All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-05-13 – Page 2
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Short cuts Rampton staff entering secure zone to be screened
Steps are being taken to screen staff at Rampton Special Hospital in the wake of the Fallon inquiry into the personality disorder unit at Ashworth. The report by Judge Peter Fallon called for staff searching to be introduced at all three of England's high-security hospitals. Ashworth and Broadmoor have already ...
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Short cuts Specialist liver units to be limited to three sites
Health secretary Frank Dobson has announced that the use of Kasai portoenterostomy - a surgical procedure used to treat children with severe liver problems - will be limited to three centres in England, following a report from the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group which found that patient outcomes were better ...
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Short cuts Military medical service welcomes NHS managers
Two senior NHS managers have been appointed to help oversee the military medical services. Barbara Stocking, director of South East region, has joined the vice-chief of defence staff's management board, responsible for strategic overview of the defence medical services. Mark Gritten, chief executive of Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals trust, ...
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WEB WATCH MARK CRAIL
A board meeting is in progress. One of a number of middle-aged men in suits leans forward: 'Our annual ISO 9000 audit is due next week,' he reminds his colleagues.
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Cost will be the deciding factor in the quest for nutritional meals in hospitals
I suspect that many healthcare professionals were delighted at the publication of the Nuffield Trust's report on nutrition in hospitals (news, page 8, 22 April).
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Information holder should be go-between to preserve confidentiality
I wish to clarify certain matters mentioned in your report of my recent speech to the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate (news focus, page 6, 8 April).
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Our experience of making major insurance claim paved way for constructive talk, not hostility
Your claim that I 'protested' (news, page 2, 22 April) against the new NHS risk-pooling insurance scheme is misleading.
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Morgan set to resign as chair
Rhodri Morgan, chair of the select committee on public administration, has told HSJ that he may resign following his election to the Welsh Assembly as member for Cardiff West.
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MPs urge 'Do your duty on care plans'
MPs have warned the government that it will be guilty of a 'serious dereliction of duty' if it fails to act urgently on the proposals of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, published in March.
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Charge of the Right brigade
Conservatives toiling on the Health Bill standing committee have been fearless in their doomed attempts to gain some ground, writes Patrick Butler
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Compensation seen as brake on litigation
A powerful Commons committee has called for more compensation payouts from the NHS to stem a rising tide of litigation.
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Nuts and bolts: how local healthcare co-operatives work
Co-operatives cover 'natural communities' of between 25,000 and 150,000 people.
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Trust chiefs' pay falls behind
Trust chief executives earned an average of £70,000 last year, compared with £114,000 for those working in the private sector, according to Pay and Workforce Research.
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