All News articles – Page 2252
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Missed: a motivator
primary care groups; Personal gain and influence have always been the most significant factors driving change in general practice. So, asks Ray Wilcox, how will chief officers in primary care groups cope?
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NHSnet takes pride of place in Scots IT plan
Scotland's NHS has published its outline plan for modernising its information technology base. The programme closely mirrors the main themes of the English strategy revealed last September.
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Nightie-knights
staffing; Night nurse clinicians can reduce junior doctors' work, giving them more sleep, and also assist nurses. Barbara Jack and Trish Prescott report on how one hospital has benefited from providing a nightly service
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Smooth operators
pre-admission clinics; Assessing patients in a pre-admission clinic for elective surgery has cut last-minute cancellations and reduced patient anxiety. Angela Stokes- Roberts explains
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Roll over Romola
news focus; Can the DoH's new communications chief ensure that the NHS gets its message across without accusations of political bias? Patrick Butler went to meet her
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Trust two resign
The chief executive and finance director of a community trust at the centre of a police investigation have resigned.
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Signing on
Mechanic Robert Townsend applies national identification markings for emergency vehicles to Royal Berkshire Ambulance trust's fleet. In future, all paramedic ambulances will carry the'battenburg' markings, designed by the police scientific development branch in the wake of Home Office moves to promote an 'instantly recognisable' identity for all emergency vehicles.
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Short cuts Sex discrimination case worker accepts £14,000
A hospital manager has dropped a sex discrimination case against Stockport Healthcare trust after being offered £14,000 compensation. Julie Harratt was made redundant from her £25,000 job as facilities development manager at St Thomas Hospital in May, but applied to an industrial tribunal, alleging unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and victimisation. ...
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Homeless using A&E due to poor GP access
Homeless people are turning to accident and emergency services because they have difficulty registering with GPs, according to a study by The Big Issue in the North.
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Fury over 'sectarian' PCG advice to GPs
Serious conflict has arisen between the NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association over a booklet telling GPs how to maximise their gain from primary care groups.
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Short cuts Fresh guidelines will offer advice on egg sharing
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will issue new guidelines on 'the complex issue' of egg sharing in the next edition of its code of conduct. The HFEA decided last week not to stop women donating eggs in return for IVF treatment, concluding they were 'not motivated by money, but ...
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A curtain call for the dame The reinvention of Sheila Masters - we are all New Labour now
Few involved in NHS finances will be surprised by the Treasury white paper's £1bn savings target for health service running costs (See News, pages 4-5). The chancellor first announced the figure last July when he set out the results of the comprehensive spending review.
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Millennium health gains could alleviate local deprivation
Despite its affluent image, Greenwich is the fifth most deprived borough in London and 11th in the country. St Mary's ward, close to the Dome, is London's most deprived. Unemployment and lone-parent households are above London averages, while educational attainment is below the English average.
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Private finance initiative allows oncology centre to treat patients on most up-to-date equipment
Stephen Evans (Letters, 19 November) argues that the Society of Radiographers has a responsibility to influence choices in the acquisition of high technology.
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Scottish Office tells trusts to go it alone over millennium pay
The Scottish Office has told trusts they must make their own arrangements for dealing with millennium events in the face of union calls for a Scotland- wide agreement on pay.
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Angry Milburn defends PFI from claims that it is causing bed cuts
Health minister Alan Milburn has angrily defended hospital building projects funded by the private finance initiative and told critics that the scheme is not the driving force behind bed cuts.
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Classic clips: 'When I started, any film would do'
More than 50 years ago, Reginald Broom, group engineer at Salisbury Infirmary, was involved in hiring films, according to hospital archives. Cuttings from the time reveal that as far back as the late 1940s, Mr Broom was renting films from MGM to show to long-stay patients in hospital.