All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-10-15
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Through the round window
Seven-year-old Sam Hodgkins tries out a new children's waiting area in the accident and emergency department of St James's Hospital in Leeds. The £75,000 children's room, opened officially last week, was funded by the hospital's special trustees, and includes a fish tank and videos as well as toys and games.
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Pool position
The national priorities guidance sets targets for joint working. Joint funding proposals were spelt out last month in a consultation document, Partnership in Action.
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SNP: still no policies
The Scottish National Party listened to healthcare staff, patients and pressure groups at its 'people's assembly', but with elections to the Scottish parliament approaching, it is yet to create a health policy of its own. Barbara Millar reports
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Phoney wars
A landmark ruling in GPs' long battle to be paid for telephone advice could cost health authorities thousands of pounds. But the claims should never have been made, argues Steve Ainsworth
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Party pieces
Ms Widdecombe emphasised that the Conservatives were still some way off a new health policy. But she placed some important markers to guide her party's thinking.
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monitor
Save-our-hospital types giving you a tough time? Just point 'em in Monitor's direction. The Save Bart's campaigners were so incensed by an item about their attempt to bag a bit of free publicity during the NHS 50th anniversary Songs of Praise programme that they took HSJ to the Press Complaints ...
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Leading lights
Conservative Party leader William Hague admitted in his keynote address to the conference: 'We have a lot of work to do on health.' Picking up on the themes of Ms Widdecombe's speech, he said: 'The NHS doesn't belong to the Labour Party, it belongs to the people of Britain. We ...
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Winning idea
Punters in a Wolverhampton betting shop cast an eye over an display provided by Wolverhampton Health Care trust to mark world mental health day. The trust put information up in Ladbroke's shops and Banks's pubs, and hopes to target factories in future.
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Ministers plan to keep special hospitals open
Ministers want to maintain high security hospitals at Ashworth, Rampton and Broadmoor - but are planning legislation so they can become NHS trusts.
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Heading for Reading
Alison Hyde has had enough. After 20 years reporting or working for the NHS, she's moving out of health altogether and, she insists, she has no regrets
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Guidance gives the go-ahead for Welsh local health groups
Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has given the green light to local health groups by issuing detailed guidance on their role, structure and funding.
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Messages from the frontline
While primary care groups have a lot of support in principle, worries that practices will be reluctant to co-operate with each other remain. Michael Place and Andrew Street analyse the results of a series of workshops
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More upheaval set to follow long review of forces hospitals
Military hospitals are facing further change in the wake of an 18-month review prompted by concerns about staff shortages and morale raised by the defence select committee.
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A poor fit
Managers fear Northern Ireland's unique experience of joint health and social services may be under threat. Pat Healy reports
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King's Fund finds interpretation services are 'vital'
A King's Fund report has concluded that interpretation and advocacy services in primary care are 'vital' for meeting government targets for improving health among ethnic minority communities. The report calls for their 'precarious' funding position to be addressed.
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Reforms 'could lead to financial instability'
Finance managers have raised renewed concerns that a lack of guidance on implementing the detail of the government's NHS reforms could lead to financial instability.
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Social exclusion programme starts in Wales
Welsh Office minister Peter Hain has selected eight communities to take part in the Welsh Office's 'people in communities' programme. A development co-ordinator will be appointed in each area to identify the problems leading to soc ia l exclusion , draw up long term action plans and identify funding needs. ...