All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-03-25
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Short cuts Targets set for cutting public sector absenteeism
The Cabinet Office has issued a resource pack to help public sector organisations improve staff attendance at work. The pack, developed in consultation with trade unions, sets out best practice techniques to 'maximise' attendance. The government aims to reduce sickness in the civil service by 20 per cent by 2001 ...
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Short cuts NHS told it 'must do more to prevent child abuse'
The NHS should do more to reduce child abuse, according to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which has launched a campaign to raise £250m and eliminate child abuse within a generation. Mike Taylor, director of children's services, said: 'The health service should be looking at ...
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'Admit rationing and justify it' King's Fund tells government
The government should admit rationing is inevitable and back efforts to make the process fairer and more transparent, the King's Fund has said.
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Dobson agrees to ICU meeting
Intensive care managers will tell health secretary Frank Dobson that patients are being put at risk by bed and staff shortages, at a meeting set to take place weeks after South East regional office ordered a 'stock- take' of intensive care provision.
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Short cuts Epidemic threat prompts launch of TB Alert charity
A charity called TB Alert has been launched by trade and industry minister Ian McCartney, who said that governments needed to recognise the challenge presented by tuberculosis. The charity says TB is killing 3 million people a year, and western countries such as the UK could face epidemics which they ...
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All the recommendations of the Continuing Care conference must be speedily implemented
I was interested to see you refer to the Continuing Care conference's calculation that 'a 1 per cent annual reduction in morbidity would cut the costs of publicly provided care by 30 per cent, saving more than £6bn by 2030' (comment, 4 March).
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Going into reverse to see another point of view
Having had the opportunity to participate, as a service user, in the King's Fund living values project (cover story, 25 February), I applaud the strengths of this research.
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Short cuts Clinical governance plans are 'apple pie', claim GPs
GP leaders have attacked government proposals for introducing clinical governance as 'motherhood and apple pie'. British Medical Association GP negotiator Dr Laurence Buckman said it was 'ludicrous' that guidance published last week contained 'no budget for clinical governance'. Higher standards of clinical care could not be achieved without funding for ...
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Information Authority chair appointed
The first chair of the NHS Information Authority is to be Professor Alistair Bellingham, NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands told the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate this week. The newly formed special health authority begins operations in April. Its role is to co-ordinate implementation of the new Information for ...
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Detention of people with severe personality disorders Assess danger, not diagnosis
Home secretary Jack Straw has angered civil liberty campaigners with his insistence on preventive detention for people with a severe anti- social personality disorder, while leaving those involved in delivering mental health services bemused by his lack of detail (news focus, 25 February).
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Call for regulation of healthcare assistants
There should be a shake-up in the role of NHS healthcare assistants to ensure that they are properly trained and regulated, according to Helen Jones, Labour MP for Warrington North.
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Consultants are stripped of merit awards
Senior consultants have been stripped of merit awards for the first time by the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards.
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Short cuts Smokers are being 'duped' by 'light' cigarette brands
The Health Education Authority has called for a ban on the use of terms such as 'light', 'ultra' and 'mild' in relation to cigarettes, following a survey that found one in five smokers thought they reduced their risk of lung cancer and heart disease. HEA smoking campaign manager Steve Woodward ...