Health Service Journal
Lynn Eaton
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Service planning: shock of the new
9-Jun-2008
Sherford is a new town being built near Plymouth and plans for its health services promise to test support for new models - just don't mention polyclinics. Lynn Eaton takes a look -
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
2-Jun-2005
INTERVIEW -
A CLEARER PICTURE
24-Feb-2005
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Network deadlines set for 2005
4-Nov-2004
Published: 04/11/2004, Volume II4, No. 5930 Page 6 7 -
Psychiatrists fear mental health bill will alienate patients from system
4-Nov-2004
Published: 04/11/2004, Volume II4, No. 5930 Page 9 -
Toil and trouble
18-Sep-2003
Published: 18/09/2003, Volume II3, No. 5873 Page 13 14 -
In the loop
28-Nov-2002
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Just a zealous guy
10-Oct-2002
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Behind the times
16-May-2002
news focus: The government is paying the private sector to make up the shortfall in NHS operating-time capacity.But is it really necessary, asks Lynn Eaton -
CHAI's patient complaints role is shock to the system
16-May-2002
Published: 16/05/2002, Volume II2, No. 5805 Page 5 -
Brighton trust reaches for the stars but review remains critical
28-Feb-2002
Published: 28/02/2002, Volume II2, No. 5794 Page 8 9 -
The road to consensus
24-Jan-2002
The government has promised a boosted role for 'expert patients' in decisions about recommended treatments.But the working group on CFS/ME has shown that getting agreement between patients and professionals is no mean feat. Lynn Eaton reports -
DoH and Information Authority colleagues express shock at Bell's sudden departure
4-Oct-2001
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Something in the air
4-Oct-2001
NEWS FOCUS: With the potential threat of germ or chemical warfare now a reality, Lynn Eaton wonders whether the NHS is prepared -
A double first
27-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Two job-sharing health authority chief executives are moving on to head the new National Patient Safety Agency - together, of course.Lynn Eaton reports -
MPs join clamour for Loughton to quit
27-Sep-2001
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Troubled Stoke Mandeville hit by A&E director tribunal case
27-Sep-2001
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Grateful dread
20-Sep-2001
NEWS FOCUS: The UK's experience of major terrorist attacks has paled into insignificance alongside the thousands of deaths in America last week.But could we cope with a comparable event? Lynn Eaton reports -
Lightning plunges NHS intranet system into week-long chaos
13-Sep-2001
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Let's leave God out of it, Milburn tells managers
5-Jul-2001
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Found wanting
28-Jun-2001
NEWS FOCUS: The modern patient has come a long way from the submissive, respectful individual of yesteryear. How should health providers respond in an era of greater expectation? Lynn Eaton reports -
NHS winter is July-June: official
28-Jun-2001
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Access systems fail on patient 'types'
31-May-2001
Health service managers are failing to take account of how different people react to new ways of accessing health services, such as the Internet or NHS Direct, according to research from the Institute for Public Policy Research. -
Tool shortages cause ENT wait-time breach
31-May-2001
Patients around the country - many of them children - are having to wait more than the government's agreed time limit of 18 months for surgery, following difficulties buying disposable equipment for tonsillectomies. -
Bridging the gap
26-Apr-2001
A move from NHS dentistry into private practice, combined with dentists'general reluctance to work in 'unattractive'areas, is leaving great swathes of the population without dental care. Lynn Eaton reports -
Tenants extra
26-Apr-2001
The need for affordable housing for key NHS workers has never been greater. Some trusts are trying to address the problem. Lynn Eaton reports -
Raid on cash for child mental health service
12-Apr-2001
Psychiatrists are furious that the final year of government money for improving services for thousands of children with mental health problems is effectively being lost - because the money is no longer ring-fenced. -
Farmers turn to NHS helpline
5-Apr-2001
