All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-04-22 – Page 3
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Belfast trust makes youth service bid in attempt to reduce suicides
A Belfast trust is bidding for up to £750,000 to build a 'one-stop' integrated youth service in an attempt to reduce suicides and teenage pregnancies.
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Unions attack Labour on PFI
The Labour Party is facing a tough challenge to its use of the private finance iniative this week, at the Scottish Trade Union Congress in Glasgow.
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Learning curve assessment as a route back to work
Dr Y agreed to undertake retraining in one area of surgical practice after an inquiry raised concerns about some of the patients he had treated.
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An everyday story of trust folk, appearing fortnightly
A zealous visitor from across the pond must be kept busy - and is there more to the management trainee than meets the eye?
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The way ahead: NSF survey results
NSF has launched a campaign for 'decent care and treatment', better monitoring of mental health services and more independent advocacy in the wake of its survey. It found:
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Agreement or impasse? What the future holds
Permanent secretary Clive Gowdy offered three possible timescales for reforming health and social services in Northern Ireland.
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Major hospital blaze prompts chief to protest against insurance orders
The chief executive of a hospital involved in a major fire has written to health secretary Frank Dobson protesting about orders that stop trusts taking out commercial insurance.
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Carers can become casualties when a family member fights addiction
There has been much in the media recently about the needs of carers. One group which falls into this category is made up of those members of families who have to cope with another family member's addiction. These people may be adults, adolescents or children.
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Tackling poor hospital performance - an alternative to disciplinary action
Birmingham Heartlands Hospitals is debating the introduction of a framework providing an alternative route to existing disciplinary procedures for tackling poor performance.
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Survey reveals lack of access to dentists
Increasing concerns about access to NHS dentists and a shortage of general dental practitioners have been highlighted in a survey of health authorities.
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Word on the wards: 'abysmal' and 'not acceptable'
John Oldham on 140-bed Roundhay wing: 'The conditions there are, in my view, abysmal.'
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The £500m bill Mr Brown forgot Pension contributions change will cost the price of four new hospitals
The NHS appears to have developed its own variation on Parkinson's law (the one about work expanding to fill the time available). In the case of the health service, unanticipated expenses expand to use up money earmarked for growth and innovation (see news, pages 2-3). Let's call it Brown's law.
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Queries over £1bn 'red tape' savings
An Office of Health Economics report has cast doubt on government claims that the current round of NHS reforms will lead to 'red tape' savings of £1bn.
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