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Charter will give staff right to exclude violent patients
Embattled staff at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital will be given powers to turn away violent or abusive patients under a new charter to be introduced next month.
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Campaigners welcome review of continence services policy
Campaigners have welcomed a government decision, announced last week by junior health minister Paul Boateng, to set up a review of continence services.
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HA brings in 'bouncers'
A health authority has angered residents by hiring a professional security firm to steward public meetings on hospital reconfiguration plans.
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IHSM is not the strong body managers need
Jamie Sharpley is right (Letters, 27 August), NHS managers deserve a strong body which pretty well every manager belongs to. Sadly, the Institute of Health Services Management is not that body.
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Scots managers reassured over jobs, but boards face clear-out
Health service managers have been given an assurance that there will be no redundancies and few early retirements as a result of a decision to cut the number of Scottish trusts from 46 to 28.
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Confederation falls out with Blair on pay
NHS employers clashed with prime minister Tony Blair over pay this week in the run-up to tomorrow's deadline for evidence to the pay review bodies.
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Token equal opportunities policies are not enough Can the national human resources strategy move beyond box-ticking?
All but the most Neanderthal of public sector employers pay at least lip service to the concept of equal opportunities these days - witness the 98.9 per cent of chief executives who took the trouble to respond to an NHS Executive survey on the issue, and the 98 per cent ...
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Difficulties mount as HA tries to fill gap left by Lighthouse bed closures
A specialist charity is being asked to move into new areas to plug a gap left by the closure of residential places at the London Lighthouse.
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New chair takes the driving seat NHS Confederation should become a driving influence on policy
The election of Catherine McLoughlin as chair of the NHS Confederation this week represents a partial break with the past (See News, pages 2- 3). Though she has been co-chair since the organisation's inception, she has none of the political baggage which made her rival and former co-chair, Marco Cereste, ...
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Unison prepares to strike in PFI battle despite High Court threat
Union leaders claim they will be able to deliver strike action at one of London's largest trusts despite a management threat to challenge the dispute in the High Court.
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Rood awakening
The Scottish health service is geared up for reform, but even before the dust has settled some wish the changes had gone further. Mark Crail reports
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Viagra - an opportunity for an astute government to raise revenue
The radio alarm rouses me with the drone of John Humphrys giving some poor soul a good grilling about the Pfizer-riser, the new wonderdrug that everyone is talking about. The pre-release publicity and media coverage have been fantastic, and not a day goes by without mention of Viagra ('Upping the ...
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A shot in the arm
The government has underlined its determination to bring drug misusers in from the cold with a 217m boost for the treatment and prevention elements of its three-year anti-drugs strategy for England.
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Cognitive approach to witness interviewing
I am carrying out research into interviewing witnesses using the cognitive approach - an interview technique for managers to enable witnesses to recall an event or incident accurately and in detail.
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An independent appeal system will do nothing to enhance a poor doctor- patient relationship
I do wonder if those demanding that GPs give reasons for de-registration and calling for 'some agreed method' (Letters, 13 August) have thought through the implications.
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All shook up
Third-generation GP and occasional country music DJ Ian Bogle is the new chair of council at the British Medical Association. He talks to Mark Gould about some of the changes that can be expected
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Galbraith takes aim at SAHC 'watchdog' role
Scottish health councils fear their independence and their credibility with patients could be undermined by government attempts to make them give up their 'watchdog' role.
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Antibiotic resistance 'critical' as pressure affects hygiene
Pressure on hospital beds and changes in cleaning contracts have contributed to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, a government report has concluded.
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A&E closure at Guy's sparks 'strain' warning at St Thomas'
Closing the accident and emergency department at Guy's Hospital in south London will put 'unbearable strain' on neighbouring units, it has been claimed.