All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-08-06
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NHS hotline wins 35m expansion
A 35m expansion of the NHS Direct telephone helpline has been announced by health minister Alan Milburn.
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NHS hotline wins 35m expansion
A 35m expansion of the NHS Direct telephone helpline has been announced by health minister Alan Milburn.
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6m St Mary's shortfall is 'surprise', says chair suspended
The deficit at a London teaching hospital where a senior finance manager is suspended on full pay has risen to 6m, its chair admitted last week.
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999 times hit by 'lifestyle change'
The London Ambulance Service has blamed changing lifestyles for worsening 999 response times.
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999 times hit by 'lifestyle change'
The London Ambulance Service has blamed changing lifestyles for worsening 999 response times.
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Trusts left leaderless after top-level conflict
Two neighbouring community trusts have been without chief executives for more than a month after serious internal clashes.
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Trusts left leaderless after top-level conflict
Two neighbouring community trusts have been without chief executives for more than a month after serious internal clashes.
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Protocol aims to cut claims against NHS
Health authorities and trusts will be offered training in the use of a new clinical negligence protocol which aims to settle claims earlier.
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Protocol aims to cut claims against NHS
Health authorities and trusts will be offered training in the use of a new clinical negligence protocol which aims to settle claims earlier.
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Assembly powers key in Wales quality agenda
The Welsh Assembly will be able to ask the Commission for Health Improvement to investigate 'persistent failures to act' on problems at Welsh health organisations.
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Assembly powers key in Wales quality agenda
The Welsh Assembly will be able to ask the Commission for Health Improvement to investigate 'persistent failures to act' on problems at Welsh health organisations.
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Aintree Hospitals trust
'The trust reduced its overall sickness absence rates from 11 per cent in 1994 to 5 per cent now,' says Aintree Hospitals trust occupational health services manager Graham Johnson.
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A breath of fresh air
More people working in healthcare are moving into the voluntary sector, where they are given more autonomy than in the NHS, writes Lynn Eaton
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Three for all
The sacking of Northern Ireland health minister Tony Worthington has cleared a path out of the whips office for John McFall, MP for Dumbarton and former opposition spokesman on Scottish affairs.
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Reading between the lines on the delayed IT strategy Is it all on hold while the final chapter of the Read codes fiasco unfolds?
What has happened to the NHS's promised new information management and technology strategy? There's still no sign of it - despite the fast- approaching end of IT supremo Frank Burns' secondment in September. The service had been led to believe the strategy's launch was waiting on the results of the ...
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Reading between the lines on the delayed IT strategy Is it all on hold while the final chapter of the Read codes fiasco unfolds?
What has happened to the NHS's promised new information management and technology strategy? There's still no sign of it - despite the fast- approaching end of IT supremo Frank Burns' secondment in September. The service had been led to believe the strategy's launch was waiting on the results of the ...
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Organ transplantation is a remarkable success story. An end-stage renal-failure patient lucky enough to receive a transplant can now anticipate many years of good-quality life.
Organ transplantation is a remarkable success story. An end-stage renal-failure patient lucky enough to receive a transplant can now anticipate many years of good-quality life, and the switch from dialysis will reduce NHS spending on them by well over 50,000.