All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-04-30
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In Brief: Complaints about changes to the dentists' fee scale
Tony Kravitz, chair of the British Dental Association's general dental services committee, has complained to the Department of Health about the way changes to the dentists' fee scale were introduced earlier this year. Mr Kravitz said the GDSC was not given time to take expert advice before commenting on the ...
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WHO CARES? The great British health debate By Oliver Morgan Radcliffe 240 pages £18.50
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Drug abuse is identified as 'major concern'
Health secretary Frank Dobson has described drug abuse as 'a major public health problem' and called for it to be tackled 'both nationally and locally'.
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In Brief: More to gain access to NHS dental services
A further 250,000 people will gain access to NHS dental services though government initiatives, health minister Alan Milburn said last week.
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Choice Act
Anne Marie Keary and six-month-old twins Roisin and Sam, celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act on Monday with fellow campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament. The event was followed by the launch of a campaign, Voice for Choice, to allow abortions in the first three months of ...
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Union ballots on action to resist PFI
Staff at one of London's largest trusts will be balloted on possible 'indefinite' strike action over plans to privatise health facilities and hundreds of hospital jobs.
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In Brief: Survey on waiting for admission
Shadow health secretary John Maples said last week that Londoners had been betrayed by the Labour government after a survey of London hospitals showed the number of patients waiting for admission for more than 12 months increased by 660 in the last quarter of 1997. The survey, compiled from Department ...
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Life after LIZ
Despite three years of London initiative zone funding, the needs of primary care patients in A&E are still not being met, argue Ross Lawrenson and Geraldine Leydon
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THE SOCIAL POLICY OF OLD AGE
Moving into the 21st century Edited by Miriam Bernard and Judith Phillips Centre for Policy on Ageing 336 pages £14
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New children's waiting room and treatment area at Bradford Royal Infirmary
Tracy Whitehead, an accident and emergency nurse at Bradford Royal Infirmary, chats to Natalie Woodward (right), the first patient to use a new children's waiting room and treatment area in the A&E department. The room is decorated with a colourful mural featuring favourite TV characters, including the Teletubbies. It was ...
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Hospital urges army to provide nurse back-up
Hospital managers are calling on the army to help prevent scores of operations being cancelled.
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In Brief: Inquiry into the personality disorder unit of Ashworth special hospital
Two convicted paedophiles had unsupervised access to an eight year-old girl, 'whistleblower' Stephen Daggett told Peter Fallon QC's inquiry into the personality disorder unit of Ashworth special hospital.
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Ashworth chief faces fresh criticism
Troubled Ashworth top-security hospital is to take 'independent advice' on doctors' claims that chief executive Hilary Hodge is interfering in clinical matters.
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In Brief: Association of Directors of Social Services
A radical overhaul of elderly services, including scrapping residential homes and replacing them with sheltered housing, is proposed by the Association of Directors of Social Services in its submission to the royal commission on the long-term care of elderly people.