All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-02-04 – Page 2
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On pain of death
Victims of General Pinochet's regime are among those the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture seeks to help. As the former Chilean dictator waits to hear whether he will be extradited, Wendy Moore reports on its work
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Lazy days of summer
It is commonly accepted that winter emergency admissions are a major cause of longer waiting lists. But, argues Neil Pettinger, the truth may have more to do with a slowdown in warmer months
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Days like this
The launch of Working for Patients . . . Cook sceptical. . . HA chairs 'delighted'. . . 'right-wing nonsense'. . .King's Fund warning
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Courtin' the middle
The most uncomfortable job in the managerial hierarchy has to be the middle manager: dumped on by top managers and beset with seemingly impossible objectives on the one hand, and reviled as mere clipboard carriers by those they supervise on the other. An impossible job, and yet no organisation can ...
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Prescription for conflict
West Hertfordshire health authority chief executive Carolyn Regan has good reason to hope that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will help managers fend off accusations of rationing.
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Hancock calls for clarity on long-term nursing care
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock has urged health secretary Frank Dobson to clarify the government's position on funding long-term nursing care.
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Karen Caines: punishing schedule
Karen Caines had everything you might look for in an IHSM director: a razor-sharp intellect, inside knowledge of the workings of government at its highest levels from her time as a Department of Health civil servant and experience as a senior NHS manager.
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In brief: New Opportunities Fund
The New Opportunities Fund, which will award National Lottery grants to health, education and environment projects, has been officially launched by its chair, Baroness Pitkeathley. The £300m grant programme for healthy living centres was opened to applications to tie in with the launch of the fund.
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In brief: Frank Dobson
Health secretary Frank Dobson has appointed Sir Brian Jarman as the medical member of the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry team. Sir Brian is emeritus professor at Imperial College school of medicine and a member of the government's Standing Medical Advisory Committee.
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In brief: Frank Dobson
Health secretary Frank Dobson has ordered 13 inner-city health authorities to draw up action plans for 'a fully effective' cervical cancer screening service. The government has set a target of 80 per cent coverage by March 2002.
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In brief: Tessa Jowell
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has invited schools to enter the Safe and Sound Challenge, an initiative to encourage children to walk or cycle to school. Ms Jowell said the initiative was a 'key priority' in the government's public health strategy.
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In brief: Manor House Hospital
A north London hospital with close links to the trade union movement is to close. Manor House Hospital in Golders Green will close in April. Manor House Friendly Society, which runs it, has sold the site to a developer.
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GPs stand firm on board boycott
Leicestershire health authority has failed to persuade GPs to end their boycott of a primary care group board.
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Drug prices targeted in Health Bill reforms
Sweeping powers to curb the cost of drugs to the NHS and 'modernise' professional self-regulation have been laid out in the government's Health Bill.
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Private health firms in bid for state regulation
Private healthcare providers are lobbying to come under the remit of the Commission for Health Improvement and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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Consultants query intensive care bed figures
The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association has claimed that official figures on the availability of intensive care beds may 'grossly under-represent' pressure on bed space. It cites a case in which patients being ventilated in cardiac beds were not included in NHS Executive figures. Former HCSA president Robin Loveday, a ...
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