All News articles – Page 2259
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CHCs attack bids to remove chairs
Community health council leaders are calling for a review of rules amid fears that health officials are seeking to oust effective CHC chairs.
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Galbraith is asked to explain board sackings
A university principal has written to Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith saying he wants an explanation for the sacking of four non- executive directors from Tayside health board before he will nominate someone to fill one of the vacant posts.
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Ashworth managers 'retreat' over shift patterns
Managers at the troubled Ashworth top-security hospital are set to reverse unpopular working patterns, union officials claimed this week.
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Appeal Court clarifies fixed-term contracts
The Court of Appeal has cleared up confusion over fixed-term contracts, though the case, Kelly-Phillips v the BBC, is likely to go to the House of Lords.
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PUBLIC AND MEDIA HYSTERIA PUTS MORE PEOPLE AT RISK OF HIV THAN ANYONE WHO IS HIV-POSITIVE
HIV voluntary organisations are sometimes asked why we keep going on about HIV. Isn't it all over? Haven't we been to the top of the hill and down again?
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Row over cause of ambulance response rate fall
Managers have disputed claims of a sharp decline in ambulance response rates in south-west London following the reduction of accident and emergency services.
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Scots waiting lists reach an all-time high
The number of people waiting for treatment in Scottish hospitals has risen to an all-time high, despite Labour promises to reduce waiting lists.
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Holy alliance:
Holy alliance: Reverend John Palin, chaplain for Doncaster Healthcare trust, in front of one of six new hand-crafted stained glass windows in St Catherine's chapel at the multi-faith Spiritual Care Centre, which recently opened in Tickhill Road Hospital's former Oak ward. Local artist Alan Moston created the windows, which depict ...
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All quiet on the front line
Managers believe performance indicators have some - limited - value. But junior doctors and other frontline staff are often ignorant of their existence. Maria Goddard and colleagues report on a study of eight hospitals
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ALL TOGETHER NOW... 'YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT 'TIL IT'S GONE'
The letter from Carole Rawlinson and John Kelly (30 April) advising NHS managers to hold their horses on closures of community hospitals should have received star billing. The logic of their research-based argument is impeccable.
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Fair shares for all
The New NHS white paper and the recently published green paper, Our Healthier Nation, both place a heavy responsibility on health authorities to develop a public health strategy focused on multi-agency working. How to tackle poverty and its impact on health inequality will be a key issue for all HAs.
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Glimmer of hope for Lighthouse after Treasury approves emergency loan
A London health authority has been given Treasury approval to make a loan of up to pounds925,000 to keep the London Lighthouse centre for people with HIV and AIDS going until the end of
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Meet the Aerospace Medical Association.
You've read all those stories about how, while 30,000ft up in a jumbo jet, a GP armed only with a small item of cutlery and a miniature bottle of whisky with which to sterilise it performs life-saving surgery on the pilot, allowing him to land the plane safely. Now meet ...
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Negligence actions at risk
How will medical negligence cases be conducted in the brave new world if legal aid is withdrawn? Health service managers will find much to chew on in a report just out from the Institute for the Study of the Legal Profession at Sheffield University.
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on the record
JUNE McKERROW has been director of the Mental Health Foundation since 1992. She previously worked for 25 years in housing and homelessness, most recently at Stonham establishing community-based alternatives to institutional living for people with special needs.
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Target practice
Though recognising their health-promotion role, even GPs in one fairly affluent area are unsure of how to work across agencies to meet targets, reveals a survey by Thoreya Swage and Judi Linney