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Cash for online booking trials
The Department of Health has allocated 5m to piloting an online hospital appointment booking system for GPs in England and Wales. The aim is for patients to know their appointment date before they leave the GP surgery.
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In brief
Guidelines for setting up primary care groups contain virtually no recommendations on information technology solutions, or money to build them, according to GP computing experts.'There is not and will not be an IT solution or detailed specifications for primary care groups,' said a regional GP computer adviser. Part of the ...
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Chartered territory
For the first time, CIPFA's new president is from the NHS - and a woman. She talks to Matthew Limb
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Denizens of Grub Street crave a little openness Civil servants should end their defensiveness for the sake of debate
One corner of government activity has remained virtually immune from the initiatives which began with the Citizen's Charter to ensure anyone encountering a public sector organisation is treated in a fair, courteous, prompt and open manner. All too often, Whitehall press offices feel under no obligation to treat the journalists ...
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Welcome for 'clearing houses'
Managers' leaders have warmly welcomed plans to establish 'clearing houses' for NHS staff affected by the government's reforms.
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Paramedics are committed to ensuring interventions are clinically effective
Patrick Butler's reports (News, page 5, 6 August; News Focus, page 10, 13 August) of the Ambulance Service Association's recent conference question the clinical effectiveness of paramedics.
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The shape of things to come
The NHS regions are being redrawn with effects for the whole of the NHS, and the power of central government.
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'Tick-box' patient survey comes in for criticism over lack of detail
Details of how the first nationwide survey of NHS patients' experiences will be organised have received a sceptical response from managers and consumer groups.
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Creature comforts
Pets - or companion animals - have a role in public health, say campaigners. Barbara Millar looks at growing interest in the therapeutic value of furry friends
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Suppliers to NHS Direct's telephone triage pilot likely to win many of its second-wave contracts
The 35m worth of contracts announced this month for the second wave of the NHS Direct telephone helpline are likely to go to many of the suppliers who provided the initial pilot telephone triage systems.
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Education and pay policies at the root of professional recruitment crisis
I was interested in your feature on the recurring problem of the nurse shortage ('Your country needs you', pages 22-25, 16 July).
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Ex-offenders should be included as New Deal trainees in healthcare
I was disappointed to read the comments of some speakers at the conference to debate the New Deal in healthcare (News, page 2, 25 June). If we consider that New Deal participants with a criminal background might not be suitable for NHS jobs, we are contributing to the social exclusion ...
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Doorstep delivery
A home care service for people with severe mental illness has reduced costs and proved popular with users.
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Nurses' unions split over new discretionary points system
Senior nurses will be eligible for up to 1,200 extra on their salaries from next month under the terms of a discretionary awards system out for consultation.
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Voices of dissent
Community health councils keep managers on their toes, says Steve Ainsworth, and should not be resented by health authorities
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Divide opens over PCG governance
Doctors' and managers' leaders divided sharply this week in their response to official guidance setting out governance arrangements for primary care groups.
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Hospital's future in doubt in wake of suspension of second doctor
A Scottish hospital at the centre of a row over standards of care has suspended a second consultant after a patient's death.
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Prima Donna
Without a newly defined role, there's real doubt that community health councils have a future. That's where Donna Covey, new director of the Association of CHCs for England and Wales, comes in. Lynn Eaton went to meet her
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Scots information strategy due in September
The Scottish NHS information strategy will be published in mid- September, the same month as those for England and Wales - if current deadlines hold.