All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-04-09
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10 projects worth £900m given the green light in second wave of PFI
Ten hospital building projects worth almost £900m were given the go-ahead by ministers this week in a second wave of private finance initiative approvals.
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Supertrust signs up £125k chief executive
A £430m new 'supertrust' this week recruited what is thought to be the country's highest-paid chief executive. David Johnson, once a hospital porter, will head Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust. The post carries 'a remuneration package' of around £125,000.
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Dyfed Powys aims to wipe out £20m deficit
A Welsh health authority has launched a recovery plan to tackle a £20m deficit in funding for the local health service.
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White paper reconfiguration could leave Scotland with just 27 trusts
Detailed proposals to make a radical reduction in the number of Scottish trusts have been issued by health boards.
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In Brief: Clinical academics
Clinical academics are to receive a staged pay award of 4.2 per cent this year, after the University Colleges Employers Association agreed to translate the recommendations of the doctors and dentists review body into staff salaries. Nonclinical academics will receive a staged award of 3.8 per cent.
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Aid stays as lawyers gear up to no-win no-fee claims
The Lord Chancellor took a breather last month from leafing through wallpaper books, ransacking the nation's art galleries and unearthing abandoned Pugin water closets. Lord Irvine unveiled his long-anticipated legal aid reforms, which were expected to abolish state aid for all money and damages claims and replace it with free ...
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Ambulance review: future uncertain
Two ambulance trusts have emerged intact, but the future of five others remains undecided under a proposed shake-up of emergency services in the north of England.
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The American way
The white paper may force the NHS down the route of the US health maintenance organisation, argues Allyson Pollock
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Ancillary staff could walk out over bonuses
Up to 200 ancillary staff at a Scottish hospital may walk out if managers fail to agree to incorporate bonus payments into basic wages.
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Ashworth opens board to public
A total of 100 complaints and 1,013 incidents were recorded at Ashworth Hospital in the quarter ending December 1997.
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In Brief: Patients Association
The public wants legislation to make living wills binding on doctors, according to a MORI poll for the Patients Association. Two out of three of the 1,960 adults surveyed favoured the move.
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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has told a group of Wall Street analysts, who are visiting Britain to assess the impact of litigation on the tobacco industry, that it supports the exploration of 'all legal avenues' to put manufacturers in the dock.
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Unison delights in contracts battle 'victory'
Unison this week claimed victory in its battle against trust contracts when Chase Farm Hospitals trust confirmed that new staff would no longer be offered them.
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Don't count your dosh before it's delivered
Though I'm too old to be a junior hospital doctor, it's an occupational hazard in my line of work to be woken at night to diagnose troublesome cases. So naturally I was wheeled out mid-week to examine an inflamed Times headline which was obviously running a temperature.