All News articles – Page 2215
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The NHS can make a considerable contribution to reducing social exclusion and inequalities.
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A nurse-led clinic providing assessments for surgical patients before their admission has proved popular with patients and staff.
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Medical staffing Managers should take an interest
As a pre-registration house officer, I can fully understand why some doctors consider leaving the NHS ('Quick march', page
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The NHS's new IT strategy is hopelessly unrealistic
Bill Gates himself would be hard pressed to deliver it
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Glasgow kiss
A partnership board set up to approach service changes in a co-operative spirit has had impressive results. Barbara Millar reports
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Getting the needle:
acupuncture clinic assistant Lin Auldcroft undergoes her own therapy at North Manchester Health Care trust.
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General practice: on the way out?
Medical students or young doctors dropping out has become a serious issue. According to them: 'Doctors want to practise medicine but they also want a life.'
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How to win friends and manage people
Managing people By Jane and Chris Churchhouse Gower 224 pages £18.99
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Health groups' pay guidance 'divisive'
Guidance on payment levels for local health group members in Wales has been dubbed 'divisive' and given a mixed reception by managers' and doctors' leaders.
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PCG differences 'could recreate inequalities of fundholding era'
Primary care groups risk recreating the inequalities of fundholding, researchers have warned.
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Goal difference
The Treasury wants the NHS to find another £1bn a year in efficiency savings. More money for the front line or just scraping the barrel, wonders Lyn Whitfield
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Disease diagnosed
Epidemiology kept simple An introduction to classical and modern epidemiology By Burt Gerstman Wiley 301 pages £25.95
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Pay, not PR, is the solution Ministers must get to the heart of nurse shortages - and winter crises
Another new year, another clutch of 'NHS in crisis' headlines bespatters the national newspapers. The pattern is a classic, if not quite perennial, one: widespread outbreaks of flu lead to more patients presenting in accident and emergency departments, while on the wards the same outbreaks lead to elderly people blocking ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
So you finally managed to get your home computer linked up to the Internet over Christmas.
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Ministers take their time, while we run to meet consultation deadlines
The time permitted for consultation exercises appears to be shrinking. Traditionally, responses have been sought over three months or more. In at least two recent instances (Partnership in Action and the Caldicott report on guardians), the time allowed has dropped to around six weeks.