All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-07-22 – Page 2
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How Dobbo and Denham suffered from piles
In a moment of heat the other week, a ministerial adviser told me, 'Remember, Mike, a successful spin exercise isn't always one which results in favourable publicity. Sometimes it results in little or no publicity at all.'
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Mental health framework delay risks making it an 'irrelevance'
The government has been warned that delays in issuing its national service framework for mental health risk making it irrelevant.
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Days like this
Care fears allayed. . . General Synod's market concern. . . Cook calls for £200m. . . Unlikely sponsorships. . . Ambulance complaints rise. . .
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Dobson turns his wrath on PFI critics
Health secretary Frank Dobson tackled critics of the private finance initiative head-on this week, as sceptical MPs quizzed Department of Health officials on the scheme.
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Critics pour cold water on plan for 'fair' distribution of Scots funding
A radical plan to redistribute health funding in Scotland has met a mixed response.
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Time to choose
Option A Offenders continue to be treated in prison or hospital, depending on whether they have committed a crime.
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Cheque it out
Less bureaucracy, easier hours and a fixed salary may sound tempting, but will GPs want to give up their independent contractor status? Alison Moore reports
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Setting the PACE for change
Experience, evidence and everyday practice Creating systems for delivering effective health care By Michael Dunning, Gerrard Abi-Aad and David Gilbert King's Fund 124 pages £12.95
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Cautious cheer for drug price rules
Government reforms of controls on drug prices have been given a cautious welcome by managers.
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Catch me if you can
Hospital-acquired infection Principles and prevention. Third edition By G Ayliffe, JR Babb and Lynda Taylor Butterworth-Heinemann 210 pages £18.99
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A case of long-term, no see as Dobson stalls over care
A relatively small spend to make nursing care free would reap dividends
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Case stokes up row on long-term care
The question of who pays for long term care was thrown into chaos last week by the Court of Appeal judgement in the 'Coughlan' case.
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Twinned with Byzantium
Real results may be some time coming for Plymouth health action zone, despite copious sub-committees. Laura Donnelly continues our occasional series
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Struck-off Bristol consultant claims 'over-work'
A consultant struck off for his role in the Bristol babies' heart surgery deaths claimed this week that he had been over-worked and under-funded.
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In brief: NHS Executive
The NHS Executive has agreed to fund a £70,000 pilot project to look at 'interface issues' between NHS Direct and pharmacies in Essex, following an approach by the National Pharmaceutical Association.
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In brief: John Hutton
Junior health minister John Hutton has announced that 'following top-level discussions' with the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Social Services, a 'summit' to develop new strategies for tackling violence against staff working in social services will be held in September.
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