All News articles – Page 2197
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NAO expresses concern over Welsh finances
The head of the National Audit Office has expressed 'concern' about the worsening financial performance of health authorities and trusts in Wales.
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The New NHS Charter: Greg Dyke's proposals
A statement setting out the guiding principles of the NHS.
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Open sesame for a challenging view of the world
Dare one suggest in response to Chris Ham that development of a national management curriculum is exactly what the Institute of Health Services Management should be doing if it is to have a future - perhaps in collaboration with the British Association of Medical Managers and the universities? It should ...
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'Fragmented' genetic services commissioning is 'wasting cash'
Specialist commissioning of genetic services could save lives and money, a report has claimed.
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IT's just not the case
Peter Mitchell (IT input, 18 February) writes that HBOC is the 'market leader' in NHS Direct contracts.
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Courts could uphold right to free nursing care
Action has been eagerly awaited since the landmark High Court ruling last December that the NHS has a legal duty to provide free nursing care and cannot shift the liability to local authorities, which charge those who have the means to pay.
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External candidates treated like poor relations by panels
I applaud the letter regarding the lack of a level playing field for external candidates applying for primary care group chief executive posts (25 February).
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Short cuts Researchers say ovarian cancer checks 'premature'
Women should not be screened for ovarian cancer until 'further research provides a better understanding of the potential benefits, harms and risks involved', according to the NHS centre for reviews and dissemination in York. The CRD says that although 'intuitively, it seems common sense that early detection of a cancer ...
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Call for 'third way' NHS management
The government needs to find a 'third way' in health management if its reforms are to succeed, a leading think tank has argued.
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NHS managers run the Hampshire call centre
Peter Mitchell's story states: 'Access's alternative approach is to manage the NHS Direct call centre as well as equip it - it runs the pilots at the Northumbria and Hampshire ambulance trusts.'
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in brief
The British Medical Association has warned that 'a growing workforce crisis' could leave 350 obstetricians and gynaecologists without NHS contracts in 2001. The BMA's junior doctors committee has asked the Department of Health to fund new consultant posts and wants a 12-month extension on current contracts.
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A ground-breaking employment tribunal award of £103,000 for disability discrimination has been increased to £167,000. British Sugar was ordered to pay £103,000 to partially-sighted Nick Kirker in 1997 for unfairly selecting him for redundancy. Now the tribunal has ordered the company to meet his tax liabilities on the award, as ...
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Short cuts Family of dead boy claims hospital failed him
Schoolboy Imran Khan, 15, would still be alive if he had received proper hospital treatment, his family lawyer claimed at a fatal accident inquiry into his care at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow. Anne Smith QC said there was evidence that a doctor had pushed a chest drain further ...
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'Bolam test' didn't save HA from smear defeat
Women's confidence in the reliability of cervical smear tests is bound to have been dented by the cases brought against Kent and Canterbury health authority by three women who developed cervical cancer.