All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-04-09 – Page 3
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Mixed welcome for radical Welsh trust cuts proposals
Radical proposals to halve the number of trusts in Wales have been given a mixed reception by campaign groups.
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Trust slams HA 'high-risk disruption' and unveils own rescue plan on Net
A trust which is using the Internet to fight for survival is pinning its hopes on a 'radical' new plan to preserve acute services at three hospitals.
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Easter treat
Biker Dean Ashton hands over some of the hundreds of Easter eggs donated to the patients of Hull Royal Infirmary's paediatric ward after fundraising by a local bikers' club.
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Light fantastic
Professor Marc Clement, dean of applied design and engineering at Swansea Institute of Higher Education, demonstrates a new laser treatment to restore the elasticity of burned skin. The treatment, developed in collaboration with Ruth Waters, a plastic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, warms collagen fibres, freeing scar tissue. ...
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A force to reckon with
The NHS's expanding workforce of healthcare assistants needs to be better valued and better regulated, says Janet Snell
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Have they seen the future?
This week's announcement that 11 more hospitals have been approved under the private finance initiative is further proof that the government has succeeded in delivering a policy which defeated its predecessor (see News, page 3). Full marks to Frank Dobson and friends for consistency and integrity.
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The wait goes on
Latest figures suggest the continuous fall in long waits for hospital admission cannot be sustained. John Appleby reports
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What goes up. . .
MPs' inability to hold the NHS to account may be more of a problem than the 'democratic deficit'. Mark Crail reports
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Paved with good intentions
The foundations of health action zones are set. It's now time to build local policies and structures. Lyn Whitfield reports
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King's new reign
The King's Fund is undergoing a massive shake-up as well as something of a slimming exercise. Pat Healy looks at the organisation that is emerging
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monitor
Further signs that New Labour’s thought police have a tight grip on the health service emerged at a recent Northern and Yorkshire regional Institute of Health Services Management meeting. Among the speakers was NHS boss Alan Langlands, who once again poured forth about he how wanted everyone to be part ...
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in person
Stephen Eames (above), chief executive of Havering Hospitals trust, has moved to a new job as project director for acute and specialist services in West Hertfordshire for a year. Mr Eames will take the role of chief executive of two trusts - St Albans and Hemel Hempstead and Mount Vernon ...
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Psychiatry unit relocation plan a 'retrograde step'
A London health authority has been accused of planning to 'rebuild an asylum' by proposing to move a psychiatry unit from an acute to a community hospital.
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on the record
CLIVE BATES is director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). After gaining an engineering degree from Cambridge University he worked for IBM. In 1992 he joined Greenpeace as a volunteer, working in campaigning and lobbying before taking up his post at ASH last June.
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Rural retreat
The first cottage hospital has closed despite Labour's pledge to retain them. Patrick Butler reports
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A sense of security
Ashworth Hospital's top managers insist it has a future beyond its current problems. Dolly Chadda reports
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Tomorrow's world
Schoolgirls Emma Giles (left) and Nichola Mason try their hand on a keyhole surgery simulator at the research and development showcase held at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
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