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Derbyshire Ambulance Service
Derbyshire Ambulance Service claims to have improved its response performance after its nine-month trial of a mobile computing system. The Medical Priority Dispatch system prioritises deployment of ambulances according to the severity of incidents. Crews carry a 'ruggedised', Pentium- based PC called Databrick, supplied by Datalux, which allows them to ...
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Suspensions: doctors not always in the wrong
I was disturbed to read your Comment (29 October) about the suspension of surgeons, 'Crack in the complacency', especially in the light of your sympathetic treatment of poorly performing managers on the same page. The fallacious deduction that an increase in the number of suspensions reveals a greater readiness to ...
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Short cuts NHS acts to defuse GP telephone advice fees row
The NHS Executive has issued guidance to resolve a row with GPs over payment for telephone advice. Health authorities were told not to pay for telephone consultations in February, prompting anger among GPs in areas with large numbers of temporary residents. The new guidance says fees should be paid and ...
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No disciplinary action for consultant who provided 'inappropriate care'
Patients treated by a Scottish medical director suspended in July received 'inappropriate' and 'sub optimal care', an independent inquiry reported this week.
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Longer waits at three in four A&E departments compared to 1996
Waiting times have risen in nearly three-quarters of England's accident and emergency departments, according to a survey by the Audit Commission.
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'Record' £2.2bn capital deal has strings
The government has announced that it will be investing 'a record' £2.2bn in hospital buildings and equipment next year.
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Milburn puts up £226m for PCGs
Health minister Alan Milburn has given primary care groups a £226m cash boost.
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Settling in
The NHS is being urged both to improve access to healthcare for refugees and to integrate more refugee doctors into the service. Barbara Millar reports
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Professionals with a purpose
'Lengths of stay and waiting lists are ideal measurements, easy to count and to change; kindness and caring are virtually impossible to identify or to measure, so they have largely disappeared from the NHS lexicon'
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Theatre people
Cutting waiting lists depends on high levels of overtime by operating theatre staff, but this is no long-term solution to persistent shortages. Jonathan Edgar and colleagues report on a survey
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monitor
A health authority chief executive who probably wishes to remain nameless reveals the latest government thinking on a new system of patient- centred PCGs. 'The core of the new system will be the establishment of patient consultative groups,' according to a secret document he has helpfully sent to Monitor. Every ...
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The third man
John Hutton is the third member of a now influential political triumvirate. Patrick Butler reports on the new junior health minister's rise to power
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A life in the theatre: survey results
All but one of the trusts identified current nursing and operating department assistant staff vacancies in their theatres. The number of vacancies reported ranged from four to 26 - equivalent to 10 per cent overall.
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Lawyers at large
The legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine By BA Stanberry Royal Society of Medicine Press 172 pages £19.99
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Hit or myth
It is a myth that managers motivate their staff. Surely, says Robert Keys, it's the other way round