Health Service Journal
2001-11-08
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A case of night sight - or especially bad myopia?
LETTERS -
Barefoot doctors
NEWS FOCUS: Doctors, dentists and nurses are living in poverty in the UK.They are the refugees and asylum seekers who, a year ago, were promised a welcome by the hard-pressed NHS.But as Daloni Carlisle reports, little seems to have happened since then -
Bolt up
NEWS -
Bully beefs
LAW SPECIAL REPORT: Bullying allegations can come from almost any direction. Constant vigilance is the only defence, says Jo Plumstead -
Care deadline is 'a problem'
NEWS -
Change is not about simple reconfiguration: we need to be businesslike and seek new solutions
LETTERS -
CHI report attacks Bath's 'inner circles'
NEWS -
Crisp counsels against despair: 'We are hitting targets early'
THIS WEEK -
Days like this - HSJ 7 November 1991
NEWS: Support for non-essential treatments. . .Jobs for spouses. . .Block contract problems. . .Fewer women on HAs. . Trusts seek private cash -
DoH caginess at odds with 'drive for openness'
NEWS -
DoH 'chickening out' on MS trials
NEWS -
Easier to recognise the staff than doctors' dictation
LETTERS -
Els bells! Doubts over Milburn privatehospital visit to Spain
THIS WEEK -
Events
Science meets medicine 15-16 November, London 'Science and Medicine' is a twoday conference organised jointly by the Royal College of Physicians and the Medical Research Society. -
Fair to middling
BOOKS -
For whom the Bell tolls
NEWS FOCUS: After an abrupt departure from the NHS Information Authority, Nigel Bell claims to be having a 'really exciting time' at the government's Office of the e-Envoy.Lyn Whitfield finds out what he's trying to achieve -
Grant-row charity faces eviction
NEWS -
Hosts with the most
REFUGEE SERVICES: One PCT has chosen to respond to the needs of its 1,500-plus asylum-seeker population by setting up a special scheme to provide walk-in clinics, home visits and referrals.Kay Ratcliffe reports -
IN BRIEF
NEWS -
IN PERSON
Graeme Betts has been appointed chief executive of Hillingdon primary care trust.He is currently London borough of Hillingdon director of social services and has been on secondment as acting PCT chief executive since last month.He has worked in social services departments in Coventry and other London boroughs.Mr Betts replaces David Panter, who is now chief executive of Brighton and Hove council. -
Independent agencies fear bankruptcy
NEWS -
It is time directors spoke out over the leeches that are bleeding the NHS dry in greedy PFI schemes
LETTERS -
Just remember the terrible fate of Zen - we really should be spending more time listening to hamsters
LETTERS -
Locals fume over PCT proposals
NEWS -
MONITOR
Naturally, security at Monitor Towers is at an all-time high these days. -
More diversions than the M25
COMMENT: Health policy on chaotic course as U-turns and re-thinks proliferate -
No-star trust chief executive off sick as complaints grow of unfair treatment
THIS WEEK -
Now, count to 10
NEWS -
On the insight track
BOOKS -
On the look-out
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: A survey of medium-secure units raises questions about their planned growth, report Jeff Jaycock and Tony Bamber -
Opportunity knocked
OPEN SPACE: Despite a crippling shortage of nurses, Maggie Oldham says the NHS is continuing to ignore a rich source of recruitment - asylum seekers -
Partially sighted
NEWS FOCUS: Decades of uneasy truce between the NHS and the private sector should be replaced by something more positive - and more honest.Steve Mathieson reports on an appeal to put ideology on one side -
Raising our glasses to the optician who went on the fiddle to help the poor
POLITICS -
Recruitment headline ignored vacancy crisis
LETTERS -
Reform Bill flags up wider CHI role and patient involvement
THIS WEEK -
Safe conduct
NEWS FOCUS: Anthrax could be the least of our problems, according to a Royal College of Physicians seminar that sought to reassure health workers. Paul Dinsdale listened to the advice -
Saturday night's all right
MENTAL HEALTH: Weekend mental health services are a great help to patients and take pressure off staff. Catherine Hayes reports on a care programme that has been welcomed by professionals and users alike -
Shortcuts: Health and Safety Commission to home in on NHS
NEWS -
Shortcuts: Hutton sets out improvements to primary care pay
NEWS -
Shortcuts: NHS Alliance favours one national contract for GPs
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Shortcuts: NHS 'slow to learn' from ombudsman health reports
NEWS -
Shortcuts: Trusts to draw up own policies on refusing treatment
NEWS -
Silent witness
NEWS FOCUS: Nightly bombing raids have made Afghanistan a perilous place - but the country's inability to feed its people and care for the sick means a cruel fate awaits even those who survive the onslaught.Tash Shifrin reports -
So much skill and motivation - but can the promises be backed by cash, or will expectations be dashed?
LETTERS -
South East stands firm on ambulance service merger
NEWS -
Stars to replace lights as hospitals clean up
NEWS -
The book I am reading now - John Lister
BOOKS -
The odd couple
LAW SPECIAL REPORT: The government is proposing changes to the regulations governing staff transfers in response to the ongoing row over PFI in the NHS. Daniel Lee explains the proposed route through the legal minefield -
THE PERSUADERS - No 45
Our weekly guide to healthcare's most influential people -
The rights stuff
LAW SPECIAL REPORT: Now the Human Rights Act 1998 is up and running, David Owens and Susan Thompson wonder what it means in practice for the NHS -
Waste not, want not
COMMENT: Why does NHS continue to ignore refugee health professionals in UK? -
When circles can't be squared
CONSUMING PASSIONS - 'In A&E the youngest doctors take care of the sickest patients in the poorest conditions' -
Write on
THIS WEEK -
You have got bail
LAW SPECIAL REPORT: E-mail may give an illusion of privacy, but employers and employees can easily find themselves on sticky legal ground, as Steve Mathieson explains
