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Labour's first year: not what the doctors ordered
Laurence Buckman, GP negotiator 'They have promised much and done little. You do not build policy in a vacuum - you start from where people are - so it is not surprising a lot of their ideas have built on Conservative policy. But at times it has been difficult to ...
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Union fury at trust's 'cynical' outsourcing
Unions at University College London Hospitals trust have protested at its 'contemptible and cynical' outsourcing of information technology systems to market-leading health computing company HBOC. The £2m contract is part of UCLH's preparations for building a new hospital under a £160m private finance initiative deal.
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Your country needs you
Why can't the UK solve its nursing shortage? James Buchan examines the pattern of problems and solutions
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A matter for complaint
The health service commissioner does not deal with staff whistleblowers, and only a fraction of complaints from the public concern clinical judgement. Could he really help prevent a recurrence of the Bristol tragedy? Mark Gould finds out
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Troubled trust chief is suspended
The chief executive of Central Scotland Healthcare trust has been suspended on full pay pending an independent inquiry into allegations of overpayments to a small group of senior managers.
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Estates manager faces corruption charges
Former Frenchay Hospital estates manager David Smart has been sent for trial at Bristol Crown Court on corruption charges following an investigation of the way £1m of contracts were awarded.
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Why making some noise may keep the cash coming
While the public stay committed to the NHS, the government must listen
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Be sceptical of the capitalists
Resale price maintenance is a remarkable device for ensuring that the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of over-the counter drugs are kept in the style to which they are accustomed. The consumer can go to Asda and buy Anadin, a branded aspirin product protected by RPM, for about £1.80.
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Region rejects calls for inquiry into mental health deaths
Anglia and Oxford region has rejected a call for an independent inquiry into its handling of mental health services following a series of deaths blamed by campaigners on 'incompetence and mismanagement'.
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Senior managers broke NHS pay rules
Senior health service managers repeatedly broke NHS pay regulations to award themselves and colleagues thousands of pounds to which they were not entitled, an inquiry has found.
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In brief: Scotland's NHS
Scotland's NHS is to spend £6m on the next phase of a plan to connect the country's 370 hospitals and health boards to its 1,075 GP surgeries. The first phase provided £7m to equip GP practices with Windows NT machines and ISDN connections to a private BT network. The second ...
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In brief: Pharm-line
Pharm-line, the medicines bibliographic database developed by Guy's and St Thomas' trust, is now available in a searchable form over the NHSnet, at IP address 194.19.117.4.
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In brief: SMS
SMS wishes to make clear that, of the two redundancies reported in last month's IT Input, only one was in the UK. The other was in Ireland. The company emphasises that it is not reducing its NHS marketing activities.
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In brief: Nicola Oldmeadow
A sentence of two years probation on bogus nurse Nicola Oldmeadow was too small a penalty to deter others 'wanting to con their way into nursing', said the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. Ms Oldmeadow worked for a string of nursing homes and agencies using the ...
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In brief: Private finance initiative
Two out of three Labour MPs believe the private finance initiative will cost more than a publicly funded hospital building programme, Unison has claimed. It said a survey of 100 'old and new' Labour MPs found that just under half thought PFI would worsen NHS staff pay and conditions.