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HA in data protection probe
Leicestershire health authority may face investigation by the Data Protection Registrar after allegations that a university obtained names and addresses from its confidential patient database.
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Roof delays threaten Isle of Wight services
Ministers have been attacked for delays in approving a £25m package of repairs to a 'flagship' hospital which had been hailed as an example of ground-breaking architecture.
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Why do patients die?
Too little has been done to discover the reasons for perioperative deaths, says a report published this week. Lynn Eaton looks at how that is set to change
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NNHS Direct: who can be left holding the receiver?
Dr Reynolds is not the first to air concerns about finding enough nurses to staff NHS Direct 'NHS Direct will need 15,000 more nurses', (page 3, 22 October). Professor Jeremy Dale mentioned this too ('Wired for sound', 29 January). But, whether or not recruiting nurses indeed proves to be a ...
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How will the regulations be enforced?
The regulations on working time, night work limits and health assessments in hospitals will be enforced by the Health and Safety Executive. The HSE will bring cases before a magistrates' court or crown court. In most cases, employers will receive an improvement notice giving them a minimum of three weeks ...
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Fall from grace?
Do recent incidents mean Victoria Infirmary trust in Glasgow deserves the attentions of a clinical inquiry 'hit squad' any more than other trusts? Barbara Millar says opinion is divided
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Feeling nervous as trusts fall for a quick fix of PFI
David Stelmach (Letters, 15 October) feels it is not the role of the Society of Radiographers to influence trusts in their choice of cost- efficient ways to acquire technology. The society would argue it owes such a responsibility to the professions operating in medical imaging and oncology, to the healthcare ...
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Strategy fears as MPs shuffle
The departure of junior health minister Paul Boateng from the Department of Health in the wake of the Ron Davies scandal has raised concerns about the future of the government's new mental health strategy, due to be announced next week.
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Researchers warn of 'gardening leave' rise
Researchers have warned that a major government review of procedures for suspending doctors must look at the rising use of 'informal' suspensions as well as the formal disciplinary process.
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The support group
Derek McLean, medical director of Dundee Teaching Hospitals trust, is to chair the support group to review patient care at the Victoria Infirmary. Other members:
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Health secretary Frank Dobson last week promised to publish figures on the number of assaults on staff when he launched a joint campaign to stamp out violence in the NHS.
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Too soon to pass judgement on Queen Mary savings
Your news story, 'Downgrade of top acute hospital fails to produce planned savings' (page 4, 8 October) is premature in its judgement.
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Want to know about 'Ann's secret passion', as Monitor's favourite magazine headlines its exclusive two-page spread on our dear friend Ann Widdecombe? Let Cat World's November issue reveal all. 'Animals have always played a large part in my life,' says the woman who shares the Tory front bench with the ...
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Funny old thing, coincidence. Barely had this column yoked Paul Boateng's name with that of Alun Michael in the 'Michael Stone' policy debate last week than fate linked them via Ron Davies's ill-fated stroll on Clapham Common. Minister B took minister M's job at the Home Office when he moved ...
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Take a risk, share the vision
At last we can begin to distinguish the mental health wood from the policy trees. The new values are 'safe, sound and supportive', and this encapsulates a range of priorities.
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WEB WATCH
In Whitehall, agriculture minister Jack Cunningham sits with his colleagues, peering over his new ministerial red boxes. Unlike the previous government, this one 'will publish any report on public health immediately it comes to us', he promises, the shiny novelty of high office not yet having worn off.
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Minister announces 1m for Llandough orthopaedics
Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has announced 1m extra funding for Llandough Hospital and Community trust to improve wards and the orthopaedic outpatient department. The money follows the transfer of orthopaedic services to Llandough Hospital from Prince of Wales Hospital, Rhydlafar.
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100m a year 'wasted' on prescriptions for drug treatments 'of doubtful value'
The NHS is wasting more than 100m a year on prescriptions for drugs 'of doubtful value' to patients, according to the doctors' prescribing bible.
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A gastro-enteritis flying squad has been set up by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. It is available for any hospital which finds itself in difficulties; it is staffed by trained nurses and headed by a doctor specialising in the work. The squad will come fully equipped, and is ...
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Prescriptions top 2 million each working day
The Prescription Pricing Authority dealt with more than 2 million prescriptions on each working day of the 1997-98 financial year, according to its annual report. The number of prescriptions rose by just under 4 per cent to 504 million, with each patient obtaining an average of nearly 10 prescriptions over ...