All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-10-29 – Page 2

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    Transport guide aims to stall the car

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    A 'healthy transport toolkit' has been issued to trust and health authority chief executives in a bid to cut the number of NHS staff using cars to get to work.

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    Review shows most people against limiting NHS

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Most people in Britain oppose moves to limit the NHS to a 'safety-net service', according to a review published by the King's Fund.

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    Violence at work affects one in five

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Nearly one in five health workers has been the victim of violence in the past year, research has revealed.

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    Galbraith launches A&E review at Glasgow hospital after boys' deaths

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has responded to public concern over the deaths of two teenagers treated at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary by ordering a review of the hospital's general surgery and accident and emergency services.

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    Surgeons admit need to root out 'poor performers' after Bristol

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Senior surgeons have admitted that regular performance 'MOTs' are needed to root out poorly performing clinicians and restore public confidence in the profession in the wake of the Bristol babies case.

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    Mentally ill man wins disability act job rights

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Job security has been won for an estimated 2.5 million employees with mental health problems, it was claimed this week after an employment appeal tribunal decision under the Disability Discrimination Act.

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    HAs and trusts failing to act on guidelines for breast cancer

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    English health authorities and trusts are failing to meet NHS Executive guidelines on breast cancer treatment according to a survey commissioned by MPs.

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    PIC DOBBO WITH BAGS OF NHS 50p PIECES

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Imagine the surprise of HSJ reader Darren Archer when he came across one of those NHS 50th birthday 50p pieces while visiting London. Well, how many have you seen? Imagine his further surprise when he tried to use it to pay his bus fair to Westminster, only to be told, ...

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    Nutrition of elderly people improved over 25 years

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The first national dietary survey of the over-65 age group for 25 years has found that nutrition has improved over the last quarter of a century, but elderly people still tend to suffer from poor oral hygiene. The 1,700 people surveyed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food met ...

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    Prescriptions top 2 million each working day

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The Prescription Pricing Authority dealt with more than 2 million prescriptions on each working day of the 1997-98 financial year, according to its annual report. The number of prescriptions rose by just under 4 per cent to 504 million, with each patient obtaining an average of nearly 10 prescriptions over ...

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    29 October 1948

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    A gastro-enteritis flying squad has been set up by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. It is available for any hospital which finds itself in difficulties; it is staffed by trained nurses and headed by a doctor specialising in the work. The squad will come fully equipped, and is ...

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    100m a year 'wasted' on prescriptions for drug treatments 'of doubtful value'

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The NHS is wasting more than 100m a year on prescriptions for drugs 'of doubtful value' to patients, according to the doctors' prescribing bible.

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    Minister announces 1m for Llandough orthopaedics

    1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Welsh health minister Jon Owen Jones has announced 1m extra funding for Llandough Hospital and Community trust to improve wards and the orthopaedic outpatient department. The money follows the transfer of orthopaedic services to Llandough Hospital from Prince of Wales Hospital, Rhydlafar.