A helpline offering advice to farmers and those affected by the foot and mouth outbreak across Wales has seen an increase in calls from people who are suicidal. -
Stepping off a springboard
5-Apr-2001
A mixture of excitement and apprehension was evident at the National Association of Primary Care conference, as around 130 new primary care trusts prepare to go live.Lynn Eaton reports -
Major NHS plan areas at risk as HAs 'raid' heart and cancer cash
29-Mar-2001
Some of the government's top priorities under the NHS plan could be in jeopardy because of the higher-than-expected costs of pay awards and National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance. -
Czar warns that fast community follow-up is key to saving lives
22-Mar-2001
Major changes are needed in the community follow-up for patients recently discharged from psychiatric hospital - even if it means existing patients see the community team less frequently, says the mental health czar. -
Food guru backs waiters on the wards
8-Mar-2001
Waiters and waitresses should serve food to patients in all hospitals, restaurant critic and hospital food guru Loyd Grossman has said following an initiative being piloted in Nottingham. -
Drugs price drop gives health authorities unspendable surplus
1-Mar-2001
Health authorities are struggling to deal with an unexpected budget surplus which could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds, thanks to last year's cut in the cost of drugs. -
A working arrangement
22-Feb-2001
It has been a big year for human resources. Lynn Eaton examines what the NHS plan and the HR strategy mean for training -
NHS forced to bail out cash-strapped council
22-Feb-2001
Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon has hit crisis point as two local councils can no longer afford care for elderly people moving into residential and nursing homes. Swindon and Marlborough trust has been forced to buy in beds it has no money for, to bale out the social services departments. -
One thing leads to another
22-Feb-2001
It is all systems go with the Leadership Centre for Health again, which aims to nurture a new generation of excellence. Lynn Eaton meets the woman setting it up and her deputy -
Weathering the storm
22-Feb-2001
Extreme climate changes are posing a major challenge for the NHS. Can it cope, asks Lynn Eaton -
Hic hic hooray
8-Feb-2001
The government may at last be getting somewhere with its national strategy on alcohol misuse - but what are A&E staff already doing to manage the problems they encounter? Lynn Eaton reports -
The 'free-for-all' in freefall
1-Feb-2001
Some deft re-wording was enough to save the day when Scotland's wrangling over personal care costs turned ugly. Lynn Eaton examines the new promises -
The foresight sagas
18-Jan-2001
The weather affects patterns of sickness, so predicting it can help the health service plan for outbreaks of flu and other illnesses. Lynn Eaton reports -
NHS Pensions Agency 'may be liable for loss'
11-Jan-2001
The NHS Pensions Agency could be held liable for the loss of pension benefits of some of the 18,000 NHS employees who had money invested in troubled insurance company Equitable Life, according to a leading insurance lawyer. -
Glaxo Wellcome man gets top BMA job in break with tradition
14-Dec-2000
In a surprise move, one of the top directors from Glaxo Wellcome, who has no medical qualification, is to take over as secretary of the British Medical Association. -
What the spin doctor ordered
14-Dec-2000
How do you cope if a sick celebrity lands in your hospital? Lynn Eaton finds out -
Gardening leave 'inadequate system for solving disputes'
30-Nov-2000
Senior NHS managers, many of whom are living with the threat of suspension because their face no longer fits, need a formal procedure for when things go wrong. -
Biotech firm 'will not charge'NHS for breast cancer tests
7-Sep-2000
Scottish biotechnology firm Rosgen has announced that it does not plan to charge the NHS for carrying out tests for mutations in two genes linked to breast cancer. -
Mental health blueprint spells out safety plan for the young
7-Sep-2000
Mental health experts have drawn up a blueprint detailing how the government should deliver its promise to guarantee early and intensive support for young people with psychosis. -
A dose of scepticism
20-Jul-2000
As pressure groups, drug companies and others express their doubts about the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, Lynn Eaton meets its beleaguered chief executive -
Once bitten. . .
