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Light touch
Light touch: baby Zainab Bharwani and link worker Bimla Karra experience a multi-sensory room at Birmingham Community Children's Centre, while Zainab's mother, Shahnez Miah, looks on. The centre includes a clinic, therapy room, soft play area and facilities for local children and children with special needs.
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Some winners, some losers, some still waiting
The distribution of a £60m 'award' for GPs has been agreed by health ministers and the British Medical Association.
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NHSnet 'is not millennium-compliant'
A key part of the NHS information strategy is not millennium-proof even though it was built less than five years ago, according to a report for the NHS Executive.
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REFERENCES
1 Evaluation of NHS Direct First-wave Sites. First interim report to the Department of Health. School of health and related research, Sheffield University, 1998.
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telephone services
'It seemed a bit robotic, but you pick up vibes from the caller and use your clinical judgement'
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Vroom with a view
Look out at the car park adjoining the admin block of a typical trust and it should be possible to tell which car belongs to which manager. A VW Passat or Landrover Freelander - that will be the chief executive's. BMW 300 Series or Rover 620 - it must be ...
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Dangers of making the shop window too much of a draw £100m boost must not be allowed to reinforce A&E's primary care role
Accident and emergency departments are the front line of acute care, and are effectively the NHS's shop window. But in too many places they still resemble the service as it was in a bygone era. Physically, they have failed to keep pace with the changes taking place around them - ...
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Effective long-term care is not just about cash
The Royal Commission on Long-Term Care misses one crucial point. Nowhere does it refer to the hands-on implementation of its proposals, and it only really examines in depth the financial implications of its recommendations.
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'Act now on our long-term care findings' chair urges ministers
The chair of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care has urged ministers to act swiftly on his team's recommendations.
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Racism: a tough act to follow
Delegates voted overwhelmingly that, in the light of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence, 'issues related to the institutional racism within the RCN and the healthcare systems of the UK' should be properly addressed. But this came only after widespread anger among delegates at the defeat of ...
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Langlands admits reforms mean managers face 'fatigue overload'
The head of the NHS Executive has admitted that managers are facing 'fatigue overload' in trying to implement the latest health service reforms.