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Primary care groups can be local heroes
Anna Coote, in her article 'Local heroes get stuck in' (Think tank, 25 February) highlights the central role communities can play in improving health, but underlines the need to reconcile and harness the dynamics of a locally driven process with the bureaucracy of the statutory and other interested agencies. She ...
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Three calls to get help: patients' views
The community health councils in each of the first-wave pilot areas have reported positive feedback from the public. The Sheffield researchers also asked people what they thought of the service, with varied responses.
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White man's burden Proportion
White man's burden Proportion of awards to ethnic minorities (12.9 per cent of the consultant workforce in England and Wales).This year: 9.6 per cent; 1996 (the most recent year with which comparisons can be made - England only): 6.2 per cent.
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Conservative reforms get Bristol scrutiny
The impact of the Conservative government's NHS reforms will come under the spotlight at the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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in brief
Health secretary Frank Dobson said he had 'sympathy' with people who use accident and emergency departments as 'drop-in centres' when they are 'feeling off-colour'. He said: 'Although that use poses burdens, I believe that the NHS should provide what local people clearly want of their hospitals.' In some areas GPs ...
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Short cuts Smokers are being 'duped' by 'light' cigarette brands
The Health Education Authority has called for a ban on the use of terms such as 'light', 'ultra' and 'mild' in relation to cigarettes, following a survey that found one in five smokers thought they reduced their risk of lung cancer and heart disease. HEA smoking campaign manager Steve Woodward ...
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Consultants are stripped of merit awards
Senior consultants have been stripped of merit awards for the first time by the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards.
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Call for regulation of healthcare assistants
There should be a shake-up in the role of NHS healthcare assistants to ensure that they are properly trained and regulated, according to Helen Jones, Labour MP for Warrington North.
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Detention of people with severe personality disorders Assess danger, not diagnosis
Home secretary Jack Straw has angered civil liberty campaigners with his insistence on preventive detention for people with a severe anti- social personality disorder, while leaving those involved in delivering mental health services bemused by his lack of detail (news focus, 25 February).
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Information Authority chair appointed
The first chair of the NHS Information Authority is to be Professor Alistair Bellingham, NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands told the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate this week. The newly formed special health authority begins operations in April. Its role is to co-ordinate implementation of the new Information for ...
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Short cuts Clinical governance plans are 'apple pie', claim GPs
GP leaders have attacked government proposals for introducing clinical governance as 'motherhood and apple pie'. British Medical Association GP negotiator Dr Laurence Buckman said it was 'ludicrous' that guidance published last week contained 'no budget for clinical governance'. Higher standards of clinical care could not be achieved without funding for ...
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Going into reverse to see another point of view
Having had the opportunity to participate, as a service user, in the King's Fund living values project (cover story, 25 February), I applaud the strengths of this research.
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All the recommendations of the Continuing Care conference must be speedily implemented
I was interested to see you refer to the Continuing Care conference's calculation that 'a 1 per cent annual reduction in morbidity would cut the costs of publicly provided care by 30 per cent, saving more than £6bn by 2030' (comment, 4 March).