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Clinical governance needs 'extra powers'
Only six per cent of top healthcare professionals are confident that managers have 'sufficient powers' over healthcare teams to tackle poor clinical practice.
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False economies survive change in government
It was reported that two long-haul aircraft nearly collided above us recently. Although we hope nothing like this happens, there is the risk - which is all the more reason for local hospitals increasing the number of reserve beds needed to ensure waiting lists and times are reduced short-term and ...
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Surgery costs are mixed but not matched The reference costs for surgery should be treated with caution
Like all 'league tables' ever published on any aspect of the NHS, this week's reference costs for surgery have prompted the trusts which find themselves in conspicuous positions to dash for cover. And like all previous league tables, they offer plenty of cover.
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Doctors to lose merit cash for misconduct
Top hospital doctors face the loss of distinction awards worth up to £56,000 a year if the conduct of their personal or professional lives 'undermines confidence' in the system, guidance issued to the NHS this week confirms.
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DoH circular will encourage joint work by health and social services to protect children in care
The Department of Health is about to issue a circular telling health authorities and trusts how to work with local authorities to improve services for children in need or in care.
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Care propellers
The Dutch are driving forward ambitious, if underfunded, plans for a national, integrated network of trauma care - complete with helicopters. Tony Sheldon reports
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Ombudsman in call for more payouts to complainants
Health service commissioner Michael Buckley has said he would like to see more financial compensation paid to patients whose complaints about the NHS are upheld.
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Call to end rationing in ovarian chemotherapy
More than 100 MPs have backed calls for urgent action to give equal access to the most effective chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer after a survey alleged most health authorities are rationing the treatment.
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Boning up on London's past
The Museum of London's new exhibition tells the capital's history through the remains of its ancestors. Mark Crail found it fascinating
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Boning up on London's past
The Museum of London's new exhibition tells the capital's history through the remains of its ancestors. Mark Crail found it fascinating
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Boning up on London's past
The Museum of London's new exhibition tells the capital's history through the remains of its ancestors. Mark Crail found it fascinating
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Hospital beds
The UK has been losing more beds than almost every other OECD country since 1979. John Appleby says that throughput could now compromise quality of care
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Barred from help
The Michael Stone case underlined the link between mental illness and crime, but what can be done to help ex-offenders with psychiatric problems? Lynn Eaton reports
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Hopes hang on Hutton Mental health policy analysts ministerial changes with anxiety
As any senior civil servant will tell you, a change of minister can have a more drastic effect on a department than a change of government. So mental health policy analysts are holding their breath with the arrival of John Hutton to succeed Paul Boateng as junior health minister. Labour's ...
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Why no amount of fixing can prevent the conspiracy theory
Your cover feature on the role of the health service commissioner ('The fixer', 8 October) misses the point in relation to people's continued dissatisfaction with the NHS complaints procedures.
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Ahead of the field
Are the health needs of people who live in the countryside on the government's agenda at last? Janet Snell reports on a recent forum
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Action points for employers
Establish which employees the regulations apply to, especially those who do not provide a 'continuous service' or are not directly involved in patient care.
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MPs act on 'missing link' between managersds; MPs act after evidence of 'poor communication' across the NHS
MPs are to tackle 'poor communication' between managers and frontline clinical staff in a wide-ranging inquiry into the NHS workforce.
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The times they are a-changin'
The working time directive will cost the NHS millions and impose heavy new responsibilities on employers. John Northrop and Keith Hearn explain
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Dr JAF Napier of the Welsh Blood Service, who confuses income and salary (Letters, 24 September)
Dr JAF Napier of the Welsh Blood Service, who confuses income and salary (Letters, 24 September), urges that I be burnt at the stake for suggesting half of all consultants earn more than the average of £100,000. It is, of course, possible that the private practice gravy-train slows significantly after ...