All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-02-18 – Page 4

  • News

    The jury is out

    1999-02-18T00:00:00Z

    In 1996 and 1997 the King's Fund and the Institute for Public Policy Research shared sponsorship of citizens' juries set up in six health authorities. Healthy Debate is a comprehensive account of the evaluation, which had three aims: to assess how far juries had enabled local people to become involved ...

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    The nursing shake-up

    1999-02-18T00:00:00Z

    A new Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Council will replace the UK Central Council and the four national boards governing nurse education. The government is consulting the NHS on three points on how it will work.

  • News

    WEB WATCH

    1999-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Prison is not exactly the most health-promoting environment you might hope for. It can act as a breeding ground for communicable diseases, introduce prisoners to unhealthy practices such as drug use and unsafe sex, and can seriously worsen their mental health.