All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-09-30 – Page 2
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Days like this
NHS managers are urging the government to fully fund next year's pay award to nurses and midwives after staffside evidence to the pay review body recommended a 12 per cent increase, costing £1bn. National Association of Health Authorities director Philip Hunt said there was a need to address recruitment issues, ...
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Children's hour
Health secretary Frank Dobson last week promised to revive Britain's ailing school health service as part of a drive to improve child health which would also see local authorities taking responsibility for children in care up to the age of 18.
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Cash for cancer dogged by Lottery row
A £150m Lottery cash boost for cancer care provoked a row this week as managers called for a more consistent investment programme and a leading cancer specialist accused them of allowing essential machinery to go to 'rack and ruin'.
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news in brief Health visitors
Health visitors and school nurses have called for urgent talks with the Home Office on their role in a £30m campaign designed to reduce child crime and improve parenting. The Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association says it does not want its members to be seen as 'law enforcers'.
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news in brief Unison
Unison is calling on the government to follow the lead of many US states by introducing retractable syringes to British hospitals. The union estimates that 200,000 NHS staff a year receive needlestick injuries while using syringes which would be illegal in the US.
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news in brief Public health minister Tessa Jowell
Public health minister Tessa Jowell is to host a 'summit' of editors, journalists and broadcasters from youth media in a bid to enlist their help in work towards halving the number of teenage pregnancies by 2010. The summit will take place before the end of the year.
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news in brief The government
The government has claimed that nine out of 10 women referred urgently by their GP with suspected breast cancer were seen by a consultant within 14 days in the first three months after its waiting time promise came into operation. Health secretary Frank Dobson described this as a 'remarkable achievement' ...
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