All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-09-16
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WEB WATCH
While the Department of Health continues ploughing good money after bad in an attempt to maintain its glorious technological isolation from the grubby world outside, our American cousins forge ahead, placing their faith in the very latest encryption software and the hottest and highest of firewalls.
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A self-management programme
A self-management programme developed by Professor Kate Lorig at Stanford University has operated in the US for several years. It includes symptom management techniques, nutrition, sleep management, use of community resources, medication and dealing with emotions.
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in person
Professor Roderick MacSween, professor of pathology at Glasgow University, has been appointed by health secretary Frank Dobson to the unpaid post of chair of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority until 31 July 2002. He is currently president of the Royal College of Pathologists, but his term ends in December.
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A slap in the interface
opinion: OVER THE WALL: 'The agendas of health, social services and local government are so intermeshed that it no longer makes sense to think of a handful of key intersections for monitoring'
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GMC set to offer help on patient protection
The General Medical Council is to offer help to senior NHS managers who are 'anxious' about their responsibility to provide quality care, its president has told the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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Nurse education set for 'hands-on' revamp
Nursing education is to be overhauled to increase the role of trusts and ensure that students qualify with more practical skills.