15-Jun-2000
In the third in our series on the government's modernisation plans for the NHS, we look at prevention and inequalities. -
Getting back on its feet
1-Jun-2000
Turning the NHS around has been likened to steering a supertanker: you can't just change things overnight, because the ship has a momentum all its own. -
Ethnic babies' death risk doubled
18-May-2000
Babies born in the UK to mothers originally from Pakistan or the Caribbean are twice as likely to die in infancy as babies whose mothers were born here, according to the latest report from the Office for National Statistics. -
Late tackle
18-May-2000
The government wants NHS staff to help in the fight against crime.But there are misgivings that such collaboration will undermine patient confidentiality. Lynn Eaton reports -
PCGs under pressure to rush status change
18-May-2000
Political pressure to produce rapid results and move to primary care trust status may be undermining the ability of primary care groups to achieve long-term change, a report has warned. -
Private sector may tender in major shake-up of prisons'GP services
18-May-2000
A major shake-up in the way GP services are provided in Scottish prisons is being planned - with private healthcare organisations in the frame as a potential provider. -
Fast reactor
11-May-2000
No-nonsense, straight-talking action man Mike Deegan has two months to solve the problem of how to improve the NHS. Lynn Eaton gets her stopwatch out -
WHO fires first
27-Apr-2000
Negotiating a ceasefire in the Sudan is just one aspect of the World Health Organisation's plan to eradicate polio. Lynn Eaton reports -
A cat among the pigeons
20-Apr-2000
A proposal that NICE should evaluate the cost-effectiveness of expensive medicines before the NHS prescribes them is ruffling feathers. Lynn Eaton reports -
Over our dead body
13-Apr-2000
The demise of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group begs questions of how different its successor's approach will be. Lynn Eaton reports -
Sticky concoction
16-Mar-2000
The first 17 PCTs - due to start in a fortnight - are putting together their plans, while ministers firm up accountability arrangements.But doesn't it all taste a little of fudge, wonders Lynn Eaton -
Mental health PFI plan agreed at last
9-Mar-2000
Plans to replace 'abysmal' buildings housing mental health services in Leeds have finally got the go-ahead almost a decade after the closure of the sites was first proposed. The £47m deal is the largest ever private finance initiative for mental health services. -
News focus
24-Feb-2000
The Waterhouse report has exposed the failures of local authorities looking after children in care. But the NHS, too, should examine its role in meeting the health needs of this vulnerable group. Lynn Eaton looks at hopes for future partnership -
Great expectations
10-Feb-2000
Tony Blair is said to be frustrated by the pace of change in the health service, so how must the public feel? Lynn Eaton reports -
Tobacco case lawyer criticises HAs' retreat
10-Feb-2000
The lawyer behind failed legal action against the UK tobacco industry has hit out at health authorities for failing to support it. -
Lawyers in row over mediation
3-Feb-2000
Lawyers have clashed over why government-funded research into the use of mediation to stem a rising tide of NHS litigation failed to attract a significant number of cases. -
Standards report seeks further change in appointment process
20-Jan-2000
Dramatic improvements are needed in the way appointments to NHS boards are made, according to the latest report of the committee on standards in public life. -
Developing whirl
27-May-1999
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'Rethink suicide prevention' HAs urged
25-Mar-1999
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Guidance brings in 48-hour week as exempt junior doctors fight on
26-Nov-1998
Guidance on how the European working-time directive will affect the NHS was published last week amid a growing row about plans to extend the rules to junior doctors. -
Crackdown on NHS sickness bill begins
12-Nov-1998
NHS human resources managers are to have new guidance on tackling absenteeism in line with chancellor Gordon Brown's bid to cut £6bn from the public sector staff sickness bill. -
Psychiatrists spark anger
8-Oct-1998
A five-year campaign by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness got off to a rocky start this week when aggrieved service users planned a protest march on the day of the launch. -
Hospital's future in doubt in wake of suspension of second doctor
20-Aug-1998
A Scottish hospital at the centre of a row over standards of care has suspended a second consultant after a patient's death. -
'Tick-box' patient survey comes in for criticism over lack of detail
20-Aug-1998
Details of how the first nationwide survey of NHS patients' experiences will be organised have received a sceptical response from managers and consumer groups. -
700,000 bill for test scare
13-Aug-1998
A Welsh hospital in a cervical cancer scare faces a potential damages bill of at least 700,000 from affected women and their families. -
Reel lives
29-Jan-1998
Was an NHS trust right to allow TV cameras onto a psychiatric ward? Lynn Eaton reports on the row
