All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-07-22
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The case against animal research is a relatively easy one to make. Produce a few cuddly bunnies, talk emotively about evil scientists with electrodes, and there you have it. The case for cutting up small furry animals, on the other hand, is more complex but has other advantages, not least ...
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A tension seeker
Employing a trust audit pharmacist has lessened tensions between GPs and hospital prescribing services and improved medicines management. Martin Shepherd and colleagues report
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Unknown quantity
What exactly will a nurse consultant do? Pat Healy reports on plans for a pilot scheme to develop the role
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MPs want pay-bed watchdog
MPs investigating private healthcare have called for two different systems to regulate pay beds in NHS hospitals.
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Treasury moves to placate opposition from unions
The Treasury issued guidance on standardising PFI contracts last week in a move widely seen as an attempt to appease union critics of the scheme.
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monitor
Monitor wishes to join the grovelling rush to congratulate Sir Alan Langlands on his reappointment as NHS chief executive for a further four-year term. Jolly well done, sir. It obviously scotches all that scurrilous gossip about Big Al getting ready to up sticks and quit - so what can account ...
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Made to measure
Trying to solve the nursing shortage has led one trust to develop a tailored programme to help nurses trained overseas to gain UK registration. Jackie Hulse and colleagues report
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Jail for supply-theft man
A former commercial manager who stole £42,000 from Wirral Hospital trust has been jailed for 21 months.
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Sharp implement
The Culyer reforms' impact on patient care may still be uncertain, but they have raised the profile of research which benefits health providers, writes Barbara Millar
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Public healthcare is 'no longer sustainable'
Government-backed healthcare is in 'turmoil' and private healthcare will see 'explosive growth' in the next decade, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Its study of six western European countries says 'it is becoming increasingly clear that public healthcare systems are no longer sustainable' because of the demands ...
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Mind the gap
Fluoridation campaigners believe they have won the argument, but the detail remains to be resolved. Mark Crail reports
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Let stocktake herald fresh start
Assembly is clean slate for relations between managers and ministers
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Report says reforms will raise public's expectations
The massive programme of change in the NHS and other public services will lead the public to demand 'genuine improvements' in standards, according to spending watchdogs. Launching the Audit Commission's annual report, chair Dame Helena Shovelton said the role of public audit and inspection in upholding quality would be 'even ...
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Outreach exceeds its grasp
If you are sceptical about the impact of policy documents, whether read or filed in the wastepaper basket, you should consider the case of assertive outreach.
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Dobson fires shot at opportunist lawyers
The only place for lawyers in a hospital 'is on the operating table' - health secretary Frank Dobson told MPs last week.
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Experts dub personality disorder imprisonment proposals 'flawed'
Proposals to lock up 'dangerous people with severe personality disorder' indefinitely are 'fundamentally flawed', according to mental health experts.