All News articles – Page 2246
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Judge overturns 'irrational' barring order
Mental heath law is a minefield. Last month a patient detained under the Mental Health Act for four months in 1996 won a High Court order quashing a decision by Riverside Mental Health trust to continue detaining him after his mother applied for his discharge.
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No going back
health secretary Frank Dobson opened a new primary care and community health centre in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency last week. Camden and Islington Community Health Services trust has now been able to move existing services out of hospital. Mr Dobson is pictured with GP Iona Heath.
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Ministers fall back on old pledges in wake of heart babies scandal
Ministers moved this week to beef up the NHS quality agenda in response to the outcry over the Bristol heart surgery baby deaths.
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Auditor urges rule on 'insider knowledge'
The NHS should draw up clear rules to prevent potential 'conflicts of interest' among senior managers who leave to work for private companies that do business with the health service, says a hard-hitting auditor's report.
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Solid support for Ashworth chief executive Hodge from senior managers in north west
We write in relation to recent events at Ashworth Hospital (News, page 4, 28 May).
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This unhealthy precedent on top appointments must not be repeated
Your readers will be aware that the current director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales, Toby Harris, was appointed a non-executive director of the London Ambulance Service earlier this year (News, page 4, 4 June). His recent announcement that he will resign his post and ...
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Anne Williams: 'I'm a better manager because of my children'
Anne Williams, chief executive of the Surrey Hants Borders trust and the mother of six-year-old twins (pictured right), admits: 'I was a bit of a workaholic before I had kids but I didn't see the service through the eyes of a user. Having young children gives you an insight because ...
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Five ambulance trusts to go in northern region reconfiguration
Five ambulance trusts could disappear under reconfiguration proposals commissioned by health authorities in Northern and Yorkshire region.
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Public Health Alliance points out missing link
The Public Health Alliance was the instigator of the research described by Stephen Peckham and colleagues ('The missing link', pages 22-23, 28 May), and of the forthcoming report on the research, A Public Health Model of Primary Care: from concept to reality. PHA has a reputation for radical and innovative ...
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Hilary Pepler: 'All the other chief executives are men'
Hilary Pepler, chief executive of North Mersey Community trust, says: 'You have to create a culture where people feel it's all right to leave a meeting early to go to a parents' evening at your child's school - but it must apply to men as well as women.
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How one trust aims to extend its Wheech
Western General Hospital trust in Edinburgh is `'reinventing itself', creating 'one-stop shop' clinics and establishing a patients' council to oversee its progress.
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Policy initiatives throw light on problem: AIDS services can benefit from strategic thought
It is encouraging to read of the continued tenacity, and now 'glimmer of hope' (News, page 5, 14 May) of those fighting to retain London Lighthouse.
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Legal aid rule changes
Major changes in the way the Legal Aid Board deals with medical negligence cases could be on the way. These have already been foreshadowed by the government, but a report just issued by the board fills in dates and details.
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Tough powers set to curb nurse agencies
Tough new powers to curb nursing employment agencies which fail to carry out health and registration checks on agency nursing and auxiliary staff could become law within six months.
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Barbara Stocking: 'Discrimination gets easier to handle with age'
Barbara Stocking is the NHS Executive's regional director for Anglia and Oxford. She warns women trying to make it to the top that they can expect to run up against discrimination.
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Trust chair checks law after hepatitis op case
A trust chair is considering a legal challenge to guidelines that allow doctors carrying communicable diseases to perform operations.
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Scottish health minister promises 'decisive action'
In Scotland, where the Commission for Health Improvement's remit will not apply, health minister Sam Galbraith promised 'decisive action' over poor performance in the health service.
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The NHS according to those who work in it Are alarm bells ringing yet in Richmond House?
Health ministers set great store by what they call evidence-based policy-making. Anxious not to repeat the mistakes of their Conservative predecessors, they make much of their laudable efforts to consult and evaluate: witness, for example, the comprehensive studies of the primary care pilot schemes (see pages 12-13). Not for them ...