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Short cuts London Ambulance Service fails to meet time target
London Ambulance Service trust has recorded a dramatic rise in response times, according to papers due to be discussed at a board meeting this week. LAS has failed to meet Patient's Charter performance standards, which say crews should reach 50 per cent of emergency calls within eight minutes and 95 ...
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Commissioner sheds light on GP 'anomaly'
Health service commissioner Michael Buckley has highlighted 'an apparent anomaly' in the directions given to health authorities and trusts on their roles in the new NHS complaints system.
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Conservative estimates of attendance figures may have given wrong idea
Just for the record, I am writing following the news focus about my 'Listening to Britain' meeting in Camberwell ('Hammond dregs', 18 March).
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Short cuts Bell takes charge at NHS Information Authority
Nigel Bell has been confirmed as chief executive of the NHS Information Authority, formed on 1 April. He was information systems and technology director for drug development with Astra AB, the pharmaceuticals firm that recently announced a merger with Zeneca. Four non-executive members have also been appointed - Rosemary Horwood, ...
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RCN raises concerns and calls for clearer DoH guidance on children in private hospital beds
Clearer guidance is needed on the care of children in private hospital beds, the Commons health select committee has been told.
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Trust fails to spot postage stamp sale fraud by manager - and NHS Executive picks up the bill
A trust failed to spot that one of its managers was making money by buying and selling stamps - even though it put most of its mail through a franking machine.
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Regulating drug prices and profits: the Health Bill proposals
The bill will give the health secretary the power to either:
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Condemnation: conference blasts the bombers
The conference unanimously endorsed a statement condemning the nail bomb attacks in the multi-racial Brick Lane and Brixton areas of London.
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Building blocks: the future shape of PCTs
Visible integration of primary and community health services at the interface of hospital and community provision.
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Short cuts BMA wins equal pay victory for part-time doctors
The British Medical Association has claimed a 'major equal pay victory' in a case involving 867 doctors working part-time in mental health. An employment tribunal in Birmingham heard three test cases brought by the BMA, which argued that the refusal to give mental health officer status and benefits to part-time ...
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Short cuts Millennium Dome to have its own medical centre
A medical centre will be established at the Millennium Dome, funded by the organisers but managed by an accident and emergency consultant from Greenwich Healthcare trust. The centre will be staffed by a doctor and emergency nurse practitioner from the trust and a paramedic and technician from London Ambulance Service ...
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It's the times that are a changin' job titles - not senior managers' egos
Steve Ainsworth's article on job titles (Yorkshire terrier, 8 April) seems to be based on an assumption that senior NHS managers have for years been on some sort of power trip, succumbing to craving more and more impressive- sounding titles which would 'truly reflect and encapsulate their worth and importance'.
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Developing PCTs: a checklist for managers and clinicians
Values, rather than structures and frameworks, should guide the overall activities of PCTs.