Health Service Journal
Colin Wright
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HSE moves in to stem violence against staff
2-Nov-2000
The Health and Safety Executive has ordered a Scottish primary care trust to take immediate action to protect vulnerable staff from potentially violent and aggressive patients. -
Suits you, sir
2-Nov-2000
The new chief executive of the NHS in Scotland is a manager's manager. Colin Wright looks at the implications of the appointment -
On best behaviour
28-Sep-2000
The full force of the Human Rights Act is about to hit health service employers with a sledgehammer. Colin Wright reports -
Low-key union debate in ritual attack on PFI
21-Sep-2000
The Trades Union Congress issued a ritual denunciation of the private finance initiative last week at the end of a low-key congress overshadowed by the fuel crisis. -
Mac, not Machiavelli
21-Sep-2000
Scotland's new chief medical officer is defecting from the BMA. Poacher turned gamekeeper, or just an honest diplomat, asks Colin Wright -
Deprivation and population key to major rethink on Scots funding
14-Sep-2000
The way Scotland's health funding is allocated has been changed, with a shift away from the existing system based primarily on population numbers. -
Scots Conservatives won't push private care
17-Aug-2000
The Scottish Conservative Party is likely to take a softer line on expanding the private healthcare sector than its English counterpart. -
Mind how you go
20-Jul-2000
Speculation about Scottish health minister Susan Deacon's future continues apace. Colin Wright reports -
Deacon starts recess under dark skies
13-Jul-2000
The last two weeks of Scotland's parliamentary year were designated 'good news weeks' by the government's spin doctors, but could hardly have been worse for health minister Susan Deacon. -
Scaife leaves: it's official
13-Jul-2000
Months of speculation over the future of the chief executive of the NHS in Scotland have ended this week with the announcement that Geoff Scaife is to step down. -
Chairs face axe in purge to 'refresh' service
15-Jun-2000
Almost a quarter of Scotland's chairs may be purged by Scottish health minister Susan Deacon in a bid to 'refresh' the service. -
Deacon warned as more winter crises lie in wait
18-May-2000
A working group to look at ways of tackling winter pressures in Scotland has held its first meeting amid warnings of continuing pressure on 'fragmented' services. -
Deacon blues
11-May-2000
The Scottish health minister insists that managers committed to improving patient care have nothing to fear from the 'strings attached' to additional NHS money from government. Colin Wright explains -
Screen but not heard
4-May-2000
A report on Scotland's cervical screening programme has led to calls for the locally based call/recall service to be made national. Colin Wright reports -
MSPs condemn NHS for 'secrecy culture'
23-Mar-2000
Members of the Scottish Parliament's health committee used a parliamentary debate to attack NHS organisations for operating a 'culture of secrecy and fear'. -
Beyond the syringe
17-Feb-2000
Needlestick injuries can kill, but the extra cost of safety needles means trusts have been slow to adopt them. Colin Wright reports -
Moving story
10-Feb-2000
An adult placement scheme for residents of a long-stay hospital that is due to close has provoked controversy, writes Colin Wright -
Moving story
3-Feb-2000
An adult placement scheme for residents of a long-stay hospital that is due to close has provoked controversy, writes Colin Wright -
£12m overspend trust may axe surgical beds
13-Jan-2000
Waiting times could be allowed to rise and up to 110 surgical beds could be cut in a bid to save money at a cash strapped Scottish trust. -
Upping the anti
16-Dec-1999
Anti-abortionists in Scotland are on the march, threatening the security of those working in family planning clinics. Colin Wright reports -
The bane of Fife
2-Dec-1999
Top-level departures from the board, hundreds storming public meetings, ministerial intervention - what's gone wrong in Fife? Colin Wright finds out -
Carry on at your convenor
11-Nov-1999
MSPs launched a candid and very public attack on Scottish health minister Susan Deacon when the tapes kept rolling during what they believed to be a private session. Colin Wright reports -
Glasgow seeks to up its SHARE
4-Nov-1999
The chief executive of Greater Glasgow health board has called for more money from a proposed shake-up of Scottish health service funding, under which it would already be a major beneficiary. -
Overpay case manager 'was turfed out for new regime'
23-Sep-1999
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Overpay case manager 'was turfed out for new regime'
9-Sep-1999
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Are you being served?
2-Sep-1999
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Scotland sees huge increase in heroin use
19-Aug-1999
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Critics pour cold water on plan for 'fair' distribution of Scots funding
22-Jul-1999
A radical plan to redistribute health funding in Scotland has met a mixed response. -
Hospital bans millennium surgery
15-Jul-1999
One of Scotland's flagship hospitals has announced that it will suspend elective surgery for a month over the millennium, in a move condemned by unions and politicians. -
Scots select PFI as top subject of debate
8-Jul-1999
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Scottish talks open cracks in pay system
24-Jun-1999
Trade union leaders are to meet Scottish Office officials today to discuss the future of pay negotiations under the Scottish Parliament. -
Penny for their thoughts
22-Apr-1999
New taxes. No taxes. There was an option for everyone when the four main parties revealed their plans for the Scottish Parliament. Colin Wright reports -
Scottish GPs demand more say in reforms
17-Sep-1998
GPs have called for a bigger say in the government's reform of the Scottish health service.
