is providing healthcare for homeless people who often can't get access to it. But its funding is in danger, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Dramatic figures on obesity spark new action plan
A new action plan to tackle rising levels of obesity has been announced by public health minister Tessa Jowell following new figures showing dramatic increases in the last five years. The Health Survey for England: adult reference tables 1997 shows that 17 per cent of men and 20 per cent ...
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Time to set a finishing line Ministers should say what the NHS reforms must achieve in the long term
Prime minister Tony Blair made his first foray into the health service since last year's NHS 50th anniversary this week (see news, pages 2-3). His appearance to launch 20 new 'walk-in centres' and announce a dramatically widened NHS Direct demonstrates how seriously this government takes primary care reform.