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Scottish high-security shake-up
Health and social care services for mentally disordered offenders in Scotland are to be overhauled.
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Schism at the IHSM
Karen Caines says her successor as IHSM director should be someone who 'doesn't mind being slagged off '. But what measures should be used to assess their performance if membership and money are ruled out? Mark Crail reports
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Underwriting the moral issues
Healthcare, ethics and insurance Edited by Tom Sorell Routledge 234 pages £15.99
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Welfare and the state it's in
The welfare state in Britain since 1945 (2nd edition) By Rodney Lowe Macmillan 357 pages £45 hardback/£14.99 paperback
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Out of kilter
Scotland has a new strategy for mentally disordered offenders. Barbara Millar reports
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Lessons in market values
The government's application of 'third way' thinking to the public sector is becoming clearer. At least it is in education , where the private sector is being encouraged, if not actively courted, to apply to provide a range of educational services, run schools and even whole education authorities.
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What the new strategy says
Sam Galbraith's strategy for dealing with mentally disordered offenders has messages for all agencies - courts, prison, police, social work departments, health boards and trusts - involved with mentally disordered offenders.
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Sound post
In the second of an occasional series on the progress of Plymouth's health action zone, Laura Donnelly finds that the pressure to deliver means targets are not always as radical as they might be
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Steep rise in NHS dentists earning more than £200,000
The number of dentists earning more than £200,000 a year from the NHS has increased dramatically.
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Private work nets £288m for trusts
The NHS is continuing to win business from the private healthcare sector, according to the latest Fitzhugh Directory of NHS Trusts.
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1999 start-date for CHI looks doubtful
Doubts are emerging that the Commission for Health Improvement, the government's key quality body, will be set up this year as promised in The New NHS white paper.
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Managers say 2000 bug is a problem solved
NHS managers regard the millennium computer bug as a problem largely solved, according to the NHS Confederation's latest audit of its membership.
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'Weak' managers failed abused elderly patients
Health secretary Frank Dobson has 'utterly condemned' standards of care and 'weak management' detailed in a report about a hospital in his constituency.
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Leadership academy seeks rise in standards
Plans to set up a 'leadership academy' aimed at raising standards of management across all NHS professions are being considered by the NHS Executive and the NHS Confederation.
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Cancer and heart disease are preventable - and both are amenable to public health action
Cancer and heart disease are indeed diseases of old age, as Steve Ainsworth suggests, but he seems unaware they are both preventable and amenable to public health action. Such action is ultimately about political change outwith healthcare systems.
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Advantage in early discharge
Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer could be recommended for patients with support at home as new evidence shows this has no adverse physical or psychological effects.
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Sound advice: ultrasound checks for pregnant women
One or more ultrsound checks are now routine in pregnancy. The Royal College of Radiologists guidelines say these are useful because they provide information about the expected date of delivery and multiple pregnancies, but they admit the scientific basis remains controversial.2