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MSF urges Blood Authority to reopen centres
The MSF union has called for the reopening of three blood centres closed during a much-criticised shake-up of the transfusion service.
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In Brief: Tees health authority
Tees health authority has set up an independent inquiry into the psychiatric care given to Jonathan Crisp, who was sentenced to life imprisonment last week for the murder of Stockton-on-Tees resident Peter McNamee last year.
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Lore on audit
There's much talk about the value of clinical audit - in theory. Now a survey of trusts offers an overview of the real costs and benefits of their clinical audit departments. Rowena Barnes and Karen Hansed explain
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In Brief: Ashworth special hospital authority
Ashworth special hospital authority has announced that chief executive Hilary Hodge will remain 'off site' until Dame Fiona Caldicott has completed her review. Dr Hodge, who denies accusations of 'macho management', said she believed this would help the review 'to proceed in the most open and honest environment possible'.
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Auditors argue for housing focus to beat bed blocking
Emergency hospital admissions and bed blocking could be reduced if health authorities and local authorities tackled basic housing issues, a spending watchdog has argued.
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New approach to tackling Welsh health inequalities
The government has unveiled a 'new approach' to tackling some of the worst health problems in Europe in a widely applauded green paper.
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In Brief: Alan Milburn
Health minister Alan Milburn this week launched 15 pilot schemes to improve access to NHS dentistry and improve oral health. He also announced that an additional £600,000 had been found to fund the preparatory year of the schemes, which have been developed by health authorities under the Primary Care Act ...
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Protest against debt in the developing world
Debt-ermined: doctors, nurses and medical students joined a 50,000-strong human chain around Birmingham's International Convention Centre and surrounding buildings last Saturday to protest to G8 leaders against debt in the developing world.
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In Brief: Health council directive to ban tobacco advertising
The European parliament last week voted through the health council directive to ban tobacco advertising without amendment. 'This is the most important step we have taken towards reducing tobacco consumption since tobacco advertising was banned from television, ' public health minister Tessa Jowell said.
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Milburn admits patients should have a say
Health minister Alan Milburn publicly accepted last week that the idea that 'doctor knows best' is out of date and inappropriate to the modern health service.
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Nurses accept 3.8 per cent staged pay deal
The nurses' 3.8 per cent pay award was accepted reluctantly by the staff side last week, despite continuing opposition from Unison and the GMB, which voted against settling.
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Calls for halt to £200m PFI development
Calls for Scotland's most prestigious hospital building project to be pulled out of the private finance initiative intensified this week with a row over data.
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Trusts allot extra £150m to year 2000 IT bug
Trusts have earmarked £150m for replacing medical equipment that will fail because of the year 2000 computer bug, according to the National Audit Office.
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Siemens loses 15 staff from health outfit
A healthcare information company announced key job losses last week but denied being on the critical list. Siemens Healthcare Services has made 15 of its 100 staff redundant, closed two regional offices, and replaced managing director John Kane.
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In Brief: Seventh child infected with E coli 0157
Dorset health authority confirmed last week that a seventh child in the Purbeck district of Dorset has become infected with E coli 0157 and is being cared for at home.
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This week
Health check: public health minister Tessa Jowell arriving at the Langham working men's club, north London, where she launched a men's health campaign aimed at the over 40s. Club member Steve Connell, aged 44, is having his blood pressure taken by Ian Banks, head of the British Medical Association's men's ...
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You were saying...
Naeem Chaudry from Edinburgh's new interpretation and translation service shows Edinburgh Royal Infirmary clerical officer Annette Perfect (far left) and auxiliary nurse Christina Johnston how patients can request its services using leaflets printed in different languages. ITS can provide interpreters and translations in 30 languages. It can also provide signers ...
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In person
John Mangan (above) has been appointed chief executive of the newly formed Thames Gateway trust. Mr Mangan was previously chief executive of North Kent Healthcare trust, which has merged with Thameslink Healthcare Services trust to form Thames Gateway. Mr Mangan qualified in psychiatric and general nursing and then took a ...
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Parting of ways on Whitechapel project
A trust involved in a high-profile private finance initiative project parted company with its private partner last week.