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Complaints 'upsetting'
Campaigners against abuse by doctors, nurses and counsellors have attacked 'punitive and distressing complaints procedures' in the NHS and social services.
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Winter pressure cash plea meets a cool response from Executive
The NHS Executive has responded coolly to calls for a regular cash injection to help trusts cope with steep rises in emergency cases over the winter months.
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Bristol baby deaths inquiry opens
The public inquiry into the Bristol heart babies tragedy opened on Tuesday with a preliminary hearing to establish its purpose and procedure and to consider applications for publicly funded legal representation.
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NHS audit move to Scottish parliament opposed
Scotland's Accounts Commission says proposals to transfer NHS auditing to the Scottish parliament's auditor general 'could create unnecessary disruption' and run counter to standards elsewhere in the UK. The commission is resisting plans put forward by the Financial Issues Advisory Group - set up to advise the government on issues ...
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Transport guide aims to stall the car
A 'healthy transport toolkit' has been issued to trust and health authority chief executives in a bid to cut the number of NHS staff using cars to get to work.
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Review shows most people against limiting NHS
Most people in Britain oppose moves to limit the NHS to a 'safety-net service', according to a review published by the King's Fund.
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Violence at work affects one in five
Nearly one in five health workers has been the victim of violence in the past year, research has revealed.
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Galbraith launches A&E review at Glasgow hospital after boys' deaths
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has responded to public concern over the deaths of two teenagers treated at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary by ordering a review of the hospital's general surgery and accident and emergency services.
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Surgeons admit need to root out 'poor performers' after Bristol
Senior surgeons have admitted that regular performance 'MOTs' are needed to root out poorly performing clinicians and restore public confidence in the profession in the wake of the Bristol babies case.
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Mentally ill man wins disability act job rights
Job security has been won for an estimated 2.5 million employees with mental health problems, it was claimed this week after an employment appeal tribunal decision under the Disability Discrimination Act.
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HAs and trusts failing to act on guidelines for breast cancer
English health authorities and trusts are failing to meet NHS Executive guidelines on breast cancer treatment according to a survey commissioned by MPs.
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PIC DOBBO WITH BAGS OF NHS 50p PIECES
Imagine the surprise of HSJ reader Darren Archer when he came across one of those NHS 50th birthday 50p pieces while visiting London. Well, how many have you seen? Imagine his further surprise when he tried to use it to pay his bus fair to Westminster, only to be told, ...
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Nutrition of elderly people improved over 25 years
The first national dietary survey of the over-65 age group for 25 years has found that nutrition has improved over the last quarter of a century, but elderly people still tend to suffer from poor oral hygiene. The 1,700 people surveyed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food met ...
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Prescriptions top 2 million each working day
The Prescription Pricing Authority dealt with more than 2 million prescriptions on each working day of the 1997-98 financial year, according to its annual report. The number of prescriptions rose by just under 4 per cent to 504 million, with each patient obtaining an average of nearly 10 prescriptions over ...
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29 October 1948
A gastro-enteritis flying squad has been set up by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. It is available for any hospital which finds itself in difficulties; it is staffed by trained nurses and headed by a doctor specialising in the work. The squad will come fully equipped, and is ...
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100m a year 'wasted' on prescriptions for drug treatments 'of doubtful value'
The NHS is wasting more than 100m a year on prescriptions for drugs 'of doubtful value' to patients, according to the doctors' prescribing bible.
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Minister announces 1m for Llandough orthopaedics
Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has announced 1m extra funding for Llandough Hospital and Community trust to improve wards and the orthopaedic outpatient department. The money follows the transfer of orthopaedic services to Llandough Hospital from Prince of Wales Hospital, Rhydlafar.
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Strait-jacket required
The NHS may have fared well financially from Tony Blair's comprehensive spending review, but, asks Lyn Whitfield, will the conditions it comes with prove too restrictive?
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On the record
CLIFF PRIOR is chief executive of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship. He chairs the government's mental health national service framework sub-group on long-term care.